SEA DAHLIA (Leptosyne maritima y Gray). Flower heads 

 showy, 3 or 4 inches across, with both ray and disk florets and 

 both kinds yellow; solitary, topping naked flower stalks 6 

 inches long or more. Leaves alternate, fleshy, 2 or 3 

 times divided into narrow linear lobes. A striking, much- 

 branched, herbaceous perennial with a stout base, 1 to 2 

 feet high, blooming in spring and summer, along the Southern 

 California coast near San Diego, in Lower California, and on 

 the adjacent islands. 



The resemblance of this showy flower to a single Yellow 

 Dahlia has suggested the common name. Both the beauty of 

 the blossom and the striking appearance of the coarse lace-like 

 foliage have gained for it a place in gardens, arid its complais- 

 ance as a cut flower gives it an additional value in cultiva- 

 tion. 



Also along the coast of Southern California and upon the 

 islands near, by one comes upon Leptdsyne gigantea, Kellogg, 

 which seems a robust form of the Sea Dahlia, but is readily 

 distinguished by its trunk-like woody stem, 2 to 8 feet high, 1 

 to 5 inches thick, and crowned at the summit with a bunch of 

 finely cut leaves and coreopsis-like flowers. 



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