No. 1 864. 

 FRANCOA SONCHIFOLIA. 



Cla*». Order. 



OCT A NDR I A TETRA G YNIA 



This received its generic name in me- 

 mory of F. Francoa, an early Spanish bo- 

 tanist. It is a native of Chili, and has been 

 lately introduced. We received our plant 

 from the Leyden garden. Feuillee, who 

 first gave a figure and description of it, 

 found it on mountains in latitude 26°. 



With us it grows freely, with a stem two 

 or three feet high, flowering in July. It is 

 a coarse looking plant in its herbage, but 

 the flowers are beautiful. They are likely 

 to be succeeded by seeds, by which it will 

 be readily multiplied. The soil should be 

 rich loam. 



