DAHLIA EXCEL'SA. — aiticrmotve 
TREE DAHLIA. Anemone-flowered variety. 
DICOTYLEDONER. 
Natural division 
to which a 
this Plant a | 
NATURAL ORDER COMPOSITA, 
Ca + } Artificial divisions SYNGENESIA, 
Ds ey, to which POLYGAMIA, 
y “Ey this Plant a e OF LINNEUS 
No. 88. 
ENUS. Danuta. Caranreces. Carrrorem radiatum, floribus radii 1i- 
fulatis femineis nutrisve, disci tubulosis quinquedentatis. Invorvcrum du- 
plex, exterius squamis foliaceis uniserialibus circiter quingue patulis re 
EXOGENZ. 
CALYCIFLORA, 
or 
DECANDOLLE. 
paleaceum, paleis membranaceis oblongis indivisis. 
subincurvi, crassi, extus pilil yoke 
NIUM oblongo- wnt atum -obeompress epappo 
Hers® Mexicans grandes. For 5 oupenies pinnati 
tita. Ray ibe mono- vel ollghbeghall 
disco luteo, radio purpureo roseo albo aut ~ spree Decano. 
mus, v. 5, p. 494 
Caule perenvanti elato prainoso cavo, foliis 
DAWLiA EXCELSA, 
utris. 
P 
oreerEs, petiolis late connatis, capitulis subcorymbosis, ligulis ne 
CHaRAcTER OF THE GENUS Dania. FLOWER HEAD radiate, the 
florets of the ray ligulate, female or neuter, those of the disk hermaph- 
rodite, tubular, 5-toothed. Invotucre double, the external consisting 
of about five spreading or recurved leaflets, the internal of from twelve 
to sixteen, erect, long, leaflets arranged imperfectly in two rows, mem- 
branous at the top, thick at the base and connected together. Recee- 
TACLE flat with oblong entire membranous scales. BRraNCHES a 
‘style erect or slightly curved, thick and bearing hairs outside. a 
THERS without tails, but with appendages at the top. 7 ACHENIUM 
oblong-obovate, compressed at the top, without a pappus but ob- 
- Securely two-horned at the top. a8 
‘Description or THE Spectres, Dauzia ExceLsa. Roors fasci- 
cled, some perennial, — and fibrous, others swelling into tu- 
REFERENCE TO sage ecg 
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part the lege lank Tt was thirty 
