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CALENDULA DENTATA. 
- Toothed-leaved Marygold. 
CLASS XIX. ORDER IV. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA. Tips united. Necessary 
Polygamy. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
RecerTacutum nudum. Pappus_nullus. Recertacre naked. Pappus none. Empale- 
Calyx polyphyllus, subzqualis. Semina ment many-leaved, nearly equal. The 
disci utplurimum membranacea. seeds of the disk chiefly membranous. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
CaLenDuLa, foliis alternis linearibus remote Marycorp, with alternate linear remotely 
et acute dentatis ; caule fruticoso decum- and acutely dentated leaves, anda decum- 
nte. bent shrubby stem. 
Calendula dentata. Donn’s Hort. Cantab. ed. 3. 163. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A floret of the circumference. 
3. A floret of the disk. 
4. The same laid open and magnified, to show the situation of the chives. 
5. The pointal, with the summit detached and magnified 
ee 
A.tHoven this species of Calendula appears to have been introduced to the British gardens so long 
since as the year 1790, from the Cape of Good Hope, its native country ; I do not find it enumerated 
either in Mr. Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis or Gmelin’s edition of Systema Nature ; but it will in all pro- 
bability be taken up in Willdenow’s Species Plantarum, when he arrives at that part of it which is to 
include the genus Calendula. 
It is well known in the gardens by the applicable name of dentata, but is not a common plant,— 
although, from the beauty and size of its flowers, highly worthy of general cultivation : its branches are 
weak, yet shrubby ; and require support. 
It is a green-house plant, and is propagated by cuttings in the usual way. Our drawing was made 
from the Clapham collection in July last. 
