244 Compostlc— Coreopsis. 
a deep crimson purple with here and there a dash of orange, 
and in the ordinary form they are yellow with a purple-brown 
blotch at the base. 
2. CO. Deummeondii,—A much dwarfer spreading slightly 
hairy species with 
orange-coloured flowers. 
Leaves pinnate, with 
ovate or lanceolate 
lobes. 
C. coroneita is another 
annual species about 1 
foot high, bearing orange 
flowers spotted with 
brown. 
Perennial Species. 
3. CL aniienlily (fig. 
132).—A tall slender 
branching plant. Leaves 
auricled at the base. 
Flowers yellow, with a 
band of purple - brown 
encircling the disk ; 
peduncles very long and 
slender. Summer. 
4. (4. lenuifolia.— 
About 2 feet high. 
Leaves pinnately divided 
into numerous fine seg- 
ments. Flowers yellow, 
about 14 inch in dia- 
meter, on short  pe- 
duncles. 
C. tripteris has tri- 
foliolate leaves and yel- 
low flowers; C. lun- 
ceulutu entire leaves and 
Fig. 132, Coreopsis auricnlata. large yellow flowers; and 
Gabe Rize) C. verticillalu, sessile 
leaves divided to the base into six or seven linear segments, and 
yellow flowers witha dark cye. C. aristésa is a handsome species 
of recent introduction. Itis nearly glabrous, about a yard high, 
