TAGETES. 



csUt, and more florets in the radius, than is natvjral ; one of 

 thefc luxuriant flowers is what Girtner lias delineated. 

 Some more recently difcovered fpccios, on the other hand, 

 have naturally but three or four radiant florets. 



EfT. Ch. Receptacle naked. Secd-tiown of feveral ercft 

 pointed fcales. Calyx fimple, of one leaf, tubular, with five 

 tecdi. Florets of the radius five, permanent. 



1. T.patula. French Marj'gold. Linn. Sp. PI. 1249. 

 Willd. n. 2. Ait. n. 2. Loureir Cochinch. 504. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1 50. ( Flos aphricanus minor, limplici flore ; Gcr. 

 Em. 750. Caryophyllus indicus minor ; Camer. Epit 407.) 



I3. T. minor, flore fulvo maculato ; Dill. Elth. 373. 

 t. 270. — Stem fpreading. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late, with hair-pointed ferraturcs. Stalks fingle-flowered, 

 fomewhat fweUing upwards. — Native of Mexico, from 

 whence it was brought to the gardens of Europe, about the 

 middle of the fixteenth century, and hence difperfed over 

 otiier countries, being now, according to Loureiro, com- 

 monly cultivated in Cochinchina, China, and various parts 

 of India. With us it is a tender annual, ralfedon a hot -bed 

 in fpring ; and being planted out after midfummer, decorates 

 almoft every garden throughout the autumn. Its appella- 

 tions of French Marygold, and African Flower, are alto- 

 gether founded in error. Thejlem is about a foot or 18 

 inches high, branched and widely fpreading. Leaves oppo- 

 fite, of five or fix pair of dark green ([lining leaflets, with an 

 odd one ; all gradually fmaller downwards. Floivers about 

 two inches in diameter, yellow, with broad lateral ftripes, or 

 fpots, to each radiant floret, of a peculiarly rich brown. 

 They vary in fize and tints, as well as fcent, and are gene- 

 rally more or lefs double. Theplant of Dillenius hardly de- 

 ferves to be marked as a variety. The herb when bruifed is 

 very fetid, acrid, and fuppofed to be poifonous, though too 

 naufeous to be very dangerous. Few flowers are more 

 linking in appearance. 



2. T. ereha. African Marygold. Linn. Sp. PI. 1249. 

 Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. 3. (Flos aphricanus major; Ger. 

 Em. 749. Carj-ophyllus major indicus ; Befl. Eyftet. aefl:. 

 ord.14. t.2. C. indicus ; Camer. Epit. 406. ) — Stem ereft. 

 Leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, with hair-pointed fer- 

 raturcs. Stalks fingle-flowered, fwelling upwards. — Native 

 of Mexico ; introduced into the gardens of Europe about 

 the fame time as the foregoing, nor is the epithet of African 

 mpre correftly apphed to one than to the other. The fame 

 mode of culture fuits both, and both are equally common. 

 This fpecies is much the talleft,and grows ered. The leaves 

 are rather paler. Floiuers twice as large, of a golden uni- 

 form yellow ; fometimes orange-coloured. Columna, in his 

 Ecphrafis, part 2. 47. t. 46, reprefents a quilled variety, as it 

 is termed, whofe radiaiit_^o/-f/j are funnel-lhaped, and another 

 vihok Jlorets arc all of that fort. 



3. T. elongata. Long-ftalkcd American Marygold. 



Willd. n. 4 Stem ereft, nearly fimple. Leaves pinnate ; 



leaflets linear, ferrated at the end ; thofe of the lower leaves 

 wedge-fliaped. Stalks fingle-flowered, elongated, flightly 

 fwelling — Native of South America. Root annual. Stem 

 from three inches to a fpan high, either fimple, or furniflied 

 with a branch or two from the bottom. Leafets of the 

 Jower leaves obovato-lanceolate, ferrated at the extremity ; 

 thofe of the upper linear, with a few flightly hair-pointed 

 ferraturcs at the end. StalL folitary at the top of the ftem 

 or branch, and abnoll as long as the ftem itfelf. Flower 

 deep yelkiw, agreeing in form and ftrufture with T. 

 patula. 



4. T. minuta. Small-flowered Chili Marygold. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1250. Willd. n. 5. Ait. n. 4. (T. multiflora, 

 plinuto flore albicante j DUl. Elth. 374. t. z8o.) Stem 



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ereA, denfely panicled. Lcitos pinnate ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late, ferrated. Stalks many-flowered, fcaly — Native of 

 Chili. Cultivated in Dr. Sherard's garden, before the year 

 1728. . A hardy annual, flowering in autumn, but feldom 

 preferved in collcdions. Thcjlem is ten or twelve feet liigh, 

 covered with leaves, which are fmaller than thofe of the firft 

 fpecies. The floujers are very fmall and pale, forming denfe, 

 compound, tufted, ereft panicles, at the ends of the branches ; 

 th'jnjlall-s clothed with briftly fcales. Cr.Iyx cylindrical. 

 Radius of two, three, or four varioufly lobed florets. This 

 is furely the Chili plant of which Feuillc (quoted by Dille- 

 nius) defcribestwo varieties, differing in the number of their 

 radiant fiorets ; and which he fays is extremely hot in qua- 

 lity. The Indians eat it to warm themfelves after their 

 return from fifliing. 



5. T. caracafana. Long-ftalked South American Mary- 

 gold. Willd. n. 6. (T. peduncularis ; Cavan. Leccion 



201. n. 494 ; 



' Stem corymbofe, furrowed, ereft. Leave* 

 pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, ferrated at the end. Stalks 

 elongated, fingle-flowered, ereft. Calyx cylindrical." — 

 Gathered by Baron Humboldt at the Caiaccas. — Root an- 

 nual. Stem corymbofe at the top. Leafets linear -lanceo- 

 late, ferrated at the end, not fringed. Flozi-ers like thofe of 

 the next fpecies, on long alternate ftalks. Leafets of the 

 uppermoft leaves entire. Willdcnoiu. Tlie plant of Cava- 

 nilles was raifed in the gai-den at Madrid, from feeds col- 

 lefted at Cumana by Bonpland, the companion of the cele- 

 brated Humboldt. Thejlem is defcribed a foot and a half 

 high, furrowed, much branched. Floiuer-Jlalhs fix inches long, 

 tumid near the calyx, leafy in their lower part. Corolla en- 

 tirely yellow, with fix or eight rays fliorter than in the fol- 

 lowing. We find nothing in his account which is not con.- • 

 formable to the plant before us, and fhould have been glad 

 if we could have adopted his greatly preferable fpecific 

 name. 



6. T. tenuifolia. Fine-leaved Peruvian Marygold. Cavan. 

 Ic. v. 2. 54. t. 169. Willd. n. 7. Ait. n. 5 — Stem pani- 

 cled. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets linear, ferrated ; their lower 

 ferraturcs elongated. Stalks alternate, fingle-flowered. Ca- 

 lyx club-fliaped Native of Peru. Cavanilles. We have 



fpecimens from Mutis. Mr. W. Malcolm is faid in Hort. 

 Kew. to have cultivated this fpecies in 1797, but being a 

 late-flowering annual, greatly inferior in fize and beauty to 

 the popular fpecies of the fame genus, it has probably not 

 been preferved. The appearance of the dried fpecimens is 

 like a ftar\ed 7". patula, with more numerous, much fmaller, 



Jloiuers than ufual. The calyx abounds with oblong glan- 

 dular dots, of which traces are likewife found in that fpecies. 

 The corolla is defcribed of a full unfpotted yellow. 



7. T. elliptica. Oval-leaved Peruvian Mar^'gold. — Stem 

 ere£l, branched. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets elliptical, with 

 fliallow ferratures. Stalks corymbofe, with lanceolate brac- 

 teas. — Native of Peru. We received a dried fpecimen from 

 the late abbe Cavanilles, in 1 804. The^^m has a flirubby 

 appearance, and is much branched, leafy and furrowed. 

 Leafets fcarcely vifibly ferrated, pointed, fmooth and even ; 

 the lower ones of each leaf gradually fmaDer, and moftly al- 

 ternate. Flowers rather numerous, not very much fmaller 

 than in T. patula when not luxuriant ; their partial ftalks 

 accompanied by alternate lanceolate braBeas. Calyx marked 

 with fcattered, apparently glandular, lines. This is cer- 

 tainly very diilindl from all the fpecies we can find de- 

 fcribed. 



8. T. mtcrantha. Small-flowered Mexican Marygold. 



Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 31. t. 352. Willd. n. 8 Stem much 



branched, fpreading. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets linear-awl- 

 fhaped, entire. Stalks axillary, fingle-flowered. — ^Gathered by 



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