RUDBECKIA FULGIDA. 



SMALL HAIRY RUDBECKIA. 



Syngenesia Frustanea, Linn. Corymbiferse> Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix sub-equal, mostly consisting of a double series of leaflets. Receptacle paleaceous, co- 

 nic. Pappus a 4-toothed margin. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem hispid ; branches virgate, elongated, one-flowered ; leaves alternate and sessile, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, denticulate, all over slightly hispid, narrow at the base, and sub-cor- 

 date ; calix leafy, nearly equal to the rays, which are deep golden-yellow ; disk hem- 

 ispherical, deep purple ; chaff lanceolate. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Ritdbeckia chrysomela, Mich. Flora Boreali-Am. 



R. aspera, Desfontaines in Tableau de L'ecole de Botanique Jardin du Roi. 



Obeliscotheca integrifolia, radio aureo, umbone atro-rubente, Dillenius, Hort. Elth. 



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