44 Coreopsis rosea. 



three, small; disk gamboge-yellow, rays about eight, peach-blossom 

 red, three-toothed, middle tooth large. Peduncles slender. Exte- 

 rior calix small, interior consisting of eight segments or leaves. 

 Seeds entire, naked. In the grassy swamps of Jersey, and thence to 

 Georgia ; flowering in August 



The generic term Coreopsis, is derived from *«{*«, a bug, and o^«, 

 appearance, in allusion to a fancied resemblance of the seed to an in- 

 sect. This genus, with the accessions made to it by late discoveries, 

 contains at this time, about twenty-two or twenty-three species. The 

 one here noticed, is frequent in the lower part of the state of New- 

 Jersey, near and below Salem, and is also found as far as Georgia 

 in abundance. To Mr. Nuttall we are indebted for the first descrip- 

 tion of it The flowers vary somewhat in colour, some being nearly 

 white, while others, and the greatest proportion, are of the hue re- 

 presented in the plate. In shaded situations, the white flowers are 

 most frequent, and as the blossom-colour becomes stronger in those 

 plants exposed to the sun, cultivation of this species would pro- 

 bably much improve its colour, as well as render it more robust. 

 It thrives best when contiguous to water; and in such situations as 

 afford it a free supply of moisture, it grows tall, and thick as grass. 



The plate represents the upper portion of a flowering specimen, 

 the size of the wild plant. 



