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Name for this Genus j but as the 

 Flowers of thefe Plants have Rays 

 like the Sunflower, to which they 

 are nearly allied, we may diftinguifh 

 it by the Title of Tick-feeded Sun- 

 flower. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower is included in a double 

 Empalement ; the outer is compofed 

 commonly of eight narrow Leaves, and 

 the inner of the fame Number ; but 

 broader and coloured: the Flowers 

 are radiated, the Rays being Female ; 

 and the Dijk is compofed of Herma- 

 phrodite Flowers; which are tubu- 

 lous, and indented at their Brim : thefe 

 have each a compreffed horned Point al, 

 attended by five flcnder Stamina ; 

 but the Female Flowers, which are 

 abortive, have none : thefe Herma- 

 phrodite Flowers have each a fingle 

 compreffed bordered Seed, which has 

 two Horns at the Point. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. Coreopsis foliis ferratis. Flor. 

 Leyd. Tick-feeded Sunflower, with 

 fawed Leaves. 



z. Coreopsis foliis linear ibus 

 integerrimis, caule ereSio. Flor. Virg. 

 Tick-feeded Sunflower, with narrow 

 whole Leaves, and an upright Stalk. 



3. Coreopsis foliis integerrimis. 

 Flor. Leyd. Whole leav'd tick-feeded 

 Sunflower. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of Ame- 

 rica : the firlt and fecond Sorts are 

 found wild in many Parts of North- 

 America, efpecially the firft, which is 

 very common in New-England, Ma- 

 ryland, and Virginia. This Sort 

 hath perennial Roots, and annual 

 Stalks, which decay every Autumn ; 

 and in the Spring the Roots fend 

 forth many Stalks, which grow to 

 the Height of eight or ten Feet, and 

 branch out at the Top ; where are 

 produ^d Branches of fmall Sun- 

 flowers, each having a dark purple 

 Middle. This was called by Dr. 



Toumefort, Corona folis altifjima, 

 alato caule ; i. e. The talleft Sun- 

 flower, with winged Stalks. This 

 may be propagated plentifully by 

 parting the Roots in Oclober, when 

 the Stalks begin to decay ; and if 

 they are planted in a good moift 

 Soil, they will grow very tall, and 

 produce a great Number of Flowers ; 

 but it is too rambling to be admitted 

 into fmall Gardens, therefore is only 

 proper for large Borders, or to plant 

 in Wildernefs-quarters, to fill up 

 Vacancies. This flowers in Augujl. 



The fecond Sort is a Plant of 

 humbler Growth, feldom rifing 

 above two Feet high : the Stalks 

 grow ered, and the Leaves are very 

 long, narrow, intire, and rough : 

 the Flowers are produced at the Ex- 

 tremity of the Shoots, which are of 

 a fine yellow Colour, having a dark- 

 purple Middle; and thefe are of 

 long Duration. The Plants com- 

 monly begin to flower the Middle of 

 July, and continue till October ; 

 and if the Seafon proves favourable, 

 fome Flowers will continue till No- 

 vember; which makes it merit a 

 Place in every good Garden. The 

 Seeds of this Sort have been fre- 

 quently fent to England from Mary- 

 land, where the Plants grow wild ; 

 but thefe feem to be biennial Plants 

 with us, their Roots having as yet 

 continued but two Years with us ; 

 nor do they perfed their Seeds in 

 England; fo that at prefent the Plants 

 are very rare in the Englijb Gardens: 

 but as it is an hardy Plant, we may 

 hope to reconcile it to our Climate, 

 and find a Method to increafe it. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant : 

 the Seeds of this were brought from 

 Carolina by Mr. Catefby, in the Year 

 1726. This mud be fown on a 

 gentle Hot-bed in the Spring ; and 

 when the Pjants are fit to tranfplant, 

 they mould be each planted into a 

 feparate 



