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GAILLARDIA DRUMMONDII. 



(jDrummon&s Oaillardia.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. COMPOSITE. TRIBE — 4 SENECIONIDE.E. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Gaillardia (Foug.) Capitulum multiflorum radiatum, %M&neutris multinerviis glandulosis 

 apice palmato trifidis, floribus disci hermaphroditis, tubo brevi, limbo pilis articulatis hispido 

 5-fido. Receptaculum fimbrilliferum convexum. Invol, squamae 2-3-seriales appendice foliacea 

 acuminata disco longiore. Styli rami appendice longa subulata hispida, terminati. Achcenia, 

 oblonga villosa. Pappi palese uninervise in aristam longe acuminata?. Herbee Boreali 

 Americana? erectee subpilosee. Folia alterna super integra sessilia aut semi-amplexicaulia. 

 Rami longe denudati 1-cephali. Capituli discus fuscus seu flavus. Ligulce flavae seu basi crocese. 

 — Be Cand. Prod. vol. 5, p. 651. 



Capitulum many-flowered, rayed ; ligulce neuter, many-nerved, glandular, palmately trifid 

 at the apex. Flowers of the disc hermaphrodite, tube short, having the limb with five divisions 

 hispid with jointed hairs. Receptacle brush-like, convex. Scales of the involucrum from two to 

 three rows, with a leafy acuminated appendage longer than the disc. Branches of the style 

 terminating with a long awl-shaped hairy appendage. Achenia oblong, hairy. Pappus chaffy, 

 one-nerved, longly tapering into an awn. Herbaceous plants, natives of North America, upright, 

 somewhat hairy. Leaves alternate, the upper ones entire, sessile, or half embracing the stem. 

 Branches longly naked, one-headed. The disc of the capitulum brown or yellow. Ligulce yellow 

 or saffron colour at the base. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



G. Drummondii ; annua, subpubera ; foliis anguste lanceolatis indivisis aut incisis, invol. 

 squamis basi brevissima glabra appendice subulata scabrociliatis ; corollis hirsutis pappo 

 longioribus pappi paleis basi late dilatatis ; ligulis basi cuneatis involucro paulo longioribus. — 

 Be Cand. 1. c. 652. 



Annual, somewhat hairy ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, undivided, or incised, having the scales 

 of the involucrum roughly ciliated, with a very short, smooth, awl-shaped appendage at the 

 base ; corolla hairy, longer than the pappus, broadly dilated at the base ; ligulce wedge-shaped 

 at the base, much longer than the involucrum. 



Gaillardia Drummondii. — Be Cand. Bicolor var. Drummondii. — Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3368. 



Descr. — Stem about two feet high, branched, hairy ; leaves more or less ciliated, and covered 

 with stiffish hairs ; midrib fleshy ; capitulum with numerous florets situate on a long pedicel ; 

 pedicel striated, hairy ; florets of the ray deeply three-toothed, purple, with the apex yellow ; 

 florets of the disc tubular, similarly shaded to those of the ray; involucrum lanceolate, 

 acuminate, hairy. 



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