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CALENDULA CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA. 



{Chrysanthenmm-haved Mangold.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



SYNGENESIA NECESSARIA. COMPOSITE.— (JuSS.) 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calendula (Lin.) Receptaculum nudum. Flores radiati ; flosculi centrales masculi, 

 ambientes hermaphroditi ; ligulse foeminse. Calyx simplex, polyphyllus asqualis. Semina disci 

 membranacea, marginalia diversa ab interioribus. Pappus nullus. Herba, aut frutices. Flores 

 cespe solitarii terminates. — Bot. Reg. p. 28. 



Receptacle naked. Flowers rayed, central florets male, encircled with male and female ; 

 ligulse or florets of the ray female. Calyx simple, many-leaved, equal. Seeds of the disc 

 membranaceous, marginal ones different from those of the centre. Pappus none. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 C. chrysanthemifolia ; suffruticosa, ramosa, hispida ; foliis cuneato-obovatis, lyrato-incisis ; 

 floribus flavis. 



Suffruticose, branched, roughly haired; leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, lyrately divided powers 

 yellow. 



Descr. — Shrub, stem branched, growing from three to four feet high, smooth and shining, 

 the young branches more or less hairy, branches scattered ; leaves scattered, tapering into a 

 petiole ; flowers large yellow, ray twice or thrice the length of the calyx or involucrum, and 

 three-toothed at the apex. 



This is an exceedingly handsome species of Calendula, both from the size of 

 the flower and the brilliancy of its colour, and when in perfection is an object of 

 great beauty and attraction. It is also a free flowerer, and continues in flower 

 the greater part of the summer months. 



It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced in the year 

 1790 by Mr. Francis Masson, a successful collector of plants for the Royal 

 Garden at Kew, in which pursuit he explored the Cape of Good Hope, Madeira, 

 the West Indies, and finally North America, in the wilds of which latter country 

 he is said to have died. 



The geographical distribution of this genus seems to be principally confined 

 to the old world, for only one species out of twenty-one at present introduced is 

 said to inhabit America, and to which the name Calendula Mexicana has been 



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