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RuDBECKLA.. The disc of the flower conical or columnar. 



17, 24. ' Boule d'Or ' (Barr). — A double-flowered variety of R. laci- 

 niata. The green stem, pinnatisect radical leaves, and cauline leaves 

 are smooth, without hairs. The flowers are quite double, i.e. all the 

 florets are ligulate, pointed, forming a spherical inflorescence, deep 

 lemon-yellow. This variety was also sent by Messrs. Barr as R. 

 ' Golden Ball.' 



27. calif ornica (Barr), A.M. July 21, 1891. — Height 3 feet ; stem 

 smooth below, ribbed above ; has a grey bloom ; radical leaves very 

 deeply 4-10 pinnatisect, serrate, thickly clothed with short, stiff 

 hairs ; cauline leaves simple, entire, ovate ; flowers few, 3 inches in 

 diameter ; 7-9 ray florets, f inch wide, lemon-chrome ; disc | inch 

 high, green to dull citrine. 



28. * Golden Glow ' (Barr), A.M. August 10, 1897. — A double- 

 flowered variety of R. laciniata, resembhng ' R. Boule d'Or ' in all 

 respects, but with slightly larger and more numerous flowers than in 

 that variety. 



25. * Goldstrahl ' (Barr).— A double-flowered variety of R. laciniata 

 which resembles * R. Boule d'Or ' in all respects except that the flowers 

 are slightly larger and a shade deeper in colour. 



18. * Herbstonne ' (Barr). — Height 5 feet ; stem smooth, pale 

 green ; radical leaves in a dense rosette, smooth ; flower 4I inches 

 in diameter ; disc | inch tall, | inch wide at base, dull green ; stigmas 

 purplish ; ray florets in one whorl, elliptic, broad, one notch at apex ; 

 very free-flowering. A very distinct variety. 



26. maxima (Barr). — Height, 5 feet; stem slightly ribbed below, 

 whole plant glaucous ; radical leaves lanceolate, simple ; cauline leaves 

 irregularly cordate ; flowers borne sparingly, 4I inches in diameter ; 

 disc very tall, 2 J X i inch, deep brown-black ; ray florets in a single 

 whorl, deep lemon-yellow. 



23. speciosa (Barr). — Height, 18-24 inches, much branched below; 

 leaves, radical — ovate, in a rosette, strongly ribbed, entire or coarsely 

 toothed, on long, slender stalks ; cauline — narrower, gradually be- 

 coming sessile in the upper part of the stem ; flowers borne singly, 

 3 inches, in diameter ; disc | inch, hemispherical, deep brown ; ray 

 florets orange-yellow. 



