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CHRYSO'COMA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Syngene'sia f, PoLYGa'miA, 
iEQUA'LIS+. 
Natural Order. Compo'sitas^ , tribe, Corymbi'fer/E, Jass . — 
Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 142. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 197 
& 199.— Mack. FI. Hibern. pt. i. p. 142. — Compo'sita: ; subord. 
Aste're-E, Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 520 & 521. — Synanthe'rea:, 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 454. — Corymbi'ferte, sect. 1. Juss. Gen. 
PI. p. 177. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 121 & 123. — Syringales; 
sect. Asterina; ; subsect. Asteriana: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 
900, 920, & 924. — Compo'sita:, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum ( common calyx J (fig. 1.) imbricated, 
hemispherical, or egg-shaped ; scales strap-spear-shaped, convex, 
pointed, unarmed. Corolla (see fig. 1.) compound, uniform, of 
several tubular, level-topped, perfect, regular florets (figs. 2 & 3.), 
longer than the involucrum ; their limb in 5 deep, equal, pointed 
segments. Filaments (see figs. 3 & 4.) 5, hair-like, short. Anthers 
in a cylindrical, 5-pointed tube, shorter than the florets. Germen 
(see fig. 5.) oblong. Style (see fig. 4.) thread-shaped, scarcely 
longer than the florets. Stigmas (see figs. 2 to 5.) 2, oblong, 
spreading, rather tumid. Seed-vessel none, except the scarcely 
altered involucrum. Seed (see fig. 6.) inversely egg-shaped, 
compressed. Pappus (see figs. 6 & 7.) sessile, copious, rough, 
permanent. Receptacle (see fig. 8.) flat, slightly cellular, or tuber- 
culated, without scales or hairs. 
The imbricated, hemispherical, or egg-shaped involucrum ; the 
naked receptacle ; the rough pappus ; and the styles scarcely longer 
than the florets; will distinguish this from other genera, with the 
florets all tubular, parallel, crowded, and nearly on a level at the 
top, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CHRYSO'COMA LINOSY'RIS. Flax-leaved Goldylocks. 
German Goldylocks. 
Spec. Char. Herbaceous. Leaves strap-shaped, smooth. Scales 
of the involucrum loosely spreading. 
Engl. Bot. t.2505. — Maund’s Botanic Garden, v. iv. No. 358.— Linn. Sp. PI. 
p. 1178. — VVilld. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. in. p. 1791. — Ait. Hort. Kevv. 1st edit. v. iii. 
p. 163. ; 2nd edit. v. iv. p. 514. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 402. — With. (7th edit.) 
v. iii. t. 35. p.919. — Lindl. Syn. p. 142. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.354. — Chrysocoma 
nuperum, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.467. — Linaria aurea Tragi, Johnson’s 
Gerarde, p. 554. 
Localities. — On rocky cliffs, on the sea-coast; rare. — Devon ; In great 
plenty amongst coarse grasses, on the rocky cliff of Berryhead, where it was 
first discovered in the Autumn of 1812, by the Rev. Charles Holbech, of 
Fig. 1. Involucrum and Corolla. — Fig. 2. A separate Floret.— Fig. 3. The 
same magnified. — Fig. 4. The 5 Stamens, the Germen, Style, and Stigmas, 
magnified. — Figs. 5 & 6. Seed and Pappus. — Fig. 7. A single Ray of the Pappus, 
magnified. — Fig. 8. The Receptacle and permanent Involucrum. 
* From Chrysos, Gr. gold ; and kome, Gr. hair ; not inapplicable to the 
general colour of the flower ; but probably applied by Dioscorides to plants of 
which that circumstance was more obviously characteristic. Withering. 
t See folio 91, n. f. $ See folio 147, n. § See folio 27, a. 
