RUDBECK^IA HIR'TA. 
HAIRY RUDBECKIA. 
Class. Order. 
SVNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
18 inches. 
June, Sep. 
Perennial. 
in 1714. 
No. 314. 
This genus was named by Limieus, in honour of 
his predecessors, the celebrated professors of botany 
at Upsal, named Rudbeck. It would be difficult now 
to determine, whether the father or son of this name 
was most eminent as a man of science. The elder 
Rudbeck appears to have possessed talents the most 
versatile, with the greatest conceptions; whilst his 
son, whose pursuits were more immediately directed 
to the study of the vegetable world, may be acknow- 
ledged the more profoimd botanist. 
To the memory of the elder Rudbeck a greater 
debt of gratitude is owing, by every lover of natural 
history, than at first may appear. It was he that first 
established a botanical garden at Upsal, in Sweden, 
which he gave to its university, and died in 1702. 
His son succeeded him, as professor, and became the 
friend and patron of Linneus ; and on Linneus, also, 
in his turn, was the honoim of the professorship at 
Upsal bestowed. Hence Olaf Rudbeck’s garden, 
may be referred to as the nursery, not only of plants, 
but of botanical science, of the author of that science, 
and the source whence has sprung many of our 
purest pleasures. 
