WEDE'LIA AU'REA. 
(iOLDEN-FLOVVEREI) WEDEMA. 
Class. Order. 
SVNQENESIA. POLYGAMIA NECBSSAKIA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITAi. 
Native of 
Heig'lit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
2 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1828. 
No. 364. 
Wedelia is a name which was adopted in honour 
of a German botanist of tlie name of Wedel. Aurea, 
from the Latin, gold-coloured. 
The Wedelia aurea was first introduced to the 
Bury Hill collection, in this country; seeds of it hav- 
ing been transmitted thence from Mexico, by Cer- 
vantes. It is a tuberous-rooted herbaceous plant, 
but unlike the Phlomis tuberosa, lately noticed, 
its vitality and increase are rendered dependent on 
its tubers. In its division, and propagation, these 
form a primary part of its roots; whilst the fibrous 
appendages of the Phlomis will maintain the plant 
independently of its tubers. 
It grows freely in a light soil, and warm situation, 
and when increase is desired, its tubers may be 
divided, which is most suitably performed in spring. 
Or, cuttings of the young stems will strike root under 
a hand-glass. In the open ground it rarely ripens 
seeds freely; but if these be desired, it should be 
flowered in the green-house, which will induce fruit- 
fulness. It will always be advisable to protect a 
plant of it in winter,lest those in full exposure should 
be lost by very severe weather. 
D. Don’s MSS. 
