GALINSO'GEA TRILOBA'TA. 
TIIREE-LOBED GALINSOGEA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. POI.YGAMIA SUPERFI.UA. 
Natural Order. 
composite;. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introdueed 
Peru. 
2 feet. 
Au<r. Sopt. 
Annual. 
in 1797. 
No. 370. 
The generic name, Galinsogea, was adopted in 
honour of M. M. Galinsoga, Pliysician to the Queen 
of Spain, and a botanist of Madrid, to whom tlie 
superintendance of the Botanical Garden there was 
confided. Trilobata will either apply to its three- 
lobed petals, or lower leaves. 
This annual, as shown by our date, registered 
above, is not of very recent introduction. It has 
been, however, but very little known, principally, it 
may be imagined, from the powerful opponent it 
would find in the French Marigold. The Galinsogea 
trilobota, and French Marigold, have great simili- 
tude of character, and it must, in honesty, be con- 
fessed, that our present subject will stand but second 
best in comparison with its rival. Those of our 
readers who have space, will, nevertheless, be grati- 
fied in possessing it, as it requires but little care, and 
continues long in flower. 
The culture of the Galinsogea trilobata, is the 
same as that adopted for the usual sorts of hardy 
annuals; it being only necessary to sow it in the 
open borders, in the beginning of April. One or 
two plants are sufficient for each place. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 122. 
