DRACOTIS AMPLEXICAU'LIS. 
STEM-CLASPING-LEAVED DRACOPIS. 
Class.. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order, 
COMPOSITiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Durafion. 
Introduced 
Louisiana. 
3 feet. 
July, Auw, 
Annual. 
in 1793. 
No. 737. 
Dracopis amplexicaulis has been described by 
several authors as Rudbeckia amplexicaulis, and^ 
Rudbeckia perfoliata. The new genus Dracopis, 
was established by Lessing, for the species here 
figured, on account of a trifling variation in its 
seeds from those of Rudbeckia. 
Although the plant has long been known to, and 
cultivated by, English botanists, it was probably 
lost from our gardens, till reintroduced by Drum- 
mond, who sent both seeds and dried specimens of 
it in 1836, to various establishments in this country. 
These were collected in Texas, and are entire- 
leaved, whilst plants of the same species, collected 
in New Orleans have strongly serrated leaves. 
It is a hardy annual, or it may, perhaps, prove 
of longer duration. It is true, that as an autumnal 
flower, it is but little needed in the open garden, on 
account of the numerous yellow-flowered plants, 
both annual and perennial, which afford us their 
golden tints, to embellish the garden at that season. 
If sown in March, it may be expected to flower in 
September. It is of neat growth if tied to a slight 
upright support. 
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