GAILAR'DIA BI'COLOR. 
Var. picta. 
PAINTED GAILARDIA. 
Class. Order, 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
composite;. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Carolina. 
2 feet. 
July, Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1834. 
No. 641. 
The uncertainty which exists respecting the 
orthography of the Frenchman s name, adopted to 
distinguish this genus, has given it some irregu- 
larity. It is sometimes spelt Gallardia. We have 
already published the original variety of this plant 
under No. 100, but the one now under notice pos- 
sesses so much beauty, and has been sought with 
such avidity, that we consider a figure of it indis- 
pensable. Moreover, this is not a variety which 
has originated in our own gardens, but was raised 
from seeds, collected by Drummond in Louisiana, 
whence they were sent to this country and dis- 
tributed amongst his supporters. 
Considerable difference will be observed amongst 
the flowers of this variety, the ray of some of them 
being wholly of a deep rich sanguineous colour, or 
tipt in the slightest degree only with yellow, whilst 
in others the yellow will be seen to occupy nearly 
half of its surface. Dr. Hooker has observed also 
that in some of its blossoms which he examined all 
the florets of the ray had a bilabiate corolla, whilst 
others were only partially of such character. Our 
plants had no such peculiarity. The foliage 
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