BUPHTHAL'MUM GRANDIFLO'RUM. 
GREAT-FLOWERED OX-EYE. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. POLYGAM IA FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
CORYMBIFERAS. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Austria. 
18 inches. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1722. 
No. 155. 
Our English appellations, in the present instance, 
agree perfectly with the systematic terms. Ox-eye, 
presents us with a suitable conception of the gene- 
ric name Buphthalmum; which is derived from the 
Greek bous, an ox; and ophthalmos, an eye. 
Grandiflorum, Latin, great-flowered. The generic 
name, without doubt, was first bestowed on a white- 
rayed flower, with a dark-coloured disk ; a character 
which, probably, is not possessed by any species 
of Buphthalmum, as this genus is at present con- 
stituted. If so, the necessary systematic division 
of genera, must have thrown from this family, the 
very plant with which its name originated. Several 
have been distributed into other genera ; amongst 
which may be noticed Antheinis, Chrysanthemum, 
Oedera, Yerbesina, each of which has shared in the 
division made from Buphthalmum. 
This showy herbaceous plant is sometimes raised 
from seed, and its offspring frequently presents 
trifling varieties of appearance. The roots also 
admit of division for increase, and these may be 
planted in any common garden soil, in whatever 
aspect is most convenient. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 126. 
