points curved inwards, membranaceous. Receptacle
paleaceous. C/io^lanceolate, keeled, taper-pointed.
Rays from 8 to 10, fertile, obcordate, 3-lobed, of a
bright yellow, with an orange-coloured mark at the
b ase; lobes blunt and rounded. Florets o f the disk
tubular, hairy at the base, furnished both with stamens
and pistils, opening into 5 blunt reflexed teeth.
Stamens 5 ; filaments distinct, smooth; anthers connected.
Style smooth. Stigma bifid. Seeds black,
clothed with close pressed white hairs, obconical, or
with the largest part uppermost, terminated with a
pappus of numerous small serrated chaff.
Avery pretty hardy annual, native of South America,
and only requires to be sown in the open ground, and
to be kept free from weeds; the best time for sowing
the seeds, is the latter end of March, or beginning of
April; if sown earlier, they are liable to be injured by
the Spring frost. As the plants spread considerably,
they should not be allowed to remain too close together;
if they are from 9 inches to a foot apart, they will
make a better appearance than if they were nearer to
each other, flowering from August to October, and
ripening abundance of seeds.
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Mr.
Colvill, iu September last.
1. Involucré cut through the middle, to show the chaffy receptacle. 2. Scale
of the involucre. 3. Scale of the chaff, showing its keel and attenuated point.
4. Floret spread open, showing its nerves. 5. Stamens, showing the united
anthers and distinct filaments. 6. Seed, terminated with its style and bifid
stigma. 7. Ripe Seed, terminated with a pappus of small serrated chaff.