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dark circle round the disk. Florets o f the disk numerous,
fertile, tubular, 5-toothed. Stamens 5: filaments
distinct: anthers connected, of a dark brown, their
points exserted. Pollen orange-coloured. Style smooth,
longer than the stamens. Stigmas 2, purple, recurved.
Seed small, blackish, emarginate, curved, naked at the
summit.
“ Habitat. Throughout the Arkansa territory, to
the banks of the red river, chiefly in the prairies, which
are subjected to temporary inundation, flowering from
June to October.” Nuttall loc. cit.
This beautiful annual is of recent introduction
from North America, and is a valuable acquisition to
our collection of hardy annuals, as it appears to be of
very free growth, and thrives well in the common
garden soil. The seeds may be sown in pots, in a
hot-bed frame, or in the green-house, and from thence
be planted into the open borders; or it may be sown in
the open ground, the latter end of March, or beginning
of April; but the plants raised in the latter way will
not flower so early as the others. If sown in rich soil,
the plants will attain the height of 4 or 5 feet; in poorer
soil they will be shorter.
We received seeds of the present species from Germany
this Spring, under the name of Calliopsis hicolor,
from which we have raised a great many plants; we
are also obliged to Professor Treviranus for others
sent under the name that we have adopted.
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the Nursery
of the late Mr. James Lee, of Hammersmith ; our description
from one at the Apothecaries Company’s
Garden at Chelsea.
1; Capitulum cut through the middle, showing the leaflets of the Involucrum.
2. Inner view of the same, showing the chaffy receptacle. 3. Floret of the
disk. 4. The same split open, to show the distinct filaments, and connected
anthers. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma.