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smoolh, distinct; anthers connected into a tube, exserted
; pollen bright yellow. Style smooth, about
the length of the stamens. Stigmas 2, purple, spreading
. The present handsome plant is often confounded
with R. fu lg id a in our collections, but is a very distinct
species, and not so easily kept iu good health as
that, being very apt to die off in Winter, owing, we
apprehend, to the variableness of our climate, as it
thrives exceedingly well in Summer, and produces
abundance of flowers, though it seldom ripens its
seeds; we have succeeded very well in raising it from
cuttings, by taking off the young shoots and planting
them under a common hand-glass, where they rooted
in a very short time, and made strong plants the same
season. Pursh marks it as a biennial, and mentions
it as growing on the mountains, from Virginia to Florida,
flowering from July to September. We have no
doubt of its being strictly perennial, but very liable to
rot off in Winter if grown in too moist a situation; we
therefore recommend its being planted in a dry border
of rich light earth; and it is also well to have some
plants of it in pots, which can be protected in frames
in Winter, if t le weather be very severe or very wet,
they can then be turned into the borders in Spring.
It seldom exceeds a foot in height, and is, therefore,
an ornamental plant for the front borders of the flower
garden.
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in August last.
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1. Capitiilnm cut through the middle, to show the conical chaffy receptacle.
2. Scale of the chaff. 3. One of the Rays. 4. Floret of the disk. 5. The
same spread open, to show the nerves. 6. Stamens, showing the distinct fila*
ments and united anthers. 7. Seed, terminated by the Style and 2 spreading
Stigmas.