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COREOPSIS lanceolata.
Spear-leaved Coreopsis.
Natural Order. ' Compositæ. Adanson fam. 2,103.
CO R EO P S IS . (Radiata; Pappus aristatus; Receptaculum
paleaceum.) Involucrum polyphy lum, foliolis a receptaculi
paleis vix aut parum distinctis. Recept. planiusculum v. leviter
convexum. Plosc. disci hermaphroditi, fertiles ; ra fli feminii s.
neutris ; ligulis disco transverso æqualibus s. longioribus, steriles.
Pappus 2-3-aristatus ; aristis glabris s. retrorsum scabris.
Gcert. sem. 2, 457. . . . i y j
Herbæ erecta ; folia sapius apposita, in quihusdam multtjida ;
flores axillares et sapius terminales ; ligula quarumdam albida.
Juss. gen. 188.
C. lanceolata, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis ciliatis basi in
petiolum attenuatis, pedunculis elongatis nudis, radns 4-den-
tatis, seminibus alatis scabris apice bidentatis emarginatis.
Coreopsis lanceolata. Willd. sp. p i. 3. p . 2256. Mieli, /o r .
amer. 2 .p . 137. Pursh. fi. amer. 2. p . 567. Pers. syn. 2.
p. 478. Hort. Kew. ed. 2 .V .5 . p. 135.
Bidens succisee folio, radio ampio laciniato. DiU. elth. 55.
t. 48. / . 56.
Stems several from the same root, erect, branching.
Leaves opposite, broad lanceolate, entire, smooth,
slightly fringed, bluntish, base attenuated down the
letiole ; fringed at the base with long spreading white
nairs. Peduncle long, naked, bluntly angular, furrowed,
smooth, 1-flowered. Involucre of two series,
many-leaved ; scales of the outer series 9, leaf-like,
lanceolate, bluntish, reflexed ; of the inner 9, membranaceous,
oblong, pointed. Receptacle convex,
warted. CAa^subulate, channelled, about the length
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