RUDBECKIA FULGIDA.
SMALL HAIRY RUDBECKIA.
Syngenesia Frustanea, Linn. Corymbiferce, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Cb/z# sub-equal, mostly consisting of a double series of leaflets. Receptacle paleaceous,
conic. Pappus a 4-toothed margin.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stem hispid; branches virgate, elongated, one-flowered; leaves alternate and
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, denticulate, all over slightly hispid, narrow at the
base and sub-cordate ; calix leafy, nearly equal to the rays, which are deep
golden-yellow; disk hemispherical, deep purple; chaff lanceolate. B.
SYNONYMS.
R udb e ckia chrysomela, Mich. Flora Boreali-Am.
R. aspera, Desfontaines in Tableau de L ’ecole de Botanique Jardin du Roi.
O beliscothec a integrifolia, radio aureo, umbone atro-rubente, Dillenius, Hort. Elth.
