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RUDBECKIA PURPUREA.
PURPLE RUDBECKIA.
Syngenesia Frustranese, Linn. Corymbiferse, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix sub-equal, mostly consisting of a double series of leaflets. Receptacle paleaceous,
conic. Pappus a 4-toothed margin.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Rough; lower leaves broad-ovate, attenuated at base, remotely toothed, those of the
stem broad-ovate, acuminate at either end, nearly entire, the rays very long,
dependent, bifid. Willd.
R oot perennial. Plant from eighteen inches to two and a half feet
high, rough, of a dull-green colour. Leaves opposite, paler underneath
than above; lower ones broad-ovate, with a narrow base, and deeply
toothed at long and irregular distances. Those of the stem are more
inclining to lanceolate, and terminate in a long acumination. Flowers
large and showy, the disk florets hyacinth-red, being collected toffiUPIBJE
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