ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus nullus. Calyx polyphyllus, subæqualis. Semina disci utplurimum membranacea.
Receptacle naked. Pappus none. Empalement many-leaved, nearly equal. The seeds of the disk chiefly membranous.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Calendula, viscosa, foliis alternis lineari-cuneatis pinnatifido-dentatis, calycibus lucidis tomentoso-ciliatis, caule fruticoso debili.
Marygold, viscous, with alternate linear-cuneated pinnatifid-toothed leaves, shining tomentosely-ciliated empalements, and a weak shrubby stem.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2.A floret of the ray.
3.A floret of the disk.
4.The same magnified.
5.The corolla spread open and magnified.
6. The seed-bud and pointal
The figure annexed represents a new and very ornamental species of the genus Calendula, which we lately discovered flowering beautifully, amongst many other rare plants in the charming collection of exotics at George Hibbert’s, esq. Clapham; where it was lately raised from seeds, sent to him, we believe, from the Cape of Good Hope, of which country we understand it is a native.
It is a shrubby species, and possesses much of the growth and habit of Calendula dentata of our last number; and indeed in most things, except its considerable viscosity and the colour of its flowers, exhibits a very great similitude to that species; and will be found to succeed with the same treatment and mode of propagation; but is in every respect a much more desirable plant.[Pg 105]