As these plants have not been distinguished by any particular English
name, MILLER very properly uses its Latin one; a practice which
should as much as possible be adhered to, where a genus is named in
honour of a Botanist of eminence.
[35]
~Crepis barbata. Bearded Crepis, or Purple-eyed Succory-Hawkweed.~
_Class and Order._
~Syngenesia Polygamia AEqualis.~
_Generic Character._
_Recept._ nudum. _Cal._ calyculatus squamis deciduis. _Pappus_ plumosus,
stipitatus.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
CREPIS _barbata_ involucris calyce longioribus: squamis setaceis
sparsis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 719.
HIERACIUM proliferum falcatum. _Bauh. Pin._ 128.
HIERACIUM calyce barbato. _Col. ecphr._ 2. _p._ 28. _t._ 27. _f._ 1.
HIERACIUM boeticum medio nigro. _Herm. Parad. Bat._ 185. _t._ 185.
[Illustration: No. 35]
Grows spontaneously in the south of France, about Montpelier; also, in
Spain, Italy, Sicily, and elsewhere in the south of Europe: is one of
the most common annuals cultivated in our gardens. It begins flowering
in July, and continues to blossom till the frost sets in.
No other care is necessary in the cultivation of this species than
sowing the seeds in the spring, in little patches, on the borders where
they are to remain, thinning them if they prove too numerous.
MILLER calls this species _boetica_, and improperly describes
the centre of the flower as black, as also does HERMAN: in all
the specimens we have seen, it has evidently been of a deep purple
colour, or, as LINNAEUS expresses it, _atropurpurascens_.
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~Lilium bulbiferum. Orange Lily.~
_Class and Order._
~Hexandria Monogynia.~
_Generic Character._
_Cor._ 6-petala, campanulata: _linea_ longitudinali nectarifera. _Caps._
valvulis pilo cancellato connexis.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
LILIUM _bulbiferum_ foliis sparsis, corollis campanulatis erectis: intus
scabris. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 324. _Jacq. Fl. Austr. t._ 226.
LILIUM purpureo-croceum majus. _Bauh. Pin._ 76.
LILIUM aureum, the gold red Lily. _Park. Parad. p._ 37.
[Illustration: No. 36]
"The common orange or red Lily is as well known in the English gardens
as the white Lily, and has been as long cultivated here. This grows
naturally in Austria and some parts of Italy. It multiplies very fast by
offsets from the roots, and is now so common as almost to be rejected;
however, in large gardens these should not be wanting, for they make a
good appearance when in flower if they are properly disposed; of this
sort there are the following varieties:
The orange Lily with double flowers,
The orange Lily with variegated leaves,
The smaller orange Lily.
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