ENGELMANNIA (named in honour of George Engelmann, 1810-1884, a German botanist, who wrote on American plants). SYN. Angelandra. ORD. Compositae. A monotypic genus. The species is an erect, hardy, perennial, pubescent herb. It thrives in ordinary garden soil, and may be increased by seeds or by divisions. ENGELMANNIA pinnatifida (pinnatifid). fl.-heads golden-yellow, 1in. to 2in. in diameter, corymbosely paniculate; involucral bracts in several series; ray florets eight to ten, female; disk hermaphordite, but sterile. July. l. petiolate, 2in. to 5in. long, oblong, sinuate-pinnatifid to below the middle; lobes toothed, entire, or lobulate. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Prairies of North America, 1881. (B. M. 6577.)