CHRYSANTHEMUM sinense,
var. involutum.
Curled Lilac Chinese Chrysanthemum.
Natural Order. Compositæ. Adanson fam. 2.103.
CHRY SAN THEM UM . Flores radiati. Involucrum
hemisphæricum, imbricatum ; squamis marginalibus mem-
branaceis. Recept. nudum. Pappus nullus s. marginatus.
(Suffrutices aui herbæ ;) canlis simplex aut ramosus ; folia
Simplicia, (lobata) aut pinn a ta ; flores terminales, solitarii
aut corymbosi. Juss. gen. 183.
C. sinense, foliis petiolatis sinuato-lobatis dentatis mucronatis
subtus incanis stipulatis, receptáculo conico-convexo palea-
ceo V. nudo.
Chrysanthemum sinense. Sabine Mss.
Chrysanthemum purpureum. Pers. syn. 2, p . 461. Steud.
nom. p . 193.
Chrysanthemum indicum. Curtis magaz. 327. Hort. Kew.
ed. 2. V. 5. p . 95. non Linn.
Anthémis grandiflora. Ramat. in jour. d. hist. nat. 2. p . 234.
Desfont. arb. 1. p . 315.
Anthémis artemisiæfolia. Willden. sp. p l. 3. p. 2184. Enum.
911. Hort. sub. lond. 192. Link. enum. 2. p. 346.
involutum, floribus corymbosis confertis magnis lilacinis ;
medio pallidioribus, radiis apice involutis, receptaculum
globosum paleaceum.
R o o t perennial, tufted. Stems numerous, woody
at the base, from 2 to 4 feet high, more or less
branched, obtusely angular, thickly clothed with a
deuse white tomentum. Branches spreading, and
terminated with a compact corymbus of flowers.
Leaves flat, sinuately 5-lobed, densely tomentose,
particularly on the under side, much dotted ; lower
ones about 4 inches long, to 21 broad, deeply lobed,
and unequally toothed ; lobes and teeth rounded.
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