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A S T E R REFLEXUS.
Rejìexed-leaved Starwort.
C L A S S XIX. ORDER IL
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
E S S E N T I A L GENERI C CHAEACTEK.
R E C E P T . nudam. Pappus fimplex. Cor. radii
plures 10. Cal. imbricati fquamae interiores
patulae.
R E C E P T . naked. Feather fimple. Florets of the
circumference 10 or more. Cup tiled, the
innermoft fcales fpread outward.
See After dentatus, PI. LXI.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
After fruticofus, foliis ovatis fub-imbricatis, recurvatis,
lerratis; floribus folitariis, terminalibus,
feíElibus.
Starwort with egg-fliaped leaves, almoft tiled,
bent backward and fawed; flowers grow
folitary, terminal, and fit clofe to the ends
of the branches.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
3. The Empalement.
2. A Floret of the circumference.
3. The Pointal of the foregoing.
4. A Floret of the centre (magnified).
5. The Chives and Pointal of a floret of the centre (magnified).
6. The Shaft and Summit of the fame (magnified).
THE Angular merit of this pretty greenhoufe plant, is, that its bloffoms are ftill to be feen through
the whole year; and is kept with as little care, as is required for any. It is with eafe, and certainty,
increafed by cuttings, put in about tlie month of May; or by feeds, which it fometimes perfeas by
being kept from the rain in autumn. It is a plant known by name, to moft botanifts; but has not
been introduced to us, till the year 1794, when it was received in feeds from the Cape, at the nurfery
Hammerfmith; where it has flowered, thefe two fucceflive years, and where our figure was
taken.
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