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P L A T E CCCLXXV.
XERANTHEMUM BRACTEATUM.
Waved-leaved Eternal Flower.
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C L A S S XIX. ORDER IL
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous
Pointals.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceiim, aut n u d um. Pappus
setaceus. Calyx imbrlcatus, radiatus •,
radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE chaffy, or naked. Feather bristly.
Empalement tiled, rayed j the ray coloured.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &C.
XERANTHEMUM, foliis alternis amplexicaulibus
longo-lanceolatis undulatis, caulibusque
erectis pubescentibus ; receptaculis
nudisj radice annua.
XEKANTHEMUM, with alternate stem-clasping
long-spear-shaped waved pubescent leaves,
pubescent erect stems, naked receptacles,
and annual root.
XERANTHEMUM bracteatum. Fent. Sard, de la Malmaison, ial. 2.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A hermaphrodite floret magnified.
2. The chives, pointal and seed-bud magnified.
3. The pointal and seed-bud of a female floret magnified.
4. The receptacle.
XERANTHEMUM bracteatum has the appearance of proving as hardy an annual as a China Aster or
French Marygold j and if so, "will prove a considerable aci]uisition to our open borders • as it ripens
its seeds well, and they vegetate readily.
In being annual, it recedes in its nature from all the species of the genus we are acquainted with
except X. annuum of Linnaeus j which, however, we think, witli Jussieu, of a perfectly distinct
genus; on account of its squamous receptacle j and its variety (inapertum) a distinct species : the
structure of the receptacle in tlie extensive class Syngenesis being of great consequence in the for
mation and distribution of genera.
The seedlings of the waved-leaved Eternal Flower are best raised early, like China Asters, on a gentle
hot-bed, and, when large enough, should be transplanted out m showery weather, whwe tliey are intended
to remain : they will become erect and bushy, attain the height of three feet or upwards, and
produce their polished, golden-coloured flowers in autumn, in profiision. Possessing no recent' specimens
in bloom, we have omited a technical description. Our drawing was made last summer from
fine living plants at Mr. ColvilFs, Nurseryman, in the King's Road; who raised it in the year 1799
from Port Jackson seeds sent him by Colonel Paterson.
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