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P L A T E CC C L X X X I V .
X E R A N T H E M U M VARIEGATUM,
Variegated Eternal Flower.
C L A S S XIX. O R D E R II.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superflun,
Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, aut nudum.
Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, radiatus;
radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE chaffy, or naked. Featk
bristly. Empalement tiled, rayed:
ray coloured.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
XERANTHEMUM, floribus solitariis nut.antibus,
squamis calycinis obtusis maculatis.
XEKAKTHEMUM, with solitary nodding flowc
and the scales of the empalement obii
and spotted.
XEKANTHEMUM v-ariegatum. Syst Veg. QlA.—Syst. Veg. Litchf. ed. %. p. 6l4.~Reich. Syst.
pars 3. 766.
XEKANTHEMUM afncanum Giiaphalii foliis tomentosisj foliis et squamorum summitatibus ferrugiiK
RaiiSuppLlBl,
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An hermaphrodite floret magnified.
2. The chives, pointal, and seed-bud magnified.
3. One of the scales of the empalement.
4. The receptacle.
THE Xeranthemum variegatum is a small shrub, and seldom attains tlie height of two feet. It is a ni.
tive of the Cape o f Good Hope, and was lately introduced from that country to the collection of Georgi
Hibbert, esq. where our drawing was taken in the month of May. It requires the same treatment
the other species of the genus, and is propagated in the same manner. The leaves are linear-lancei
embrace the stem alternately, and when old are often reflexed in an imbricated manner : they aii
clothed, as well as the stems, with wool ; and resemble fine woollen cloth to the touch, and often have
the^j- edges and points of a purplish rusty colour. The bracteated peduncles are from one to three ¡1
number, at the end of each branch. The young flowers are more highly coloured than tlie old ones,
which sometimes assume a nodding attitude : when aged they bleach almost white, except the poiiit
of the calycine scales, which always retain a purplish blotch.
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