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ELICHRYSUM proliferum. 



Sprouting Elichrysurn. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIC SVPERFLUA. 



ELTCIIRYSUM. Flores tubulosi, marginal?** pauciores famlnei* 



Cat. imbricatus inaequalis, squamis scariosis, interioribus disco longioribiil 



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membranaceis nitidis, radium coloratmn constituentibus . livcept. nudiini. 



fl 



ttf rut ices ; ft 



bit us GNAPHALll. Jussieu. gen. 17 ( J } sub Xerantiiemo, supprcssis 

 Eliciiryso a/ienis. 



E. proliferum, caule ramosissimo, argenteo-tomentoso,- ranio omni ra- 

 ni tisculis cfebris foliatura obesa minuta loricatis obsito. 



Elichrysurn proliferum. JVilld. sp. pi. 3. 1903. Hort. KeW. ed. 2. 5. 

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Xeranthemum proliferum. Lin. sp. pi. 2. 1202. Berg. cap. 272. 

 IJuutt. vat. hist, der pi. 6. 72. t. 51. f. 2. Thumb, prod. 152. An- 

 drea's' s reposit. 374. 



X. afric, itnifl Gnaphalii foliis, supernis vero cupressinis teretifoliis, fl. 



■ maximo Persicae colore. P/uk. am. 213. t. 442. f. 4. 



Elichrysurn Abrotani foemime foliis. B'Cim. ic. 28. t. 17./*. I. 



Frutex prolifer, erectus, divaricate ramosisximus, elastico-rigens ; caulis <!$* 



rami teretes, candicantes, subaphyUi, ramulis numerosis curt is imbricato- 

 Jbliolosis undiquc velut veprecula spinis consiti. Folia plants adulta? ramea 



sola, vix lineam excedentia, coriaceo-crassa, subconica, obtusa, a dorso xiridia 



nitida nudiuscida, a supino pubescentia, imbricato-appressa, omnium singulum 



emisso sub axilld ramulo deciduum : plantae anno junioris alia diversa caulina 



mollia numerosa patentia spathulato-oblonga, tomentoso-albicantia, uncialia. 



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sensim decrescentia, itidem in axilla ramifera ; obtinent quoque similia in 

 uno aut et altero Yamo inferiori, nee ultra. Flores in ramis ultimis termi- 

 nates, solitarii, ampli, purpurei. Cal. infra hemisphecricus, tomentoso-squar- 

 rosus, supra glabrato-radiatus, foliolis interioribus lineari-lanccolatis. Flos 

 discoideus, planiusculus, griseus. Flosc. cylindrici, purpureo : /usci, 5-dcntati. 

 Masc. stigmate ; genuine glabro. Fern, similes, peripherics ; stigmate ex- 

 serto, bifida ; germine hirsuto. Pappus utrique similis, Jlosculis cequalis, e 

 pilis capitato-plumosis ; infeminis copiosior. Kecept. depresso-conxexum, nu- 

 dum puncticulatum. Polygamic? necessaries plant a* 



1 Throughout this genus, the beauty of the inflorescence 

 is in the calyx. This being of a scariose substance, and 

 enduring for years with little change, has been the cause 

 that our plant has been admired upon the shelf of the 

 Botanist, and among the figures of his books for at least 

 half a century before it reached his garden. As an " ever- 

 lastino-" for the winter-boughpot, Linnaeus proclaims it 



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