Stem upright, seldom exceeding two feet and half high 
with its inflorescence, coated over by a white short down- 
like frosted silver, Leaves lyrate, sinuately pinnatifid, 
with wide intervals and irregular lobes, soft, greyish green 
above and covered with soft pubescence, white underneath 
like the stem, terminal lobe largest and subtrilobate. In 
mode of growth it is nearly similar to the aspera of 
this work. Ray more than two inches across, of a 
cream-coloured white on the inside, suffused at the points 
and back with a tawny yellow hue, at the inner base, above 
the short tubes of the florets, of a blackish purple colour. 
A hardy greenhouse plant. Easily increased by cuttings 
planted out in the open ground. Requires a considerable 
share of water in the summer months, during which it 
continues to produce a succession of bloom. 
'The drawing was made at Messrs. Colvilles” nursery, in 
the King's Road, Chelsea. 
a A floret of the ray, with its germen. & A floret of the disk. c Tha 
calyx dissected vertically, to show the receptacle of the flower. 
