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* RHODANTHE Manglésii. 
Captain Mangles's Rhodanthe. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ZQUALIS. 
Nat. ord. Compositm. Tribe Senecionidez, Subtribe Gnaphaliee. 3. He- 
lichryse Lessing. eet o 
RH ODA N THE. Capitulum multiflorum, homogamum. Pappus ala 
piliformis, plumosus, distinctus. Acheenium erostre, lanatum. Receptacu 
nudum. 
R. Manglesii. ; è ; 1 
Herta annua, erecta, ramosa, omnino depilata, — aa Camu 
teretibus distanter Joliatis. Folia oblonga, obtusa, amp cd $ tama mem- 
solitaria, turbinata, pedunculis nudiusculis inserta, Invo s ah e potestis 
branacee, ovate, acute, exteriores argentee rubicunde, "Corolla tubulose, 
amené rosee, apice denticulate. Receptaculum — faxum Ad 
glabre, lutee, hermaphrodite. Rami stugmatis iven _ pesto longitu- 
nium densissime lanatum. Pappus uniserialis, piliformis, p : 
dine tubi corolla. 
: he 
A charming greenhouse annual, introduced from t 
Swan River Colon in New Holland by Cap a wes gr 
: N. after whom we have named it. It first f ing 
the beautiful collection of Robert Mangles, per sd whence 
ill, where our drawing was obtained in 1833, ww Ff its 
it has since been liberally distributed. — yË m of the 
beauty it received the distinction of a meda it al Society. 
great exhibitions in the Garden of the Horticultur 
'hich time 
Its season of perfection is May and June, at an, a 
there is nothing in the Gardens that A one > Sio 
it possesses th brilliancy of the Cape a d tips bd, 
their stiffness and formality. In July it bee age gyng 
and by the beginning of August its seed is rip 
departed. “ 
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flower-heads, x 
