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HELICHRYSUM NIVEUM. SNOWY-FLOWERED 
HELICHRYSUM. 
KR KK EEE EKER EEK EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
SynGenEsIA AZQUALIs. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirm. Senecronipe2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multiflorum, nune homogamum, fl. omnibus 
tubulosis hermaphr. 5-dentatis, nunc heterogamum fl. radii 
uniseriatis seepé paucissimis femineis gracilibus. Invol. im- 
bricatum, squamis scariosis, interioribus conniventibus aut 
radiantibus. Recepé. planum epaleaceum, nunc nudum, 
aut areolatum, nunc fimbrilliferum. Achenia erostria sessi- 
lia, areola terminali. Pappus uniserialis setis subscabris 
(nec plumosis), nunc liberis, nune equaliter basi subconcre- 
tis, nunc inzequaliter subcoadunatis seu ramosis.—Herbe aut 
Suffrutices. Species presertim Capenses, in omni orbe veteri 
et Australasid etiam crescentes, sed nunquam in Americé ob- 
servate. Folia alterna. Involucra alba purpurea aut flava. 
Cor. lutee aut purpuree. De Cand. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Heticurysum niveum; perenne caule erecto subsimplice 
scabro capitulis maximis solitariis terminalibus, squa- 
mis utrinque niveis conniventibus ovatis mucronula- 
tis, foliis oblongo-spathulatis utrinque viridibus pubes- 
centibus basi in petiolum angustatis semiamplexicau- 
libus. Graham. 
This large and extremely ornamental species, was raised 
by Mr. Low of Clapton, from seed sent from Swan River 
by Mr. Drummonp, late of Cork, and seedlings, sent to the 
garden of the Caledonian Horticultural Society in October, 
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