green, varying in length, simple or slightly branched. Leaves 
linear or linear subspathulate, from three to four or five inches 
long, entire or slightly toothed. /owers on long terminal pe- 
duncles, two and a half inches across. ‘The ray white above, 
orange-brown beneath. The disk deep purple, dotted with the 
yellow of the anthers. : 
Fig. 1. Floret of the ray, with its wingless ovary. 2. Front of the disk, with 
stamens and pistil :—magnified. 
