Tas. 5283. | 
RHODANTHE Manotesn, var. sanguinea. 
Mangles’ Rhodanthe, blood-coloured var. 
Nat. Ord. Composit#.—SyNGENESIA AUQUALIS. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum, homogamum. Jnvolucrum turbinatum, im- 
bricatum ; sgvamis membranaceis, ovatis, acutis, externis argenteis bracteiformibus 
secus pedicellum, mediis appressis, intimis patentibus stellatis roseis. Recepta- 
culum nudum. Corolle quinquefide. Achenia erostria, lanata. Pappus uni- 
serialis, plumosus, setis distinetis. —Herba Novo-Hollandica, annua, erecta, ramosa, 
glabra. Folia amplexicaulia, oblonga, obtusa, integra. Capituia terminalia, soli- 
taria, ex involucro pulchre roseo elegantissima. De Cand. 
RuopantuE Manglesii. 
RHODANTHE Manglesii. Lindl. Bot.Reg.t.1703. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3483. Don, 
Brit. Gard. ser. 2. t. 295. De Cand. Prodr. v. 6. p. 159. Lehm. Enum. 
Pl. Preiss. v. 1. p. 447. Paxton, Mag. of Bot. v. 3. p. 173. Fl. des Serres, 
‘v. 6. p. 622. 
Var. sanguinea ; floribus eximie purpureo-sanguineis, disco atro-sanguineo. (TaB. 
Nostr. 5283.) 
RHODANTHE sanguinea. Hort. 
Beautiful assuredly as this plant is, and different as is the 
colour of the flowers, especially of the disk, from the R. Man- 
glesit (which has a rose-coloured ray and a yellow disk), and al- 
though it is cultivated as a distinct species under the name of 
Rhodanthe sanguinea in gardens, I can only offer it as a variety 
of that plant. That however published in 1836 is a very unsa- 
tisfactory figure, and destitute of analysis, which we are happy 
to have the opportunity of giving here. The original Rhodanthe 
Manglesii is made great use of in our gardens, in masses, for the 
ornamenting of our flowerbeds ; and the present variety, whether 
mixed with that or kept separate, will prove a very valuable in- 
troduction. The genus belongs to a group of the Composite 
which, like the Xeranthemums are called ever/astings, for the 
dried specimens retain the beauty of colour in the flowers as in 
the live state; and the group in Australia is remarkable for the 
variation of colour in the same type. Only one species is yet 
known to us, native of Western Australia. 
DECEMBER Ist, 1861. 
