Tab. 5401. 

 HOMOIANTHUS viscosus. 



Viscid Homoianthus. 



Nat. Ord. Composite (Nassauviace^:). — Syngenesia ^qualis. 



Gen. Char. Capitidum multiflorutn, homogamum. lnvolucrum 2-3-seriale, 

 squamis ext. foliaceia subclentatis, int. subimbricatis integerrimis. Receplaculum 

 piloso-firabrilliferum. Corolla labiatse, labio ext. 3-dentato plus minus ligu- 

 lseformi, int. bipartito lobis linearibus ssepe cirrhiformibns. Anthera basi 

 setosse. Styli rami apice truncati, puberuli. Acheenia villoso-sericea. Pappi 

 seta pluriseriales, scabrse. — Herbse ima basi sape svffruticulosce. Folia allema, 

 inf. saepe petiolata, glabra aut rigide scabra aid ciliata. Capitula terminalia. 

 Corollas soepe ceerulescentes. Be Cand. 



Homoianthus (Homanthis) viscidtis ; glaber, caule erecto subnudo glanduloso, 

 foliis radicalibus oblongo-cuneatis obtuse sinuatis acutis subglandulosis, 

 caulinis sessilibus, involucri squamis biseriatis integerrimis subsequalibus 

 mucronulatis, ovariis villosissimis. De Cand. 



Homoianthus viscosus. Be Cand. Prodr. v. I.p. 64. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 3. p. 417. 



Perdictum viscosum. Pospp. PI. Exsicc. n. 772. 



Pekezia viscosa. Less. Syn. p. 408. 



Perezia spathulata. Hook, et Am. in Comp. Pot. Mag. v. 1. p. 33. 



Clarionea spathulata. Lag. in Bon, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 16. p. 205. 



A native of Chili, in the southern provinces, especially in 

 Valdivia, whence it has lately been imported by Messrs. Veitch 

 and Son, of the Exeter and Chelsea Nurseries, through their in- 

 defatigable collector Mr. Pearce, and from whom we have re- 

 ceived the specimens from which our figure has been taken. 

 That it will prove hardy from such a climate there can be no 

 question, and from its size and habit (not much unlike that of 

 our favourite species of Tagetes), and the colour of the flowers, it 

 is quite likely to become a good bedding-out plant for summer 

 flower-borders. In June the flowers begin to appear in per- 

 fection. 



Descr. Root, as far as we can at present judge, perennial. 

 Stem, a foot or more high in our specimen, simple and leafy : 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1863. 



