South African seed, which flowered in the Royal Gardens 
in a cool frame in July of last year. 
Duscr. Root perennial. Stem one to two feet high, 
angular, and as well as the leaves sparsely pubescent, 
corymbosely branched above. Radical leaves four to six 
inches long, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into 
a long or short petiole, quite entire or sinuate-toothed ; 
upper leaves sessile, linear, obtuse, irregularly toothed ; 
uppermost at the axils of the corymb, sessile and semi- 
amplexicaul, lanceolate, acuminate, toothed. Heads many, 
long-pedicelled, in a lax open corymb, about one inch in 
diameter, pedicels spreading and involucres glandular- 
pubescent. Involucre hemispherical, calyculate by a few 
subulate bracts at the base ; receptacle convex. lowers 
of the ray ten to twelve ; rays distant, linear oblong, obtuse, 
purple; flowers of the disk not numerous, white, with 
purple anthers. Achenes striate, puberulous.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Involucre with bracts removed ; 2, ray-flower ; 3, its style arms; 4, disk- 
flower ; 5, stamens; 6, pappus-hair; 7, achene and flower :—all enlarged. 
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