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Tas. 4438. 
STIFFTIA cuHrRYSANTHA. 
Golden-flowered Stifftia. 
Nat. Ord. Compostrm—MotTIsIacE#.—SYNGENESIA PERDICIEA. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum homogamum discoideum multi- et equaliflorum. Jn- 
volucrum arcte imbricatum, squamis coriaceis siccis multinerviis ovato-rotundis, 
int. linearibus. Receptaculum nudum alveolatum. Cor. subcoriacea, glabra, 
regularis, 5-fida, 10-nervia, lobis extus circinnato-revolutis.  Filam. leevia. 
Anthere exserte longe caudate. Stylus cylindricus glaber bifidus, ramis brevi- 
bus wqualibus acutis. 4chenium glabrum elongatum brevissime rostratum. 
Pappus multiserialis paleaceus longus inequalis, paleis linearibus serratis— 
Arbores Brasilienses glabre. Rami teretes. Folia alterne petiolata oblonga acu- 
minata penninervia. Capitula terminalia, pedunculis squamigeris. De Cand. 
Srirrrra chrysantha ; foliis late lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulis solitariis, flori- 
bus capituli indefinitis. 
Srivrrra chrysantha. Mikan, Del. Fl. Bras. Fase. 1. cum Ie. De Cand. Prodr. 
v.17. p. 26, - ; . 
Augusta grandiflora. Leand. Akad. Mink. Phil. v. 7. p. 235. t.14. non Pohl. 
Prazta Brasiliensis, Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 503. 
Few cultivators have seen native specimens or the fine figure 
given by Mikan of this beautiful shrub, without feeling desirous 
to possess it in our stoves. It has been longer in our collections 
than we were aware of. Many years ago, plants of it were pre- 
sented to Kew by Mr. Henderson of the Pine-Apple Nursery ; 
and plants have been also communicated to the Edinburgh 
Botanic Garden ; yet no one suspected that it was the celebrated 
Stifftia till its flowers appeared, nearly at the same time, both in 
Edmburgh and Kew. Our drawing was made from the Edin- 
burgh specimen, kindly sent in February, 1849, by Professor _ 
Balfour, with the following notes. V.J.H 
“This plant has been flowering for some time m the Edin- 
burgh Botanic Garden. It is a native of Brazil, and was derived, 
I believe, originally from Kew. It is cultivated im a warm stove. 
“Duscr. The plant is at present almost six feet high (ac- 
cording to Mikan it attains a height of eight to ten feet) and has six 
heads of very showy flowers. The woody stem is four inches and 
a half in circumference at the base, and the bark is rough. 
The primary dranches come off in a somewhat dichotomous 
manner. eaves lanceolate, acuminate, alternate, shortly petio- 
APRIL Ist, 1849. 
