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| XERANTHEMUM CANESCENS. ELEGANT 
| XERANTHEMUM. _ 
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Clafs and Order. 
-Syncenzsta PoryGamia SUPERFLUA. 
i Generic Charaéter. 
Recept, paleaceum. Pappus fetaceus. Cal. imbricatus radiatus; 
radio colorato. 2 22 
Specific Cha raffer and § YAONYMS. 
XERANTHEMUM canefcens fruticofum, foliis imbricatis, © 
Cae ae ~_ ovato-fubulatis glabris. Linn. Syft. Veg. 
ed. 14. Murr. p. 750. Amen. Acad. 6. 
MG a - 
XERANTHEMUM incanum, foliis fubrotundis, flore pur-_ 
ee pureo. Burm. Afr. 183. ¢. 68. f.1- — ! 
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Our plant accords exa€tly with fpecimens of Xeranthemum 
canefcens of Linnaeus in the Herbarium of Sir JoseP4 
Banks} though it does not agree fo well-in fome refpeéts 
with the Linnzan defcription as could be wifhed. 
It is a weak, branched, and widely-fpreading plant if left 
to itfelf, and does not appear to advantage in a colle@ion,. 
lefs carefully tied up to a ftick ; nor is it a plant that fucceeds 
well with every one : Mr. Barr, Nurferyman, Ball’s-Po 
near Hackney, manages it better than any one that we ha 
—feen; and his fuperior fuccefs appears to have arifen fr 
his keeping it in a warmer fituation than others, on a fhelf in 
the front of his ftove, for it requires more warmth than } he 
green-houfe affords; thus fituated, it begins flowering with h 
in the autumn, and continues in bloffom all the winter 
_fpring; when the flowers are out of bloom they droop, 
will continue a long while in the plant in that ftate, and e' 
Pome expand and look beautiful when the fun fhines op 
tem. 2 Nec ees 
It is a native of the Cape, recently introduced, and is 
pagated by: cuttings, : costa fos Ree 
