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Centaurea Racusina. CRETAN CENTAURY. 
~ Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESIA PoLtyGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. 
Generic Chara@er. 
Recept. fetofum. Pappus fimplex. Cor. radii_infundibuli- 
formes longiores irregulares. — 3 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 
CENTAUREA ragufina calycibus ciliatis, foliis tomentofis 
natifidis : foliolis obtufis ovatis integerrimis : 
exterioribus majoribus. Sp. Pl. 1290. Ait. 
“Kew. 0. 3. ps 259. 
JACEA cretica lutea foliis cimare. Morif. Hiff. 3. p. 141- 
faethe at. fF 2% : 
JACEA arborea argentea ragufina. "Zan, Hiff, 107. t. 43- e 
. Sa Nan Foon. t. 168 SF 4; 
STCEBE montana nivea capite cardui, fubrotundis foliorum 
ba lobis. Barr. Ic. 309. 
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The Centaurea ragufina, a native of the ifle of Candia, and — 
of feveral places on the coafts of the Mediterranean, both in 
Europe and Africa, was cultivated here in 1714, by the 
_ Ducuess of Beaurorr, and is nowa common greenhoule 
plant; it feldom exceeds the height of three feet; its ftalks 
which are perennial, divide into many branches; the flowers 
are of a bright yellow colour, they appear in June and July, 
"but the feeds feldom ripen in England: as this plant retains its 
leaves, which are extremely white all the year, it makes a 
pretty variety among others. If planted in dry lime rubbifh, 
Miter fays, it will bear the cold of our ordinary winters, in 
the open air. ? 
May be propagated by flips, or by planting the young ~ ; 
branches, which do not fhoot up to flower, in a fhady border 
any time during the fummer; inthe autumn thefe may be re- 
moved into a warm border, or put into pots to be fheltered in 
winter, ' 
