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Zinnia Elegans. Violet-Coloured 



Zinnia. 



Oafs and Order. 



SV N G E S ESI A POX Y G A MI A SuPERFLUA. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. paleacenm. Pappus ariftis 2 ereftis. Cr/. ovato- 

 cylindricus, imbricatus. Flofculi 5-10 radii peififtenies 

 integri. 



- Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ZINNIA elegans, foliis amplexicaulibus, floribus pedunculate 

 hermaphroditorum feminibus breviffime mucronatis. 

 Jacq. Icon. rar. 589. Coll. 5. 152. 



ZINNIA violacea y foliis ovato-acutis feflilibus fubconnatis, 

 palearum apicibus fimbriato-fcrratis. Cavan. Hijp, 

 1. 57. /. 81. And. Bot. Rep. t. 55. 



Jacouin having defcribed this Zinnia in his Colle&anea, 

 and publifhed a figure of it in his Icones before that of Ca- 

 van illes, his name of Zinnia elegans has the rig" 1 

 priority, and we of courfe adopt it. 



It is a native of Mexico, and, being a tender annual, ca 

 only be railed from feeds, which ihould be fown in the SpriJJa 

 on a hot-bed, and by the latter-end of May fhould be 

 abroad in large pots, or may be planted out in the op 

 border, where from its fize and the beauty of its flower?, 

 will continue to make a confpicuous figure till deftroyed J 

 the froft. 



