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Xeranthemum Variegatum. Brown- 

 Tipped Xeranthemum. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Syncenesia Polycamia Superflua. 



Generic Char after. 



Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus fetaceus. Cal. imbricatus, 

 radiatus : radio colorato. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



XERANTHEMUM variegatum ; floribus folitariis nutanti- 

 bus, fquamis calycinis obtufis maculatis. 

 Syji. Veg. ed. 13. 625. ed. Murr. 750. 

 Reich. 6 p. Pi. 3. 766. 



XERANTHEMUM variegatum. Bot. Repof. 384. 



XERANTHEMUM africanum, gnaphalii foliis tomentofis, 

 foliis et Iquamorum fummitatibus ferru- 

 gineis. Raii Suppl. 181. 



Xeranthemum variegatum appears to be very fubjeft to 

 vary in the fize and colour of its flowers, being fometimes 

 nearly white, but the coloured tips of the fcales of the calyx 

 feem to be conftant in all. This colour is always ferrugineous 

 but fometimes mixed more or lefs with purple or red ; the mar- 

 gins and tips of the leaves likewife partake of the fame colour. 



Of all the varieties that we have feen, the one here figured 

 is by far the moft fplendid : it flowered in May laft at Mr. 

 Salisbury's, at the Botanic Garden, Brompton; thedifcof the 

 flower, at a particular period of its blooming, fhewing three 

 diftinft circles of different and highly contrafted colours; the 

 outer circle, confiding of the fully expanded florets which fhew 

 their yellow infides, is of a golden hue; the next, compofed of 



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