florets not yet opened and fliew ( ing their dark outfides, iiof a black 

 purple, whilft the centre is white from the young florets re- 

 maining as yet hidden below the pappus. The P*alk is foroe- 

 what twilled, which gives the leaves a i'piral turn around it; 

 this is more efpecially obfervable before the plant comes into 

 flower; and we fufpeQ that Xeranthemum fpirale is a mere 

 variety of thisfpecies. 



Is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and the fhelter of 

 the greenhoufe is neceffary to preferve it from froft ; but 

 with moft of its congeners it requires an airy fituation» or is 

 in danger of being deftroyed by damps. 









