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C A - T A N A N C II E ClRULEA, BLUE 

 C A T A N A N C H E. 



C/d/} j»^ Order. 

 Syngenesia Pol yg am i a yEouAi.is. 



Generic Characler. 



Recept. paleaccum. Cal. imbricatus. Pappus aiiftatus, caliculo 

 5 feto. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



CATANANCHE caerulea fquamii calicis inferioribus ovatis. 



Linn. Syft. Vegetab, ed. 14. Murr. p. 722. 



Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 134. 

 CHONDRILLA caerulea cyani capitulo. Bauh. Pin. 130. 



The Catananche caerulea is a native of the South of France, 

 where it grows in hilly fituations that are ftony : it is a peren- 

 nial herbaceous plant, moderately hardy, and has long been 

 cultivated in our gardens, Mr. Aiton fays, by Parkinson 

 in 1640 : Miller, who treats of it in his Dictionary, defcribes 

 it as a pretty ornament to a garden, and one that is eafily kept 

 within bounds; there is certainly much about it to excite 

 our admiration, more efpecially in the ftruciure of the calyx, 

 and the florets: the flowers, which are of a pale blue colour 

 with a dark eye, make their appearance from July to Oftober. 



It is propagated by feeds, which Miller recommends to 

 be fown in the Spring; the feedlings mould be tranfplanted 

 in the Autumn, into the borders where they arc to remain ; 

 it may alfo be incrcafed by flips : the plant requires a fituation 

 moderately dry, and is moll productive of flowers and feeds 

 when it flands long in one fpqt. 



In the 14th edit, of the Syftema Vegetab. of Prof. Murray, 

 mention is made of a variety with double flowers, which we 

 believe has not been feen in this country. 



