( 1885 A:&B. ) 
 ‘Dauwia superriua. Fertive-rayep Dantra, 
JHB Hobe 
A. Crimson-rtowerep. B. Dousie PURPLE-FLOWERED. 
Gamia SUPERFLUA. 
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2 Smaaiene “Frakes . “pag 
_- Generic Character. 
Recept. paleaceum. -Pappus nullus. Cal. dup 
polyphyllus: interior 1-phyllus, 8-partitus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. - 
Danita superflua; caule non pruinoso, ligulis foomineis. 
Hort. Kea. ed alt. 8; p. 81> 2h 5 GF 9 Ee 
Groreina superflua, Decandolle in Annales du: Muséum, 
15. gr S10, ie dees sen 
Gxorerna variabilis, Willd. Enum. 899. 
are 2 od se eo > eee 
5 ie 
This species varies so much, not only in the colour of the 
x 
has shewn that the semi 
In the last edition of Arron’s “Hortus Kewensis, three 
varieties are considered as deserving to be distinguished by 
names, viz. the purple (purpurea) the rose, or lilac-coloured 
(lilacina) and the dwarf (nana). Our friend, M. Decanvotte, 
in the Annales du Muséum, above quoted, reckons five va- 
rieties, all from the colour of the flower —1. The red-flowered. 
2. The purple. 3. The lilac. 4. The pale. 5. The yellowish. 
the two varieties we have here given, and which are cer- 
tainly among the handsomest as yet recorded, A. will rank 
with the Ist. and B, with the 2d. 
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