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ZINNIA HYBRIDA. LARGE-FLOWERED ZINNIA. 
FRR RAR eee ees ae 
Class and Order. 
Syncenesia PotyGamia SuPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. paleaceum. Pappus aristis 2, erectis. Cal. ovato- 
cylindricus, imbricatus. Floscult radii 5, persistentes, integri. 
Specific Character. 
Zinnta hybrida ; foliis cordatis sessilibus margine scabris, 
seminibus disci bi-aristatis : radii muticis, pedunculis 
clavatis fistulosis. 
Desc. Root annual. Stem hairy, branched: branches 
trichotomous, one flowered. Leaves sessile, oblong-oval, 
cordate, 5-nerved, minutely pubescent on both sides, rough 
, at the margin. Peduncle terminal, fluted, club-shaped, hollow 
within. Calyx oblong-oval: scales imbricated obtuse, mar- 
gins coloured, denticulate. Radius many flowered, of a bright 
crimson colour on the upper, and greenish on the under side. 
Disk dark-purple, mixed with green. Receptacle conical. 
Palee lanceolate, equalling the florets, green. 
It differs from both pauczflora and elegans in being pubes- 
cent, as well as in the colour of the flowers ; from the former, 
in the length of the peduncle ; and from the latter, in having 
sessile, but not stem-embracing leaves, and a more conical 
disk; the palew of which are not fimbriate at the point. 
_ Communicated by Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame, and Mitne, 
in August last, under the name of grandiflora ; but as we 
find the same species in the herbarium of A. B. Lampert, 
Esq. collected in South America by Ruiz and Pavon, under 
that of hybrida, we have thought it right to adopt this. Mr. 
Wuittey received the seeds of this plant from the East Indies, 
by favour of Mrs. Sruarr, but it was most probably intro- 
duced there from Brazil, Requires the same treatment as 
other tender annuals, 
