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Cineraria aurantiaca. Orange-coloured 



Cineraria. 



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Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. simplex, poly- 

 phyllus, aequalis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Cineraria aurantiaca ; floribus subternis terminalibus, 

 caule simplici, foliis radicalibus ovatis obsolete cre- 

 natis ; caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis, calycibus 

 sphacelatis. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 2081. Poir. Encycl. 

 Suppl. v. 2. p. 264. 



Cineraria aurantiaca; foliis radicalibus ovatis petiolatis 

 subdentatis ; caulinis linearibus integerrimis decurren- 

 tibus, caule paucifloro. Hoppe cent. pi. 4. 



Cineraria aurantiaca (|3.) tomentosa. Dec. Fl. Franc. 4. 

 p. 170. Lodd. Cab. 325. 



Cineraria alpina. var. Wulfen in Jacq. MiscelL 1. p. 156. 

 t. 17. /. 4. AIL Ped. n. 738. t. 38. /. 2. 



Cineraria integrifolia. Vill. Dauph. 3. p. 22b. 



Descr. Radical leaves ovate, petiolate, subcrenulate. 

 Stem erect, about six inches high, tomentose. Cauline 

 leaves lanceolate, quite entire. Flowers in a terminal 

 corymb from two to four, of a red orange colour, both 

 the ray and disk. Calyx cylindrical. Leaflets in one simple 

 series, sphacelate at the tip. Pappus sessile, simply 

 hairy. Stem and leaves covered with a thick, white, cottony 

 tomentum. There is said to be a variety with smooth 

 leaves. 



Native of the Alps of Dauphiny, in Piedmont, and of 

 Mount Cenis. Flowers in May. Communicated by Mr. 

 Anderson from the Chelsea Garden Is not recorded in the 

 Hortus Kewensis, nor in Sweet's Hortus Suburbann- 



