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Class and Order. 
SynGENESIA PoLtyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composrrz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum imbricatum, squamis internis scariosis radi- 
antibus. Pappus plumosus. Receptaculum nudum. 
Specific Character. 
Exicurysum* incanum ; incano-tomentosum, foliis longe 
linearibus acutis basi attenuatis, caulinis remotis su- 
perne sensim minoribus, caule simplici unifloro (squa- 
mis albis rubrisque). : 
Descr. Apparently an herbaceous plant, producing an 
unbranched stem, which is erect, waved, terete, and as well 
as the leaves clothed with a soft, white tomentum, which 
gives the plant a hoary appearance. Leaves mostly radical, 
the lowermost soon withering and persistent, four to six 
inches long, linear, acute, much tapering at the base, slightly 
channelled above, beneath having a prominent midrib :— 
the cauline leaves are remote, and gradually smaller u 
wards. Flower terminal, large, solitary. Scales of the 
involucre numerous, beautiful, spreading in sunny, warm 
weather ; the outermost silvery-white, the intermediate — 
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* From ag, spiral or twining, or sAssoc, marshy, according to Sota, and 
xpreos, gold; that is, a golden-coloured flower, whose stems are twining, or 
which inhabits marshy places. Both characters, indeed, at variance with what 
we know of the individuals of this genus. It is not known to what plant the 
eAxxpugos, Of the older Greek Authors was applied. 
