ray white, and disk yellow; in glastifolia the ray is of a 
deep purple upon its first appearance, and, when fully 
blown, remains of a flesh colour. - ie 
The seeds in both are nearly alike; those of the asteroides — 
more obcordate, and have a broader margin ; in both spe- | 
cies they are crowned with short bristles, and have two 
long ariste nearly equal in length to the seed. In asie- — 
roides the peduncles for some distance from the flowers are 
naked, or quite free from leaves or bractes, but in glasti- — 
folia small leaf-like bractes are continued nearly to the 
calyx. From Micnavx’s description of the two plants we — 
doubt if he saw both, as he says, that in habit, in foliation, 
and in the colour of the flowers, they are altogether alike. 
The figures referred to by L’ Herit1er were never published, 
and, if engraved, are probably lost, so that we conclude 
our figures are the only existing ones of the two species of — 
Boronia. ) 
Boronia asteroides is a hardy perennial. Native of 
North America. Flowers in September and October. — 
Raised in the Bury garden, from seeds received from Dr. — 
Fiscuer, of Gottingen, under the name of glastifolia. The 
two species have indeed been generally confounded, but the 
names as we have applied them are the most appropriate; 
our present plant resembling an Aster more ectly in 
habit, than the former one; and has the lower leaves quite 
entire not serrate as in glastifolia. 
