562 Mr. Sabine's Observations 



Artemisifefolia* ; and as a proof that he considered it to be quite 

 different from the Chrysanthemum Indicum of Linnaeus, he re- 

 tained that plant as distinct, leaving it in its proper station 

 in his Species Plantarum^. Another author { has called the 

 Chinese Chrysanthemum Anthemis stipulacea. The reason for 

 the removal of it from Chrysanthemum to Anthemis was, that 

 paleae were found to exist on the receptacle at the base of the 

 florets, and that circumstance constitutes part of the character 

 of Anthemis and not of Chrysanthemum, the receptacle of which 

 is naked. 



The plant now known as the Purple Chinese Chrysanthemum, 

 which had been described in France by M. Ramatuelle, was 

 sent to England by M. Cels in 1790 ; a description and figure of 

 it were published in the Botanical Magazine (pi. 327-) in 1796, 

 where it was called Chrysanthemum Indicum ; but no notice was 

 taken of M. Ramatuelle's observation or change of name. In the 

 second edition of the Hortus Kezvcnsis^ it is also given as Chry- 

 santhemum Indicum. At the time (1813) of the publication of 

 that work several varieties, which are enumerated, had then 

 been introduced ; M. Ramatuelle's memoir is referred to in it, 

 and Willdenow's Chrysanthemum Indicum as well as his Anthe- 

 mis Artemisitffotia are quoted as belonging to the species. The 

 same opinion of the application of the references was held by the 

 Editor of the Botanical Register]] in 1815, who gave figures of 

 two of the varieties, accompanied with some observations on the 

 species. The authors of those works appear to have considered 

 that the existence of the paleae on the receptacle in the culti- 

 vated plants was only the effect of luxuriance, and not likely to 



* Willdenow Sp. PL vol. in. p. 2184. Willd. Enum. vol. ii. p. 91 1. 



f Willdenow Sp. PI. vol. iii. p. 2147. 



J Mcench Supphmcntum ad Methodum Plantarum, p. 238. 



$; vol. v. p. 95. j| vol. i. plate and p. 4. 



be 



