on the CJirysanlhcmuni Indicum of Linnaus, 575 



"Matricaria Japonica maxima ,t\orc soseo, sen mn\ e-rubentepleno 

 elegantissimo. Breyn. Prod. ii. 66. Kychonophane Japonensibm 

 dicta, Sec." The work of Breynius, from whence (his plant is 

 quoted by Plukenet, was published in L68Q, and is entitled Pro- 

 dromus Plant arum rariorum tecundu?, a It duns Catabgut Planta- 

 tion variorum anno 1688 in Hortis ceUberrimii Haliandia obieroa- 

 tarum. At page 66 of this book are mentioned two plants, viz. 

 Matricaria Japonica flore minore alba si nipt id ; and, Eadem florc 

 plow, both sent to Breynius by Von Rhyne, the ( »<>\ ernor of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. These were probably plants of Linnseuss 

 Chrysanthemum Indicum with single and double flowers; the) 

 are both quoted by Ray*, distinct from his Matricaria Zeylaniea 

 (which is the one Linneeus refers to), and he seems to consider 

 the double one to be the same plant as lliat of Petiver's Museum 

 before noticed. Sherard appears to have been of opinion thai 

 it was actually the same as the Matricaria Zajlaiw -a. and there 

 is little doubt but that he was right : if so, both these ought to 

 have been quoted by Linnaeus for the a and /3 of iiis Chrysanthe- 

 mum Indicum. These are followed by an account and descrip- 

 tion, which I shall give in the words of Breynius him self t ; 



" Matricaria Japonica maxima, florc roseo, she suave-rubente plena 

 elegantissimo, nobis. Kychonophane Japonensibus. Corym- 

 bosarum radiatarum omnium formosissima planta, atque 

 Japoniae insigne decus, minus fcetet, quam Matricaria vul- 

 garis, inque humanam ferme altitudinem fruticis ad instar 

 procrescit, multis ramis : foliis majoribus, nee non multo 

 longeque latioribus : Jloribus in ramulorum et caulis summo, 



* Ray, Suppt. page 224. 



f This plant is also introduced by Ray into his Supplement, and is in the page of 

 that work above referred to; and in the same page is the Matricaria Zcylanica which 

 Linnaeus quoted : so that there can be no doubt that this plant of Breynius must have 



been under his notice. 



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