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double flowers, which, having been examined, is ascertained 

 to be without pal5ae in the receptacle ; and this circumstance 

 strongly militates against the opinion that the paleai on the re- 

 ceptacle of the Chinese Chrysanthemums are the effect of the 

 impletion. 



Among the specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, Mr. Brown 

 has pointed out to me one with small single flowers (and with a 

 naked receptacle), which may, I conceive, be considered as the 

 Chrysanthemum Indicum of Linnaeus : it is from China, but not 

 one of those brought by Sir George Staunton. This specimen is 

 in a very perfect state : a sketch of it has been engraved and 

 published in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society (vol. iv. 

 plate 12.) together with a copy of a coloured drawing (vol. iv. 

 plate 13.) belonging to the East India Company, which I con- 

 ceive represents the Chrysanthemum Indicum of Linnaeus in a 

 double state. 



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