144 Mr. Sabine 07i the Generic and Specific Characters 



with the characters given by Linnaeus to his Chrysanthemum In- 

 dicum, and agreeing not only with the descriptions of the authors 

 he had referred to, but with the specimens of the different Her- 

 baria in which the plant referred to by Linnaeus as his C. Indicum 

 was to be formed. The whole appearance of it is so decidedly 

 different from that of anjr of the Chinese Chrysanthemums, that 

 even before it blossomed, doubts of their specific identity might 

 have been entertained, without much examination ; but the blos- 

 soms are so different, that in its flowering state, they could not 

 possibly be taken for the same. 



The following characters and descriptions with reference to 

 the different works in which the two species are treated of, is the 

 result of the comparison instituted. 



Chrysanthemum Indicum. 



C. foliis flaccidis petiolatis pinnatifidis crebr^ dentatis; supremis 



integerrimis, radio calyce paulo longiore, caule fruticoso. 

 Matricaria Japonica flore minore, &c. Breyn. Prod. ii. p. 66. 

 Tsjetti-pu. Rheede Hort. Mai. vol. x. p. 87- tab. 44. 

 Matricaria Madraspatana, &c. Mus. Pet. p. 76. no. 786. 

 Chrysanthemum Madraspatanum, &c. Pluk. Aim. p. 101. 



tab. 160. Jig. 6. 

 Matricaria Sinensis, minore flore, &c. Pluk. Amalth. p. 142. 



tab. 430. Jig.3. . 

 Matricaria Indica, &c. Moris. Hist. vol. iii. p. 33. 

 Matricaria Sinensis, &c. Vaillant Act. 1720. p. 285. 

 Matricaria Zeylanica hortensis, &c. Raii Supp. p. 224. 

 Matricaria flore pleno magno. Herm. Mus. Zeylan. p. 33. 



Burm. Thes. Zeylan. p. 153. 

 Matricaria Zeylanica hortensis, &c. Linn. Flor. Zeylan. p. 198. 



no. 421. 

 Matricaria Sinensis. Rumph. Amboin.vol.v. p.259. tab. 91. Jig. 1. 



Chrysan- 



