1703 



* RHODANTHE Manglesii. 



Captain Mangles s Rhodanthe. 



SYNGENESIA FOLYGAMIA JEdUALlS. 



Nat. ord. Composit^e. Tribe Senecionideos, Subtribe GnaphaliecE. 3, He- 

 lichrysccB Lessing. 



RHODANTHE. Capitulum multiflorum, bomogamum. Pappus uniserialis, 

 piliformis, plumosus, distiiictus. Achaenium erostre, lanatum. Receptaculum 

 nudum. 



R. Manglesii. 



Herba annua, erecta, ramosa, omnino depilata, obscure glauca ; ramis 

 teretibus distanter foliatis. Folia oblonga, obtusa, amplexicaulia. Capitula 

 solitaria, turbinala, pedunculis nudiusculis inserta. Involucri squamce mem- 

 branacecB, ovatce, acutce, exteriores argentece rubicundce, interiores patentes 

 amoene rosece, apice denticulatte . Receptaculum nudum. CorollEe tubulosce, 

 glabrcB, lufecc, hermaphroditcB. Rami stigm'atis divergentes, lineares. Ache- 

 iiium densissimt lanatum. Pappus uniserialis, piliformis, plumosus, longitU' 

 dine tubi corolla:. 



A charming greenhouse annual, introduced from the 

 Swan River Colony in New Holland by Captain Mangles, 

 R. N. after whom we have named it. It first flowered in 

 the beautiful collection of Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning 

 Hill, where our drawing was obtained in 1833, and whence 

 it has since been liberally distributed. In token of its 

 beauty it received the distinction of a medal at one of the 

 great exhibitions in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. 



Its season of perfection is May and June, at which time 

 there is nothing in the Gardens that equals it in beauty, for 

 it possesses the brilliancy of the Cape Helichrysa, without 

 their stiffness and formality. In July it becomes shabby, 

 and by the beginning of August its seed is ripe and its life 

 departed. 



* From pocou, a rose, and av$ur, a flower, in allusion to the colour of the 

 flower-heads. 



