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STEVIA fascicularis. 



Close-headed Stevia. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQ.UAL1S. 

 STEVIA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 93. 



S. fascicularis ; caule herbaceo, foliis oppositis rhomboideo-lanceolatis profunde 

 et argut& serratis vix pilosiusculis, superioribus sessilibus, ramis inflorescen- 

 tiae fastigiatis aut subfastigiatis plerisque oppositis, capitulis fasciculatim 

 congestis, corollis glabris, pappo riorum cujusque capituli sa?ph\s duorum 

 brevi paleaceo, aliorum triaristato. DeCand. Prodr. v. 5. 120. Lessing 

 in Linncea, 1830./). 140. 



Caulis pubescens. Fasciculi capitulorum sphcerici, albi. Corolla tubo 

 aspero. Arlstse palearum duce. Achsenium denticulatum. 



A native of Mexico, whence the seeds which produced 

 the plants now figured were imported by George Frederick 

 Dickson, Esq. F. H. S. and presented to the Horticultural 

 Society. 



It is a pretty, sweet-scented, greenhouse, herbaceous 

 plant, flowering in the latter months of the year. 



Nothing is more easy than its cultivation. It will grow 

 in any soil, and is readily multiplied by cuttings. 



In some respects it is at variance with the character 

 given bv Lessing to his S. fascicularis ; yet it seems hardly 

 different. 



Fig. 1. represents a capitulum, in the flowering state, 

 magnified; fig. 2. is a floret, with two setae among the 

 pappus. 



