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ZINNIA* violacea ; var. coccinea. 

 Scarlet Zinnia. 



SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. CoMPOSiTvE. § Helianthese. Cassini. 



ZINNIA. — Involucrum oblongo-campanulatum, aut hemisphsericum, 

 polyphyllum, imbricatum. Receptaculum conicum, paleaceum. Flosculi 

 disci tubulosi hermaphroditi ; radii ligulati foeminei. Achenia disci com- 

 pressa, apice emarginato-bidentata, denie altero saepe aristato ; achenia radii 



corolla persistente coronata. Herbae oppositifoliae. Yo\\2i Integra. Fiores 



terminales, solitarii, lutei, coccinei, aut rarius violacei. — Kunth synops. 

 2. 489. 



Z. violacea ; foliis ovato-acutis sessilibus subconnatis, palearum apicibus 



fimbriato-serratis. Cavanilles icones, 1. 57. t. 81. Pers. synops. 2.458. 



Bot. rep. 1. t. 55. 

 Z. elegans. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 589. collect. 5. 152. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 2140. 



Spreng. syst. 3. 578. 



Herba annua, characteribus omninb Z. violaceae, prceter colorem fioscu- 

 lorum radii intense coccineum. 



This splendid plant came up among some Mexican 

 seeds presented to the Horticultural Society by J. S. 

 Mill, Esq. 



Its appearance was so entirely that of Zinnia violacea, 

 that till it flowered its beauty was not suspected ; and this 

 unfortunately took place at so late a period of the recent 

 rainy, sunless season, that we fear no good seeds of it were 

 saved. 



Our drawing was made in September, and may be the 



* Named in honour of John Gottfried Zinn, a professor of Botany at 

 Gottingen; born in 1727, died in 1759. He is chiefly remarkable for 

 having made some experiments to ascertain the cause of the irritability of 

 plants. He asserted that the leaves of Desmanthus virgatus would move 

 exactly the same in a damp, cold, dark cellar, as beneath the influence of 

 the sun ; whence he concluded it to be a vital phenomenon. 



