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CHRYSANTHEMUM SINENSE /3 PUR- 



PURASCENS. 



Starry Purple Chinese Chrysanthemum. 



Syngenesia. Polygamia Superflua. 



Class 19. . Order 2. 



Chrysanthemum. Xpucravflefiov of Dioscorides : from XP^'^°S S^^'^' 

 and avSoj a flower. 



Linn. gen. n. 1)66. Linn. Trans, vol. xiv, p. 142. llort. Trans, 

 vol. vi. p. 338. 



GKNERIC CHARACTER. 



Cell. Common hemispherical, imbricate} scale close incumbent ; the 

 interior ones larger by degrees ; the innermost termmated by a 

 i)arched scale. Cor. compound radiated ; coroUets hermaplirodite, 

 tubular, numerous in the disk. Females more than twelve in the 

 rav. s'tani. in the hermaphrodites, five, capillary, very short, yin- 

 tliers cylindric, tubular, shorter than the corolla. Pist. In liie her- 

 maphrodites, germs ovate, style filiform, longer tlian the stamens, 

 stigmas two, revolute. Per. None. Calyx unchanged. Seed 

 solitary, oblong, without any pappus. Rec. naked, dotted, convex. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves: lobes narrow, slightly serrated. Florets unequal in length, 

 pointed at their termination, narrow and incurved at their centre. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, annual, about four feet in 

 heio-ht. Tlie branches are numerous, and are termmated by 

 broad loose clusters or corymbs of flowers. The expansion ol 

 a <rootl flower exceeds tliree inches and a half. The florets are 

 a ricli purple, paler where their anterior surface is exposed, 

 and verv pale at their extremities. lu C^hina the flowers are 



