NAT. ORDE R. 



Composite^. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM. INDIAN CHRYSANTHEMUM 



Class XIX. Syngenesia. Order I. Polygamia, Superflua. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, hemispherical, imbricated. Scales, marginal, 

 membianaceous. Pappus, margined. Receptacle, naked. 



Spe. Char. Leaves, stem-clasping, oblong ; the upper serrate, the 



lower toothed. 



The root is long, crooked, knotty, tough, externally of a dark 

 brown, and internally of a light cream color ; the stem rises from 

 two to three feet in height, somewhat woody, much branched, be- 

 set with numerous leaves, bearing some resemblance to those of 

 Mugwort, of a grayish color ; xhejloicers are sweet smelling, and, 

 on being pressed, give forth a very agreeable fragrance ; they are 

 produced on the summits of the branches, in a loose sort of clus- 

 ter, (those which terminate the main stem, grow to the size of a 

 large carnation pink,) of a dark purple color ; they are double, 

 or rather between semi-double and double ; the Jlorets of the ra- 

 dius at first are perfectly tubular, or quilled, but, as they advance, 

 split gradually downward on the inside, their outside being of a 

 grayish tint, invisible in most of the florets, especially the younger 

 ones, as it gives them a particolored appearance ; these florets do 

 not in full occupy the receptacle, leaving room for others in the 

 centre, of a different form, and yellow color, which on examina- 

 tion appear to have their parts perfect, and also those of the ra- 

 dius ; the receptacle is beset with membranous paleae, or chaffy 

 scales, a circumstance which would lead us to consider this plant 

 rather as an Anthemis, than a Chrysanthemum, of which it has 

 the calyx, with the foliage of Mugwort. 



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