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It belongs to the class and order Syngmcski 

 Foli/gamia Siiperjhia, and ranks in the natural 

 order'of Compositee Discoiilca-. 



Tire characters are : that the calvx is conmion 

 simple, n.nnv-lcavcd: leaflets equal : the corolla 

 CQinpound radiated : the ccimllets hermaphro- 

 dite, equal, numerous in tlie disk : kniale hgu- 

 late, the same number with the leaves ot the 

 calyx, in the rav : proper of the hermaphro- 

 dite thnnel-shaped, with an erect, five-cleit 

 border : leniale liuulate, lanceolate, toothletted 

 at top : the stamina in the hermaphrodite, fila- 

 ments five, filiform, short: anther cyhndric, lu- 

 bulous, fivc-cleft at top: the pistilliini in the 

 hermaphrodite is an oblong germ : styh- lili- 

 fbrm, the length of the stamens : stigmas two, 

 almost erect: females, germ oblong; stxlefih- 

 torm, short : stigmas two, oblong, bluntish, re- 

 volute : there is" no pericarpium : calyx un- 

 changed : the seeds solitary, linear, and qua- 

 drangular: pappus hairy, copious: the receptacle 

 naked, and tlatlish. 



The species are: X.Cmar'il'ima, SeaCinerarm, 

 or Ragwort ; 2. C cf?ne//o/(/«. Blue-flowered Ci- 

 uerarra, or Cape Aster ; 3. C. Lanata, VJooWy 



Cineraria. 



The first has many woody steins, two or three 

 feet high) divided into many branches, which 

 iKue a'white downy bark. The leaves are very 

 woolly, six or eight inches long, deeply sinuatcd, 

 and jaffsjed on their borders. The stems which 

 suppoft^'the flowers are a foot or more in length, 

 having two or three small leaves on each, shaped 

 like those below, and terminated by many yel- 

 low flowers growing in panicles, or rather 

 corymbs, shaped like those of common Ragwort ; 

 appearing from June to August. It is a native 

 of the Mediterranean. 



There is a variety with higher and more 

 woody stems, broader leaves, and smaller flow- 

 ers ; but it is not so hardy. 



The second species has the stem of a purplish 

 colour, rough, dividing into many branches near 

 the root, so as to form a low bush)' plant, sel- 

 dom rising more than two feet high ; but the 

 branches extending more than a foot on every 

 r.ide: the leaves about an inch long, and a 

 third part of an inch broad, thick, succu- 

 lent, rough, sessile, generally two, but some- 

 limes three at a joint, or even four, two being 

 larsrer and two siiiafler. Towards the upper part 

 ■of '^hc branches arise the peduncles, from four 

 lo six inches long, naked, each supporting one 

 flower, the ray of which is of a fine sky blue, 

 and, after it has been some time expanded, tiirns 

 back towanls the calyx. Martyn says, " it is 

 never without flowers th** whole year !" 



The third is a plant of moderate growth, but 



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which, Martyn observes, 1. in the beauty of its 

 blossoms far eclipses all the others cultivated in 

 gardens : its petals, exteriorly, are of a most vivid 

 purple, interiorly white. It flowers early in the 

 spring, and, by proper management, may be 

 made" to flower the whole year through. It is a 

 native of the Canary Islands. 



Culture. — 'l"he plants in these different species 

 arc ail capable of being increased either by seeds 

 or cuttings, but the latter is the more ready me- 

 thod. The seeds should be sown in the early 

 spring season in pots of light earth, plunged into 

 a verv gentle hot-bed ; and when the plants are 

 of sufficient growth, they should be removed 

 sinelv into other pots, a little water being given. 

 Tlie cuttiii<rs may be planted in pots of the 

 same sort of eanh during the summer season, or 

 in the borders in warm shaded situations : w hen 

 they have stricken good roots they may be re- 

 moved into pots, in order to be protected in the 

 winter months. When treated too tenderly, 

 these plants are apt to become weak. 



'J'hese plants afford variety when set out in 

 assemblage w ith other sorts in pots, or the two 

 first mav be [danted out in warm sheltered situa- 

 tions in the open ground during the summer ; 

 but they must be protected from frosts in the 

 w inter season in some way or other. 



The third is valuable for the green-house, as 

 being hardy, flowering readily, and easily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. 



CTSTUS, a g'enus aftord'mg plants of the 

 shrubby evergreen kind. Rock Rose. 



It belongs to the class and order Poli/aridila 

 Monogijnia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Rotaiece. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a five- 

 leaved permanent perianthium : leaflets roundish, 

 concave ; of wdiich two alternate ones are lower 

 •and smaller: the corolla has five petals, roundish, 

 flat, spreading, very large: the stamina consist^ 

 of numerous capillary filaments, shorter than 

 the corolla: anthers roundish, small : the pistil- 

 lum is a roundish germ : style simple, the length 

 of the stamens : stigma flat, orbiculate : tlie pe- 

 ricarpium is a roundish capsule, cov-ercd with 

 the calyx : the seeds numerous, roundish, and 

 small. 



The species are : 1 . C. popiilifoliiis, Poplar- 

 leaved Cistus, or Rock Rose ; 2. C. laurifhlius. 

 Bay-leaved Gum Cistus; 3. C. ladaniferus, Spa- 

 nish Gum Cistus; 4. C. hicatms. Hoary Rock 

 Rose, or Rose Cistus; 5. C. hnlimij'olius, Sea 

 Purslain-leaved Cistus ; 6. C. Munsptlitnsis, 

 Montpelier Gum Cistus ; 7- C Cretia/s, Cretan 

 Ladaniferous Cistus ; 8. C. alhidiis. White-leaved 

 Cistus ; 9. C crhpus, Curled-leaved Cistus ; 

 10. C. salvtfolius. Sage-leaved Cistus. 



