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ria and its varieties. The ray scales are of a bright puis 

 pie or magenta color, deeper than in R. maculata. It is 

 more floriferous than H. maculata^ but the capitules are 



RHODANTHE MACULATA. 



somewhat smaller, the average diameter being about one 

 Introduced from Australia, by William Thompson. 



inch. 



R. maculata alba. This charming variety from the 

 beautiful H. maculata^ is identical with it in habit, differs 

 from it only in the color of the ray scales, which are of 

 the purest and most silvery white ; the disk being yellow 

 as in 72. maculata. It is unquestionably the finest white 

 everlasting in cultivation. 



