cal and acute, composed of reddish or tawny florets, accom- 

 panied by the prominent, dark-green, or blackish, scales of 

 the receptacle; the radius of this compound flower, consists 

 of ten or more broad, elliptical, usually emarginate florets, 

 of a deep brick-red, and very smooth above; pale greenish, 

 and rough beneath; reticulated with veins, and finally becom- 

 ing rigid, or membranous. Calyx imbricated, somewhat 

 ovate, with numerous obtuse, erect, permanent scales. 



Zinnia contains plants of the annual flowering kind, 

 of which the species cultivated are the N. American plant 



just noticed. The Z. Pauc\flora, Yellow Zinnia, with a less 

 hairy stem, and greater breadth of leaf, somewhat heart- 

 shaped, at their base. Native of Peru. Z. VerticUlate, 

 whorl-leafed Z. Flowers, a multiplied radius of deep scarlet, 

 the disk broader, and less conical, than either of the others. 

 Z. Elegans, purple-flowered Zinnia. And Z. Tenuifiora, 

 slender-flowered Z. The flowers being the smallest of their 

 genus, and distinguished by their bright red narrow revolute 

 radiant florets, very rough at the edges; the tubular florets 

 are yellow. The three last named are natives of Mexico. 



