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ft belongs to the class and order Syngenesla 

 Polygamic Superftua, and ranks in the natural 

 order of Composilce Dhcoidicc. 



The characters are : that the calyx is com- 

 mon, rounded, imbricate, with the mar- 

 ginal scales rounded, scariose, coloured : the 

 corolla compound : corollets hermaphrodite, 

 tubular, with apetalous females sometimes in- 

 termixt : hermaphrodites funnel-form, with a 

 five-cleft, reflex border : the stamina (in the 

 hermaphrodites) have five capillary filaments, 

 very short: anther cylindric, tubulons : the 



fiistillum is an ovate germ : style filiform, the. 

 ength of the stamens; stigma bifid, in the fe- 

 males, reflex: there is no pericarpium : calyx 

 permanent, shining: the seeds solitary, ob- 

 long, small, crowned 

 thered down : the receptacle is naked 



The species are : I . G. urhoreum, Tree Ever- 

 lasting; 2. G. ignescens, Red-flowered Ever- 

 lasting; 3. G. orientate, Eastern Everlasting, 

 or Immortal Flower ; 4. G. odoralissimum, 

 Sweet-scented Everlasting, or Eternal Flower ; 

 5. G. margaritaceum, American Everlasting, or 

 Eternal Flower; 6. G. plantagineum, Plantain- 

 leaved Everlasting; 7. G. stceckas, Common 

 Shrubbv Everlasting, or Stoechas. 



The first is a shrub the height of a man, de- 

 terminately branched. The leaves resembling 

 those of rosemary, crowded, strict, acute, 

 naked, underneath tomentose, as are also the 

 branches ; with smaller leaves alternate, remote. 

 The flowers are of a dusky white colour. It 

 flowers most part of the year. 



The second species has the stem and leaves 

 woolly ; the former a foot high, sending out a 

 few side-branches, terminated by a compound 

 corymb of flowers, the heads of which are small, 

 of a gold colour, changing to red as they fade 

 or decline. Its native situation is not known. 



The third has the stem seldom rising more 

 than three or four inches high, and putting out 

 many heads. The leaves are narrow, woolly on 

 both sides, and coming out without order. The 

 flower-stems eight or ten inches high, with nar- 

 row hoary leaves all the way, terminated by a 

 compound corymb of bright yellow flowers in 

 large heads, coming out in May, and continu- 

 ing in succession most part of the summer. It 

 has been long in Portugal. 



It is improperly called Eastern Everlasting, 

 according to Martyn, as it is supposed to be a 

 native of Africa. 



There is a shrubby variety with narrow leaves, 

 which differs from the other in rising with 

 stalks four or five feet high, dividing into many 

 branches, having long narrow leaves placed 

 alternately; the corymb is loose, with the 



flowers on long pedicles, and with broad 

 leaves. 

 The fourth species has the lower leaves oblongand 

 blunt. The stems about three feet high, dividing 

 into many irregular branche;, on which are ob- 

 long blunt leaves, hoary on their under side, but 

 of a dark green above and decurrent. The stems 

 are terminated by a compound corymb of flowers, 

 closely joined together, of a blight gold colour, 

 but small, and changing to a darker colour as 

 they lade. It is a native of the Cape. 



The fifth has a perennial root, creeping, and 

 spreading far, so as to become a troublesome 

 weed. The stalks extremely downy and white. 

 The leaves are numerous, long, sessile, grow- 

 ing without order round the stem, entire at the 

 th a capillary or fea- edges, dark green, naked above, beneath cover- 

 ed with a thick down, and whitish. The flow- 

 ering branches form a broad flat bunch : each 

 branch contains numerous crowded heads, on 

 short branched, downy peduncles, but the mid- 

 dle ones sessile. It is a native of North Ame- 

 rica. 



The sixth is perennial. From the main stalk 

 come out runners, which take root in the 

 ground. The stem-leaves are narrower, woolly, 

 alternate. The flowers in a terminating co- 

 rymb, while and small, appearing in June and 

 July. It is a native of North America. 



The seventh has the stem about three feet 

 high, with long slender irregular branches, the 

 lower ones having blunt leaves two inches and 

 a half long, and an eighth of an inch broad at 

 the end ; those on the flower-stalks are very 

 narrow, and end in acute points ; the whole 

 plant being very woolly. The flowers terminat- 

 ing in a compound corymb, at first silvery, but 

 turning to a yellow sulphur-colour. When g*- 

 thered before the flowers are much opened, 

 Martyn says, the heads will continue in beauty 

 many years, if kept from air and dust. It is a 

 native of Germany. 



Culture. — The first four sorts may be increas- 

 ed by slips from the heads, or cuttings, by plant- 

 ing them in pots of light earth, in the spring or 

 summer months, and plunging them in a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, refreshing them often with wa- 

 ter. When they have taken full root they may 

 be removed into separate pots, and be placed 

 among other plants of the hardy exotic sort. 

 They require the protection of a frame in the 

 winter season. 



The seventh species may be increased in the 

 same manner, being planted at once where it is 

 to remain, in a shady sheltered border or other 

 place. 



The fifth and sixth sorts may be easily raised 

 by dividing and planting their creeping roots 

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