260 Composites Hiimea. 



34. HtTMEA. 



Though the only species in cultivation is widely different in 

 aspect and habit from its allies, the structure of the minute 

 flower-heads will be found to agree. Involucre of small im- 

 bricated scales. Receptacle bracteolate, containing three or 

 four florets. Pappus none. An Australian genus of few 

 species, named in honour of Lady Hume. 



1. H. elegans. A biennial attaining a height of 5 or 6 feet. 

 Leaves large, oblong or lanceolate, clasping or decurrent at the 

 base. Flower-heads minute, brownish-red, pink or crimson, 

 in a large loosely branched terminal drooping panicle. When 

 well grown this forms an elegant and graceful centre for small 

 beds or for planting in mixed borders. 



This group would be hardly complete without a notice of 

 the perennial Everlastings belonging to the dioecious genus 

 Antennaria. These plants are inferior in beauty, but the fact 

 of their being perfectly hardy will recommend them. They 

 are densely woolly plants. A. dioica is a British species 

 growing about 4 inches high, and bearing small corymbs of 

 red flower-heads. A. Margaritacea rises to a height of 2 or 3 

 feet, terminated by compact clusters of white flower-heads. 



Emilia sagittata, syn. Cacalia coccinea. A glabrous 

 glaucous erect annual about 18 inches high. Leaves ovate, 

 coarsely toothed, cordate or sagittate at the base. Flower- 

 heads rayless, scarlet or orange, in terminal corymbs. Involu- 

 cral bracts in one row, erect. Achenes pentagonal, hairy on 

 the angles ; pappus filiform, in many series. 



Cineraria maritima is a perennial from the Mediterranean 

 shores with handsome silvery tomentose finely-cut foliage and 

 yellow flower-heads. There is a variety with broader leaves 

 known as acanthifolia. 



Ligularia Kcempferi, syn. Farfugium grande. This is 

 also remarkable in its foliage. It is a stemless herb with large 

 orbicular-cordate dark green glabrous shining leaves irregularly 

 blotched with yellow, and elevated on long petioles. A native 

 of China. 



Arnica montana. Mountain Tobacco. A tufted perennial. 

 Leaves radical, except a few small ones on the flower-stem, oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire. Flower-stem about a foot high ; flowers 

 yellow, three or four together, about 2 inches in diameter ; 

 ray-florets numerous. There are several allied plants of similar 



