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in April and May; and they continue a long time in perfection, 

 nestled among the yellow-green leaves of the young shoots, at the 

 apex of the bunches." It is one of the most ornamental of 

 green-house shrubs. [Bot. Mag., Nov.) 

 CompositcE. 



2340. CINERA^RIA iussilaginoides G. M. ix. 112. (iussilaginifl&ra Pa^<.) [mag. of bot. vol. iv. p. 219 



var. *WaterhousM«a Paxt. Waterhouse's M- i | or 2 mr.jn R hybrid ?1835 C l.p Paxt 



Raised by Mr. James Tate, gardener to John Waterhouse, 

 Esq., of Wellhead, Halifax, after whom it was named, from seed 

 produced between C. ifussilagiflora and C. cruenta, resembling 

 in its general appearance and mode of growth the former more 

 than the latter; but it is of more humble growth, and the flowers 

 are more numerous and splendid. [Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Nov.) 



*renif6Iia Meyer kidney-leaved ^ A or | jn Y Russia 1833 D r.m Maund bot. gard. 619. 



" This is a species hitherto but little known : it is entered in 

 the seed list of the Petersburg Botanic Garden, on the authority 

 of Meyer; through which means it may probably have been in- 

 troduced into this country. When cultivated so as to be shown 

 in close masses, or on rockwork, this plant assumes a desirable 

 gaiety. It may be increased slowly by division of the roots, or 

 more abundantly by seeds." [Mawid. Bot. Gard., Nov.) 



Asterdcece or Compositce. 



*CO'SMUS Lindl. The Cosiius. (From Aoiwoi, beautiful; in allusion to the appearance of the species.) 



*tenuif61ius Lmrf/. slender-leaved XiJ pr 2 s.no R.Y Mexico ?1835 D co Bot. reg. 2007- 



A beautiful annual Mexican plant, not unfrequently raised 

 from imported seeds, but always flowering so late in the year, 

 that it is unable to ripen its seed, and perishes. It is a most 

 striking object, when its rich purple flowers are well contrasted 

 with the bright fennel-like leaves. It differs from C. bipinnatus 

 in the leaves being still more finely cut, the outer leaflets of the 

 involucrum less acuminate, and the fruit scabrous, with a longer 

 beak, which, in the outer florets of the disk, has no aristae. The 

 only way to keep it in our gardens will be to raise it so early as 

 to enable it to ripen its seeds before the close of the autumn. 

 {Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



2294. CHRYSO'COMA 



*squamata Lab. scaly-stalked • lAJ or 2 my Y N. S. Wales 1837 C co Bot. mag. 3625. 



Leaves linear-oblong, 1 in. to 2 in. long, gradually passing 

 upwards into small scales. It is a very pretty sufFruticose 

 perennial plant, a native of New South Wales and of Van 

 Diemen's Land. [Bot. Mag., Dec.) 



Chenopodecs. 



*BOUSSING AU'LT7/i H. B. & Kunth. The Bousspngaultia. (Named in honour of J. B. Boussingault, a 



celebrated naturalist and South American traveller.) [mag. 3620. 



HaselVoidQS H. B. Sf Kunth. Basella-like $ cu 2 jl.au W S. America ? 1836 S co Bot. 



The root is formed of oblong, fleshy, knotted, and, in their 

 younger state, somewhat scaly, tubers, frequently of a large size, 

 bearing a few fibres, and throwing up from one extremity a 



