(SYNGENESLA POL 
Catyx. Communis, fimplex; polyphyllus; fo- 
liolis eequalibus. 
Corotta. | po radiata. Corollule 
e hroditz, quales; numerofe, in 
difco. Feminez ligulate, numero foli- 
~ orum calycis in radio. 
‘Propria hermaphroditi, infundibuliformis; 
limbo quinquefido, ereéto. 
Feminea \iguiata, lanceolata, apice denticu- 
Filamenta quinque, filiformia bre- 
via. Antherz cylindracea, tubulofa, apice 
quinquefida. 
Pistittum, hermaphroditis. Germen oblon- 
gum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine fta- 
minum. Stigmata duo ereétiufcula. 
_ Femineis: Germen oblongum. Stylus fili- 
formis, brevis. Stigmata duo, oblonga, 
obtufiufcula, revoluta. 
PericarPium nullum. Calyx immutatus. 
Szmina hermaphroditis folitaria, linearia, qua- 
drangula. Pappus pilofus, copiofus. 
- Recerracutu nudum, planiufculum. 
‘ : s SPECIFIC 
Cineraria, foliis cordatis, dentatis, pilofis, fub- 
tus purpurafcentibus; petiolis auritis: flo- 
ribus purpureis, 
CINERARIA AURITA. 
= Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria. 
CLAS & XX. 
YGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
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Superfluous P 
EMPALEMENT. 
leaves; {mall leaves equal. 
Buiossom. Compound, radiate. Florets with ' 
chives and pointals equal; numerous in 
the centre. Florets with only pointals li- 
gulate; equal in number to the leaves in 
the circumference of the empalement. 
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel. 
fhaped; border five-cleft, upright. 
Individuals with poiutals only, Jigulate, 
lance-fhaped, toothed at the point. 
Cuives. Five threads, thread-thaped and fhort. - 
Tips forming a hollow cylinder, with five 
clefts at the top. fr 
PEBbe 
Common, fimple; of many 
Pornrat of florets with chives and pointals, 
Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-fhaped, the 
length of the chives. Summits two, a little 
_ upright. 
Of florets with pointals only. Seed-budob- — 
Jong. Shaft thread-fhaped, and fhort. Sum- 
mits two, oblong, rather blunt, and rolled 
ck, 
Seep-veEssEL none. Cup not changing. 
Seeps of florets with chives and pointals, folitary, 
linear and four-fided. Feather, hairy, abun- 
ant. 
Recepracce naked, rather flat. 
CHARACTER. 
Cineraria with heart-fhaped, indented, hairy 
leaves, purple underneath; the footftalks 
having lobes: the flowers purple. 
Ce oo 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
< The Empalement (natural fize). 
2. A floret of the ray (magnified). 
3. A floret of the difk (magnified). 
4. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud of a floret of the difk (magnified). 
extremely fragrant, continuing its bloffoms from eee 
r, by which it may be propagated, producing many ¥ 2 
up from the roots; thriving beft in light mould or peat 
ae - ot) eR 
ag cee Anglic. of Monf. L’Heritier, this fpecies of Cineraria has been defcribed and fign! 7 
e fpecific a chs racter of Cruenta, from the botanic garden at Kew; where, according to the 
ast, aid =e firtt introduced by Mr. F. Maffon, 
ich fpecific it has hitherto been titled: but fr 
from the Canary Iflands, about 1777; and by 
he could 
