he 
as. CLASS. XtG 
‘ GENERIC 
Caryx. Communis ovato-cylindricus, levis, im- 
bricatus; fquamis plurimis, obtufis, ereétis, 
perfiftentibus. 
Corotta. Compofita radiata; corollule her- 
maphroditz plures in difco elevato. Femi- 
nez plurimz in radio. 
P. a_hermaphroditi infundibuliformis, 
Aaa intus villofa. 
Feminea \igulata, fubrotunda, retufa, per- 
fiftens 
STAMINA. ‘Betmaphyoditis; filamenta quinque, 
breviffima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulofa. 
| Puerierom. Hermaphroditis; germen oblon- 
gum, triquetrum. Stylus filiformis, femi- 
bifidus. Stigmata duo, obtufa. 
Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. 
Stylus capillaris, femibifidus. Stigmata duo, 
_Tecurvata. 
 Pentcakrrum. Calyx immutatus, 
| Semana. Hermaphroditis folitaria, oblonga, te- 
tragono-ancipitia. Pappus muconibus duo- 
Penaiacts folitaria, mutica, coronata petalo 
nte. 
‘Recerracutum paleaceum; paleis lingulatis, 
: canaliculatis, longitudine calycis, deci- 
ECIFIC 
Zinnia foliis oppofitis, Sn oe ats lato- 
: Janceolatis, ta floribus pedunculatis, 
purpureis, folitari 
1, The Empalement. 
PLATE BV. 
ZINNIA VIGLACEA. 
Purple Zinnia. 
__ SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. 
“ORDER IL. 
CHARACTER. 
EmpaLeMent. Common cylindrically egg- 
fhaped, fmooth, and tiled; fcales many, 
blunt, upright, and remaining. 
Biossom. Compound radiate; nee with chives 
and pointals, are numerous in the center, 
which is elevated ; florets oak only pointals, 
many in the circumference. 
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel- 
roundifh, dented at the end, and remaining. 
Cuives. Hermaphrodites; five we threads. 
Tips forming a hollow cylin 
Pointat. Hermaphrodites ; feo ‘bud oblong, 
three-fided. Shaft thread-fhaped, fplit nearly 
half way down. Summits two, blunt. 
Females; feed-bud oblong, three-fided. Shaft 
hair-like, fplit half way down. Summits 
two, bent backward. 
SzEp-vesseL. Cup not changing. 
Szeps. Hermaphrodites; folitary, oblong, three- 
fided, but ~~ at two edges. Feather of 
two fharp poin 
Females, ae without oem being 
crowned with the perfiftent peta 
Recerprac te chaffy; chaff ee chan- 
nelled, the length of the cup, and falling 
off. 
CHARACTER. 
Zinnia with oppofite leaves, embracing the ftem, 
broadly lance-fhaped, and rough; ; flowers have 
foot-ftalks, are purple, and grow folitary. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
2. A Floret of the ray with the feed attached, (natural fize). 
3. A Floret of the difk with the feed attached, (magnified). 
_4. The Chives and Pointal of an hermaphrodite floret 
5. The chaffy fubftance dividing the florets. 
Te: aS 
Tris elegant new fecies of Zinnia, is deferibed and figured by J. A. Cavanilles, in his firft volume 
of gt where he oa it is a native of Mexico, South America, and was poe from 
