PLATE CCCLXXV. 
XERANTHEMUM BRACTEATUM. 
Waved-leaved Eternal Flower. 
CLASS XIX. ORDER II. 
-s S¥NGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA, Tips united. Superfluous 
Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Recepracce chaffy, or naked. Feather bristly. 
Empalement tiled, rayed; the ray co- 
Recerracutvum paleaceum, aut nudum. Pap- 
pus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, radiatus ; 
radio colorato. loured. 
* SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
; XerantTHeMuM, foliis alternis amplexicauli- XERANTHEMUM, with alternate stem-clasping 
‘ bus longo-lanceolatis undulatis, caulibus- long-spear-shaped waved pubescent leaves, 
que erectis pubescentibus ; receptaculis — pubescent erect stems, naked receptacles, 
nudis, radice annua. — and annual root. 
XERANTHEMUM bracteatum. Vent. Jard. de la Malmaison, tal. 2. 
oes "REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
a ‘ 1. A hermaphrodite floret magnified. 
2. The chives, pointal and seed-bud magnified. 
3. The pointal and seed-bud of a female floret magnified. 
4. The receptacle. 3 
a 
XERANTHEMUM bracteatum has the appearance of proving as hardy an annual as a China Aster or 
French Marygold ; and if so, will prove a considerable ages t to our open borders; as it ripens 
its seeds well, and they vegetate readily. 
= being annual, it recedes in its nature from all the. species of the genus we are acquainted with, 
x t X. annuum of Linnzus; which, however, we think, with Jussieu, of a perfectly distinct 
genus; on account of its squamous receptacle ; and its variety (inapertum) a distinct species : the 
structure of the receptacle in the extensive class Syngenesia_ bene ‘3 great consequence in the for- 
mation and distribution of genera. 
_ The seedlings of the waved-leaved Eternal Flower are best raised early, like China Asters, on a gentle 
hot-bed, and, when large enough, should be transplanted out in showery weather, where they are in- 
tended | to remain ; they will become erect and bushy, attain the height of three feet or upwards, and 
oduce their polished, golden-coloured flowers in autumn, in profusion. Possessing no recent spe- 
cimens i in bloom, we have omited a technical description. Our drawing. was made last summer, from 
fine living plants at Mr. Colvill’s, Nurseryman, in the King’s BA). who raised it in the year 1799 
one Port Jackson seeds sent him by Colonel Paterson, 
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