PLATE CCCLXXXIV. 
XERANTHEMUM VARIEGATUM. 
Variegated Eternal Flower. 
CLASS - Xi ORDER H. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous 
Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Recerracutum paleaceum, aut nudum. 
Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, ra- 
diatus ; radio colorato. 
bristly. Empalement tiled, rayed: the 
ray coloured. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
XERANTHEMUM, floribus solitariis nutantibus, XERANTHEMUM, with solitary nodding flowers, 
squamis calycinis obtusis maculatis. | and the scales of the empalement obtuse 
and spotted. 
XERANTHEMUM variegatum. Syst. Veg. 614.—Syst. Veg. Litchf. ed. 2. p, 614.—Reich. Syst. Pl. 
pars 3. 706 
XERANTHEMUM africanum Gnaphalii foliis tomentosis, foliis et squamorum summitatibus ferrugineis. 
Raii Suppl. 181. . 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. An hermaphrodite floret magnified. 
2. The chives, pointal, and seed-bud magnified. 
3. One of the scales of the empalement. 
4. The receptacle, 
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Tue Xeranthemum variegatum is a small shrub, and seldom attains the height of two feet. It is a na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, and was lately introduced from that country to the collection of George 
Hibbert, esq. where our drawing was taken in the month of May. It requires the same treatment as 
the other species of the genus, and is propagated in the same manner. The leaves are linear-lanced, 
embrace the stem alternately, and when old are often reflexed in an imbricated manner : they are 
clothed, as well as the stems, with wool ; and resemble fine woollen cloth to the touch, and often have 
their edges and points of a purplish rusty colour. The bracteated peduncles are from one to three in 
number, at the end of each branch. The young flowers are more highly coloured than the old ones, 
which sometimes assume a nodding attitude : when aged they bleach almost white, except the points 
of the calycine scales, which always retain a purplish blotch. 
Recerracie chaffy, or naked. Feather 
