FLATE CWCAGL. 
SENECIO PSEUDO-CHINA. 
; = = China-root Ground/el. 
CLASS XIX. ORDER II. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Communis calyoolates ara trun- | EMPALEMENT. Common, double, conical, ap- 
catus; fquamis fubulatis, plurimis, in ey- | pearing cut off; fcales awl-fhaped, numer- 
lindram fuperne contractum, parallels | ous, contraéted above into a cylinder, pa- 
contiguis, zequalibus, paucioribus bafin ralle], contiguous, equal, the bafe tient aby 
bricatim tegentibus, apicibus emortui a few scales, dead at the ends. 
Corotta. Compofita, calyce altior; Corullu- | indie: Compound, taller than the cup; 
lz hermaphrodite tubulofe, numerofe in Hermaphrodite florets tubular, numerous 
difco; Feminez ligulate in radio (fi que in the ditk; toe S florets (if there are 
adfin any) tonsue-thape n the circumference. 
Propria hermaphroditi infundibuliformis ; Hermaphrodite Tee funnel fhaped, bor- 
limbo reflexo, quing oO. od reflexed, five-cleft. 
Femineis (fi que) oblonga, obfolete triden- Female _— (if any) oblong, obfcurely 
tata. three-too 
Stamina. Hermapbhroditis; filamenta quin- Curves. Of the he rmaphrodite florets; five 
que, capillaria, minima. Anthera cylin- threads, hair-like, very fmall. Tips forming 
a tubular cylinder. 
PisT1LLuM utrifque; germen ovatum. Stylus PornTat in either; Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft 
filiformis, ee ee ftaminum. Stigmata thread-thaped, the length of the chives. 
duo, oblonga, revoluta. 
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Summits two, oblong, rolled back 
se nullum. Calyx conico-conni- 
SEED-VEssEL none. Empalement clofing into a 
ve 
Seuisea ‘hermapbroditis solitaria, ovata. -Pap- SrEps of hermaphrodite florets folitary, egg- 
fhaped. Fi 
s crinitus, longus, Femineis fimilima Feather — long. a asta like 
hermaphroditis the hermaphrodites 
RECEPTACULUM nudum, planum. RECEPTACLE naked, flat. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Senecio foliis finuatis, integris, difcoloribus; 
Groundfel = obtufely indented leaves entire 
corollis purpureis; radice tuberofa and 
o-coloured; bloffoms purple; root 
tchenotis 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Cup. 
2. A Female floret, of the ray or sSuciiienas. 
ifie a 
4. An Hermaphrodite floret of the difk o 
5, The Chives and Pointal of an Fcmcleuee floret, magnified. 
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believe pS rua Pete forrned in 
1732, as copied from Dellinens’s Hortus 
talogue. Miller speaks of it as flowering freely, and perfecting its 
ds; whereas, in the Hort. Kew. they omit its time of flowering, which, had it ever flowered — 
would certainly have been noted. Our drawing was taken in the month of July laft year, 1802, fr 
a plant i in the Hibbertian ColleGion, the firft and only time we have ever feen it flower in alana, 
It is propagated by the roots, which are large and flefhy: the plant is ——— and fhould have 
but little water during the winter months, as the roots are very fubject to rot; they are  iapieted 
India asa Sed under the name of China-root. Muft be kept in the hot- 
in rich earth, : ept in the ho rant and planted 
