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PLATE CCCCLXXXIII. 
DAHLIA PINNATA NANA 
Dwarf Winged-leaved Dahlia. 
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CLASS XIX. ORDER II. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous 
Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caxyx duplex. Corolla radiata, radiis lacinias EmPALEMENT double. Blossom radiated, with 
calycis numero zquantibus: corollule pe- the rays equalling in number the segments 
dicellate, Receptaculum paleaceum, Stig- of the empalement : the florets pedicelled, 
mata plumosa, Receptacle chaffy. Summit plumose, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Dautra foliis pinnatis : pinnulis quinque, ova- 
tis, acutis, dentatis : floribus duplicibus : 
caulis humilis, 
Dautia with pinnated leaves: the pignules five, 
ovate, pointed, and toothed : flowers double: 
stem low. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, One of the radiating florets, 
2. A floret of the disk with its scale. 
3. A flower spread open. 
4, Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
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Tats double-flowered dwarf Dahlia is certainly the most attractive of the genus. It is supposed . be 
only a variety of the D. pinnata, but the variation is almost powerful enough to constitute a species; 
as, besides the difference in its flowers, we have never found it arrive to more than half the height 
of the pinnata, although we have seen it every autumn for four years in luxuriant bloom. At present 
it is a scarce plant, and appears to be not quite so hardy as the taller species, nor so easily increased. 
Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of the Right Hon, Lady Holland, at Holland 
House, Kensington, 
