PLATE LXL 



ASTER DENTATUS. 



Toothed-leaved Starwort. 



CLASS XIX. ORDER II. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIC SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Communis fquamofo-imbricatus; fqua- 



mis interioribus apice prominulis. 

 Corolla. Compofita radiata; corollulae her- 

 maphrodite numerofas in difco; femineae 

 ligulatae, decern plures in radio. 



Propria hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; 



limbo quinquefido, patulo. 



Femine<e ligulata, lanceolata, tridentata. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, bre- 

 viflima. Anthera cylindracea, tubuloia. 



Pistillum. Hermaphroditis; germen oblon- 

 gum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine ftami- 

 num. Stigma bifidum, patens. 



Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus fili- 

 formis, longitudine hermaphroditi. Stig- 

 mata duo, oblonga, revoluta. 



Pekicarpium nullum. Calyx vix mutatus. 

 Semina. Hermaphroditis folitaria, oblonga, 



ovata. Pappus pilofus. 



Femineis fimilia hermaphroditis. 

 Receptaculum nudum, planiufculum. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Common, fcales tiled; the inner 

 fcales ftanding a little out at the points. 



Blossom. Compound, radiate; florets with 

 chives and pointals, many in the center; 

 florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or 

 more in the circumference. 

 Individuals with chives and pointals, funnel- 

 fhaped; border with five-clefts, fpreading. 

 Individuals with only pointals, ligulate, 

 fpear-fhaped, with three teeth. 



Chives. Five hair-like threads, very fhort. 

 Tips forming a hollow cylinder. 



Poin'tal. To thole with chives and pointals, 

 feed- bud oblong. Shaft thread-fhaped, the 

 length of the chives. Summit two-cleft, 

 expanding. 



Seed-bud to thofe with pointals only, ob- 

 long. Shaft thread-fhaped, the length of 

 the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong, 

 bent back. 



Seed-vessel none. Cup fcarcely changing. 



Seeds to the hermaphrodites folitary, oblong, 

 egg-fhaped. Feather hairy. 

 Females the fame as hermaphrodites. 



Receptacle naked, almoft flat. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



After caulis fruticofus; foliis dentatis, fubtus 

 ferrugineis; floribus terminalibus; pedun- 

 eulis unifloris, bradteatis. 



Starwort with a fhrubby ftem; leaves toothed, 

 iron colour beneath; flowers terminate the 

 branches; fruit-ftalks having but one flower, 

 with floral leaves. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 

 i. A Floret of the circumference. 

 2. The Pointal of the preceding. 

 .!. A Floret of the center, (magnified). 



4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified). 



5. The Shaft and Summit of the fame, (magnified). 



This plant cannot undoubtedly be confidered as amongft the moft beautiful of the vegetable produc- 

 tions of New Holland ; but neverthelefs, from the continuance of its flowering, is very defirable as 

 a greenhoufe plant, as it begins to expand its blollbms about December, and from that time till 

 Auguft is feldom feen without flowers. It is a low-growing flirub, feldom exceeding a foot in height, 

 and very branching. Like moft plants from Botany Bay, it delights in a light fandy peat foil, M < .ilily 

 propagated by cuttings, and feeds. The drawing was made from a plant in the nurfery of Meflr». 

 Lee and Kennedy, who railed it firft from feeds in the year 1 793. 



