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erect flower-stems and deeply-cut leaves. S. fragrantissima has the 
flower-heads disposed in corymbs instead of solitary. They are pro- 
pagated by sowing seeds as soon as ripe; or by dividing the root or 
taking cuttings in spring. 
ATHANASIA (Greek, a, not, and thanatos, death; in allusion to the 
. endurance of the flower-heads). A genus consisting chiefly of green- 
a house evergreen shrubs from South Africa. Athanasia capitata is about 
1} foot high, with leaves cut pinnately and covered with white down 
when young. The flower-heads, which appear in March, are yellow. 
Introduced from South Africa (1774). A. pubescens grows to a height of 
6 feet, and the oblong leaves are either entire or divided into three lobes ; 
when young they are covered on each side with soft hairs. Flower-heads 
yellow; July. Introduced from South Africa (1768). They are pro- 
pagated by cuttings from the half-ripened wood in spring, inserted in sand, 
and covered with a glass. The best soil is a compost of loam and peat 
in the proportion of three to one. 
Lonas (derivation unknown). A genus containing only one species, 
_ formerly included in Athanasia. This is Lonas «nodora, an annual 
herb with much-branched furrowed stems, a foot high, and fleshy leaves, 
pinnately cut. The yellow flower-heads are clustered in corymbs on 
long foot-stalks, and the florets are all tubular; July to October. In- 
troduced from Barbary (1686). It is not a noat-prowinig plant, but it 
is deserving of a place on account of its easy culture in ordinary 
garden soil, and the long-continued freshness of its flower-heads. It 
is propagated by seed sown in spring. 
Warrzia (named in honour of F. A. C. Waitz, a writer on the botany 
of Java). A genus of about six species of greenhouse annuals, natives 
of Australia, with alternate slender leaves, and “everlasting” flower- 
heads in terminal corymbs or racemes. The florets are all tubular, 
tive-toothed, surrounded by many series of petal-like coloured bracts. 
Waitzia aurea has a branching stem, 1 to 2 feet high, and long, slender, 
stem-clasping leaves. Flower-heads golden yellow, sometimes tinged 
with brown, in corymbs; June to September. Introduced 1835. W. 
corymbosa is similar, but covered with rough down, and the flower- 
heads are either light or dark yellow, white or pale pink, in a denser 
corymb. Introduced 1864 W. grandiflora has much larger, bright 
yellow flower-heads. Introduced 1863. W. nivea is not quite so tall, 
and has large white, pink, or pale yellow bracts, no longer than the 
florets, in a few-headed, loose corymb. Introduced 1836. W. steetziana 
does not attain a foot in height, and the pure white or yellow heads 
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