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ria and its varieties. The ray scales are of a bright pur. 
ple or magenta color, deeper than in R. maculatu. It is 
more floriferous than R. maculata, but the capitules are 
RHODANTHE MACULATA. 
somewhat smaller, the average diameter being about one 
inch. Introduced from Australia, by William Thompson. 
R. maculata alba.—This charming variety from the 
beautiful R. maculata, is identical with it in habit, differs 
from it only in the color of the ray scales, which are of 
the purest and most silvery white; the disk being yellow 
as in R&. maculata. “It is unquestionably the finest white 
everlasting in cultivation. 
