PLATE DCL. 



XERANTHEMUM FASClCULATUM,varJorerubro. 



' JBimdied-Ieaved Everlasting Flower; 7'ed-Jiowered variety,^ 



CLASS XIX. ORDER IL 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous 



Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus setaceus. 

 Calyx imbricatus, radiatus ; radio colorato. 



Receptacle chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, 

 rayed ; the ray coloured. 



See Xeranthemum speciosissimum, PI. LI. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Xeranthemum follis caulinis linearibus, fasci- 

 culatis, loDgissimis : floribus solitariis; squa- 

 mis calycinis lanceolatis, rubris. 



Everlasting Flower with the stem-leaves li- 

 near, roundish, bundled, and very long. 

 Flowers solitary ; the scales of the cup lance- 

 shaped and red. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. An hermaphrodite floret with its seed magnified. 



2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified. 



This Xeranthemum was raised from seed brought over from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Niven in 

 I8O9, and resembles in its habit and foliage the X. fasciculata figured in the Fourth Volume of this 

 Work, Plates 242 and 279* but is much more esteemed than either of them for the brilliance of its 

 fine red flowers. It requires no other treatment than what is common to most of the genus, and con- 

 tinues in flower from May till October, 



