338 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



of the flower is small from the projecting growth of the 

 florets ; the centre of the flower is quite filled, and shews no 

 disc, the florets are perfectly tubular, rather long, though of 

 unequal length, without any lip, having only a small opening 

 at the top. The leaves are middle sized ; the indentures of 

 their lobes are shallow, and the smaller divisions of the 

 leaves are nearly rounded, and almost without points. This 

 and the Large Lilac were introduced from China in Sep- 

 tember 1808, by Captain George Welstead, of the Alfred 

 Indiaman. for Sir Abraham Hume. It is the variety S, or 

 White Quilled, of the second edition of the Hortus Kezv- 

 ensis, and the variety e, or Quilled White, of Sweet's Hortus 

 Suburbanus. It is figured in the Botanical Register, plate 4, 

 with the Golden Yellow variety, but the smaller divisions of 

 the leaves are there represented as pointed, which is not 

 correct. 



4. The Superb White Chrysanthemum. This plant grows 

 tall, with few main branches, but each of these bears smal- 

 ler branches, and have several flowers in the corymb at their 

 extremities. Its flowers, which are produced rather late in 

 the season, have a strong scent of Chamomile ; the flowers 

 are a very pure white, but sometimes, especially when the 

 flower is going off, are slightly tinged at the back of the 

 outer florets with pink, the centre of the flowers has at first 

 a yellow hue in consequence of the lower part of the florets 

 being of that colour, the expansion of a good flower is full 

 four inches ; the outer florets open flat, and extend regularly 

 outwards ; the inner florets are inflected over each other, 

 having some resemblance, except in colour, to the parts of 

 the Warratah flower ; the centre of the flower is at first quite 



