160 Further Account of Chinese Chrysanthemums. 



The stem is light brown, not strong, of moderate length, and 

 slender ; small branches spring from the top of the stem ; 

 these are furnished with leaves their whole length, which 

 diminish considerably in size towards the termination of the 

 branches ; the flowers are produced at the end of the small 

 branches in corymbs of few flowers, or footstalks, two inches 

 or more long, bearing one or more small bracteae. The 

 involucrum or calyx of the whole flower is similar to that of 

 the larger kinds, but smaller. The florets of the ray are 

 about eighteen in number, bright yellow, slightly projecting, 

 marked with one or two notches at their apex, and nearly 

 half an inch long; the disc averages half an inch across, 

 forms a globular head, and is covered with yellow tubular 

 florets exactly of the same colour as the rays ; the receptacle 

 is conical and quite free from paleae. The scent is more 

 that of a Pyrethrum or Feverfew, than of a Chamomile. The 

 leaves are much more deeply divided, and have their serra- 

 tures sharper and more numerous than in the large flowering 

 Chrysanthemums. The whole of the leaf, both on the upper 

 and under side, is covered with short wool-like hairs, giving 

 it a downy appearance. 



There are many parts of the description of this plant, 

 especially in its leaves, which seem to separate it from the 

 large Chinese Chrysanthemums ; it blossomed so much later 

 than they did, that I had not an opportunity of comparing 

 them together when equally perfect in flower, but I think it 

 will not be doubted that this is one of the plants which was 

 described by Linnaeus as the Chrysanthemum Indicum, and 

 that to it are also referable the plants described or noticed 

 by the several writers whom Linnaeus quotes as authorities 



