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in colour, and especially in having a conspicuous disc. The 

 florets of the ray are numerous, though they do not form a 

 full flower ; the expansion of the whole flower is about five 

 inches ; the circumference, from the unequal length of the 

 florets, is irregular ; the florets all project, and though not 

 equal, do not vary much in length in the outer part of the 

 flower, but towards the inner part they become shorter, leaving 

 the centre hollow, and showing the disc, which is however 

 sometimes covered by short linear florets, differing from the 

 others not only in their length but in their breadth. Each of 

 the florets of the ray is quilled a considerable part of its 

 length, being very slender at the base, gradually enlarging 

 upwards, and ending in a spoon-shaped opening, incurved at 

 first but recurved afterwards, and notched at the end ; the 

 colour of the whole is pale yellow, without a tinge of any 

 other hue. As the blossoms get older, the florets become 

 mixed together, conceal the disc, and have a tasselled appear- 

 ance. When the flowers begin to decay, the external parts 

 are tinged with a dingy red. The leaves are long and narrow, 

 reclined and convex, with long footstalks of an opaque green ; 

 they are deeply indented, with their lobes distinct, and the 

 serratures sharp-pointed. This is a very splendid kind, it 

 has not yet grown against a wall in the open air, but will 

 probably succeed in such a situation equally as well as the 

 Sulphur Yellow. 



6. Changeable Pale Buff. This kind was brought home 

 by Mr. Parks, in the Lowther Castle. The original plant 

 flowered in 1824, but less perfectly than in the present 

 season, it was then called the Pale Cluster ; the name 

 now given to it is more characteristic. The plant grows 



