338 Account o/*New Chinese and Indian Chrysanthemums. 



colour is certainly more what is usually termed orange, that is, a 

 mixture of red and yellow, and therefore the name has been 

 changed, being distinguished by its being generally paler 

 coloured, from the Semi-double Quilled Orange, which was 

 described* formerly in an imperfect state, but which has 

 subsequently shewn itself so different that I have given 

 a corrected account of it, in a subsequent part of this 

 Paper. This new plant has but little merit. The blos- 

 soms are produced in loose drooping clusters ; the second 

 flowers are often imperfect ; they appear about the end of 

 the second season. The flowers of the ray are confined 

 nearly to the circumference, and are not very numerous ; 

 they spread out horizontally, and vary in length, from two 

 inches to half an inch ; they are quilled, slender, angular, and 

 furrowed ; when young a deep orange, when fully grown so 

 much paler as to be nearly yellow ; their openings are various 

 some very small, others exceeding a quarter of an inch in 

 length ; their extremities are notched. The disc is large, 

 greenish at first, afterwards pale yellow. The leaves are 

 small, pale green, deeply divided, with the serratures of the 

 lobes sharp-pointed. Against a wall this plant makes but 

 an indifferent appearance, but in such situations the florets, 

 both before and after their expansion, have a much darker 

 appearance, the red colour predominating. 



14. Starry Purple Chrysanthemum. Was one of the 

 plants brought home by Mr. Parks in 1824. It comes 

 into flower at the beginning of what may be called the 

 third season of the class, and is assuredly a fine variety, 

 attracting notice both on account of the shape and the 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. v. page 412. 



