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GENUS XXV. 
COTULA, Lin. THE COTULA. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. — Head discoid, lictcrogamous. Flowers of 
the ray in one scries, apetalous, female, those of the disk hermaphro- 
dite, having tlie tube a little compressed, and usually bicalcarate at the 
base, and the limb with four crenatures. Receptacle flat, bractless. 
bearing distinct papillae after the falling of the fruit, which are probably 
nothing but the remains of the pedicels. Achenia compressed, mar. 
ginate, without pappus, glabrous ; those of the ray stipulate, and those 
of the disk sessile and narrower. 
1.— COTULA AUREA, Lin. THE GOLDEN COTULA. 
SyNONVME._AnacycIus aureus, Zam. parted, or undivided lobes; heads terminal, the peduncles scarcely 
Specific Character. — Glabrous. Stem ascending. Leaves h.alf rising above the ultimate leaf. 
«tem-ciasping, with a linear rachis, and very slender, acuminated. 
Description, &c.— A curious little flower, the heads of which look like small golden balls. A native of 
Spain, introduced in 1818, and now common in the nurseries. The seeds only require scattering on the ground 
in March or April, and the plants need no other culture. 
GENUS XXVI. 
LONAS, Adan. THE ANNUAL ATHANASIA. 
Lin Syst. SYNGENESIA jEQUALIS. 
Generic Character. — Head discoid, homogamous. Receptacle | bricated. Achenia angular, furnished with a gland on one side at the 
eonical, elongated, paleaceous. Involucrum campanulatc, scales im- I apex. Pappus obliquely crown-formed, membranous, entire. 
1.— LONAS INODORA, Gcertn. THE SCENTLESS LONAS, OR ANNUAL ATHANASIA. 
Synonymes. — Atlianasia annua, Lin. ; Achillea inodora, Lin. ; 
Lonas minima, Cuss.; Elichrysum iuodorum, Magn.; Bellis afri- 
caiM, Moris. ; Santolina africaua, Tourn. ; Agcratum africanum, 
Ray. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2276 ; aud owe fig. 8 in Plate 31, under 
the name of Atbanasia annua. 
Specific Character. — Plant ghabrous. Leaves pinnatifid. Lobes 
acuminated. Heads of flowers disoosed in evmous umbels. 
Description, &c. — A rambling plant, remarkably untidy in its appearance, from its widely-spreading jagged 
leaves, and the long naked footstalks of its flowers. The flowers themselves have nothing to recommend them, 
except tlie great length of time that they remain unfaded when cut. This quality, and the great length of 
the footstalk, made this flower a favourite about a century ago, when it was tlie fashion to set large beaupots 
filled with flowers in the chimney-places during summer. The name of Athanasia, which signifies never-dying, 
alludes to the length of time that the flowers will remain unfaded ; and this is so great, that Ray, who first 
cultivated the plant in England, states that some flowers which expanded with him in the beginning of July, 
were in full vigour at the time he was then writing, the twentieth of October. The species is a native of 
Barbary, and was introduced before 1686. The seeds are common in the seed-shops; and they should be sown 
in April or May, in a warm, dry, sandy, border. The name of Lonas is one of those invented by AdansoD, 
author of the Families des Plantes ; and, like all his botanic names, it has no meaning. 
