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3.— HELICHRYSUM MACRANTHUM, Bmth. THE LARGE-FLOWERED HELICHRYSUM. 
Engrivings. Bot, Reg. for 1838, t. 58 ; Botanist No. 92 ; and 1 late, or lower ones apatulate, obtuse, and quite entire, stem-clasping at 
our ^iJ. 7, in Plate 34. the base, and rather scabrous. Involucral scales radiant, ovate, obtuse, 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, scabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceo- I mucronato. 
Description, &c. — A very beautiful flower, the involucral scales of which are white, tipped with pink. It 
is a native of the Swan River colony, and was introduced in 1837- It is quite hardy and robust-growing ; and 
we saw it flowering luxuriantly in the open ground in the nursery of Mr. Rogers in Eaton Square. Seeds of it 
are to be procured at Keman's, James Street, Covent Garden, and other seed-shops. The seeds may either be 
sown in the open ground in March or April, or brought forward on a hotbed, and planted out in May ; the 
principal advantage in the latter case being that the plants will flower sooner. The soil should be composed of 
peat, sand, and leaf mould, and it should be thoroughly well drained. 
GENUS XXXII. 
CACALIA, Linn. THE CACALIA. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA ^QUALIS. 
Gf.neric Character. — Heads horaogamous. Flowers all tubular, 
fire.lobed, lobes linear, elongated. RecepUcle flat. Involucrum ovate, 
cylindrical, in one series. Scales linear, and at length rcflexed. Branches 
of tlie style terminated by a short hispid cone. Achenia oblong, pen- 
tagonal, angles hispid. Pappus in many series. 
].— CACALL-V COCCINEA, Curt. THE SCARLET CACALIA. 
cauline leaves spatulate, narrowed at the base, the rest sagittate, stem- 
clasping, and minutely toothed. Heads disposed in terminal corymbft, 
outer florets of the head curved. 
Synonvmes. — Emilia sagittata, Dec, ; E. flammea, Cass. ; Cacalia 
sagittata, Vabl. ; C. sonchifolia, Hort. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 564 ; and omfig. 2, in Plate 51. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, a little branched. Lower 
Description, &c. — A very curious plant with bright scarlet flowers. Its stalks, which are very slender, 
grow two or three feet high, and require support. It is a native of the East Indies, and the Philippine Islands. 
It was introduced in 1800 ; and the seeds, which may be had in any seed-shop, may either be sown in a, hot-bed, 
or in the open air in April. 
GENUS XXXIII. 
SENECIO, Less. THE GROUNDSEL. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. — Head discoid or heterogamous. Flowers of I Receptacle naked, or honeycombed. Styles of the hermaphrodite flowers 
tlie ray ligulate, female. Involucrum in one scries, naked or calyculate. I pencilled. Achenia beakless. Pappus pilose, in many scries, caducous. 
Description, &c. — This genus perhaps contains more plants than any other of the Compositae ; but most of 
them are common and insignificant weeds. Some are, however, showy flowers ; as, for example, the purple 
Jacobsea. 
1.— SENECIO ELEGANS, Thun. THE JACOB.a:A, OR PURPLE RAGWORT. 
little rounder than the rest. Heads disposed in sub-racemous corymbs. 
Involucrum calyculatcd with foliaceous scales. 
Varieties. — The double purple is the most common ; but there 
are also several of a paler shade, and some almost white. 
Synonymes. — S. pseudo-elegans, Less. ; Jacobsea elegans, Mcench. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 238 ; and our Jig. 9, Plate 32. 
Specific Character. — Erect, much branched. Leaves pinnatitid, 
lobes ovate, obtuse, bluntly toothed ; terminal lobe roundish, or a 
Description, &c. — The double purple Jacobsea, is a beautiful and very favourite flower ; and though it is 
not so handsome in its single state, it is still very pretty, and deserving of cultivation. There are several varieties ; 
