CINERARIA MACROPHYLLA. 
LARGE-LEAVED CINERARIA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
composite:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Altay Mnts. 
8 feet. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1832. 
No. 524. 
The term Cineraria, is believed to have had its 
origin from cineres, ashes ; and to have been applied 
in allusion to the colour of the leaves, produced by 
their downy clothing. The specific name is from 
makros, large ; and phyllon, a leaf. 
This is, in reality, a plant worthy of its magnifi- 
cent habitat — the Altay mountains. It is one of 
the noblest herbaceous subjects we long have met 
with; and notwithstanding its flowers, individually, 
are small, the mass of them, displayed, during nearly 
a month, on a stem eight feet high, emanating from 
a base of glaucous leaves, each two feet long, produce 
a most striking effect. 
The Cineraria macrophylla flowered in the pre- 
sent year, 1835, in the Birmingham Botanical So- 
ciety’s Garden ; having been raised there from for- 
eign seeds. The plant, as we are informed by Mr. 
Cameron, the Curator, was three years old before 
it blossomed. At present, it possesses no appearance 
of offsets, for increase at the root. Should this still 
continue, it will be unimportant, on account of the 
facility of its increase by seeds. It appears to be 
completely hardy ; and flourishes in light soil. 
