CENTAUREA OCHROLEUCA. 
IVORY-COLOURED CENTAURY. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA . 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Caucasus. 
18 inches. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1801 . 
No. 462. 
Chiron, the wise Centaur, was intended to be 
honoured by the adoption of the name Centaurea. 
This philosopher, of the early ages of Greece, is 
said to have formed the constellations; amongst 
which, he himself, was placed by Musaeus. The 
fabled Centaurs of the ancient poets, originated in 
real life; but, as was usual with Eastern poets, each, 
in succession, added extravagancies of his own in- 
vention. Ochroleuca bears reference to the pale 
ochreous tint of its flow ers. 
This species of Centaurea makes a good border 
plant, both by its flowers and its foliage ; and ex- 
hibits none of the spreading propensity which is 
found so troublesome in some of its congeners. Its 
tubular flowers have a delicacy of formation, which, 
with the softened tint of white, contrasted with a 
party-coloured calyx, place it amongst the best of 
the cultivated species. A few of this extensive ge- 
nus of plants are of large and bold character, but the 
extreme coarseness of their herbage is a decided 
drawback on their attractions. 
Its culture is simple. It will grow in any situa- 
tion and admit of division, at almost any season. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 146. 
