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GENUS XL. 
MOSCHARIA, Dec. THE MOSCHARIA. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 
Generic Character. — Involucre five-cleft. Receptacle chaffy, I the base. Flowers hermaphrodite, bilabiate, equal. Pappus chaffy, 
chaff irregularly formed, the outer row hood-shaped, and gibbous at \ very short in many parts. 
Description, &c. — This plant was named Moscharia by the late Professor De Candolle, from its strong 
musky smell. There is only one species. 
1.— MOSCHARIA PINNATIFIDA, Dec. THE PINNATIFID-LEAVED MOSCHARIA; 
Synonyme. — Gastrocarpha runcinata, D. Don. I upper ones stem-clasping. Segments lanceolate, mucronate, undulate. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flower Garden, t. 229. and acutely dentate. Flowers pedunculate, and in diffuse panicles. 
Specific Character. — Leaves alternate, runcinately pinnatifid, | 
Description, &c. — This plant, though called an annual in Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Garden, is in fact a biennial, 
as it does not flower till the second year, unless raised in heat. It is a native of Chili, whence it was introduced 
in 1826. The flowers are white, and the whole plant has a strong musky smell. It is more singular than 
beautiful, yet it is more frequently grown than some other species which appear much more worthy of cultivation. 
GENUS XLI. 
CATANANCHE, Lin. THE CATANANCHE. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA AIQUALIS. 
Generic Character. — Receptacle chaffy. Involucre imbricate. Pappus bristly, each calyx having five bristles. 
Description, Sic. — There are only two species in this genus, one an annual with yellow flowers, the other 
with blue flowers, and a perennial. The word Catananche means a strong stimulant, and relates to the supposed 
medicinal virtues of the plant. 
1.— CATANANCHE CAIRULEA, Lin. THE BLUE CATANANCHE. 
Synonyme. — C. chondrille, Bauh. j Specific Character. — Scales of the involucre inferior, ovate. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 293 ; and our fig. 3 in PI. 539. Flowers blue. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is a native of the South of France, where it grows on hills 
among pieces of loose rock and stones, from which it appears scarcely possible for it to obtain sufficient 
nourishment. It is a true perennial, and quite hardy, so long as it is grown in dry soil ; but it is easily killed 
by wet. The flowers appear in July, and continue till October. It is generally propagated by seeds, which 
should be sown in spring, and transplanted the following autumn to the border where the plants are to flower. 
This is said to be the best mode of culture ; as though the plants raised from seeds sown in autumn as soon 
as the seeds are ripe, will flower sooner, they are so much injured by having to pass the winter while 
in a comparatively feeble state, as rarely to make good plants. After the first transplanting, the plants should 
not be taken up, as they are always injured by removal ; and, indeed, some florists carry this feeling so far as to 
sow the seeds in the place where they wish the plant to remain. It must be observed, that though this species 
