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GENUS XXV. 
COTULA, Lin. THE COTULA. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. —Head discoid, heterogamous. Flowers of 
the ray in one series, apetalous, female, those of the disk hermaphro¬ 
dite, having the tube a little compressed, and usually bicalcarate at the 
base, and the limb with four creuatures. 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. 
L—COTULA AUREA, Lin. THE GOLDEN COTULA. 
Synonymes. —Anacylus aureus, Lam. I parted, or undivided lobes; heads terminal, the peduncles scarcely 
Specific Character_ Glabrous. Stem ascending. Leaves half rising above the ultimate leaf. 
stem-clasping, with a linear rachis, and very slender, acuminated, | 
Description, &c. —A curious little flower, the heads of which look like small golden halls. 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 yEQUALIS. 
Generic Character. —Head discoid, homogamous. Receptacle | bricated. Achenia angular, furnished with a gland on one side at the 
conical, elongated, paleaceous. Involucrum campanulate, scales im- I apex. Pappus obliquely crown-formed, membraneous, entire. 
1.—LONAS INODOllA, Gartn. THE SCENTLESS LONAS, OR ANNUAL ATHANASIA. 
Synonymes. —Athanasia annua, Lin.; Achillea inodora, Lin.; Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2276 ; and our^. 8 in Plate 31, under 
Lonas minima, Cass.; Elichrysum iuodorum, Mayn.; Beilis afri- | the name of Athanasia annua. 
cana, Moris.; Santolina africana, Tourn.; Ageratum africanum, : Specific Character. —Plant glabrous. Leaves pinnatifid. Lobes 
Hay. i acuminated. Heads of flowers disposed in cymous 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 the 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 the 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 Adanson, 
author of the Families des Plantes ; and like all his botanic names, it has no meaning. 
