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ELICHRYSUM FULGIDUM. 
NAT. CLASS,-DICOTYLEDONES ? ORDER,—COMPOSITÆ. ART. CLASS,- 
SYNGENESIA ; ORDER,—SUPERFLUA. 
The stem and le ave s are downy; tlie latter em- 
bracing the stem at their base, ovate-lanceolate. 
The flower-stalks bear about three flowers each, or, 
rather we should say, heads of flowers, for in this 
order of plants what is popularly termed a flower 
is an aggregation of little flowers or florets in one 
dense head, snrrounded by an involucrum of several 
scales, which has the general appearance of being a 
calyx, and among the earlier botanists was called 
the common calyx. Among the flowers termed Ever- 
lasting, of which there are many species, it is the 
scale-like bracts of the involucrum which constitute 
the scarious and coloured portions upon which the 
beauty of the inflorescence dépends; and on being 
dried they preserve their form and colour nearly 
as perfect and brilliant as when in the growing state. 
Within these coloured bracts, and occupying the 
