764. 
CASSINIA aurea. 
Golden-flowered Cassinia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA QUALIS. 
Nat. ord. Compositm.  Adanson fam. 2. 103. APU S284 
CoRYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. V. Receptac. pa- 
leaceum.’ Semen nudum seu non papposum. Flores pleridmque radiati, 
raro flosculosi. TARCHONANTHO, CALE et ATHANASIE pappus brevis. 
CASSINIA. Supra vol. 8. fol. 678. ; 
Div. Involucrum connivens. 
A. Fruticose. 
C. aurea, foliis lanceolato-linearibus elongatis levibus subtiis glandulosis, 
corymbis decompositis, involucris (calycibus) ovalibus : squamis (folio- 
lis) apice aureis. Brown in Linn. trans. 12. 127. 
Found by Mr. Brown on the eastern side of New Hol- 
land, near Port Jackson. . } 
Newly introduced by Mr. Colvill, of the Nursery, where 
the drawing was taken. 
A greenhouse shrub, which we had no opportunity of 
inspecting for a detailed account. Remarkable for the 
brilliant yellow of the tips of its involucre or calyx. 
