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CINERARIA speciosa. 
Showy Cineraria. 
". SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. 
\ Nat. ord. Compostrz. 0) Sect. IVs Jacobew. Kuiith syn.'2.440. 
\CINERARIA..L. | Involucrum profunde multipartitum, ecalyculatum; 
laciniis zqualibus.. Receptaculum: nudum. —Floseuli disci tubulosi, her- 
maphroditi; radii ligulati, foeminei, Antheree basi nude. -Pappus pilosus 
sessilis.—Frutices aut herbe alternifolie. Flores terminales, Kunth 1. c. 
p- 458. 
C. speciosa ; racemo simplice, foliis reniformibus denticulatis: petiolo inflato, 
caule simplice folioso, bracted in medio pedunculi, floribus cernuis. 
C. sibirica, speciosa. Fischer in litt. 
C. speciosa. ‘* Schrad.” Link enum. 2. 334. ; 
aulis striatus, undique foliis obsitus. Folia reniformia, acuminata, co- 
riacea, cartilagineo-crenata, supra glabra, subtus tomentosa, superiora ve- 
noso-reticulata, in petiolo alato, inflato, decurrentia, sensim in _bracteas 
communes, membranaceas, oblongas, nunc apice foliaceas mutata. Racemus 
cylindraceus, multiflorus, subsimplex. Pedicelii teretes, in medio bracteo- 
lati; bracteole ovate, concave, sphacelate, decidue, involucri longitudine. 
Involucrum profundé multipartitum, cylindraceum, foliolis oblongis, apice 
recurvis, sphacelatis. Flores lutet, radiati, radits 3-dentatis v. integris. 
It appears to us, that this plant is quite distinct as a 
species from C. sibirica, of which it is, in many gardens, 
considered a variety. In C. sibirica the leaves of the invo- 
lucrum are lanceolate, the flower-stalks have the bracteas at 
their base, and the hairs are oblong and cordate. In C. 
speciosa, on the contrary, the leaves of the involucrum are 
oblong, the flower-stalks have the bracteas in the middle, 
and the leaves are reniform. Besides these differences there 
are some others, which are sufficiently explained in our de- 
scription. 
A hardy herbaceous plant, native of Siberia. 
To Mr. Lambert we are obliged for the specimen from 
which our drawing was taken. 
We have not been able to discover in what work of 
Schrader this plant has been published. Our reference has 
been derived from Professor Link. 
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