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CHRYSANTHEMUM indicum; 3. superbum. 
Superb White Indian Chrysanthemum. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. Composirm. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CoRYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen.177. Div. I. Receptaculum 
nudum. Semen nudum seu non papposum. Flores radiati. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 4. 
Chrysanthemum indicum, Character speciet cum synonymis supra vol. 2. fol. 
4, videndus. 
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We have been favoured with the following very usefal 
communication from Mr. Sabine, the Secretary to the Hor- . 
ticultural Society. The description of the species and the 
synonymy have already been given in the fourth article of the 
first volume of the present publication. 
« Since the two varieties were figured in the fourth plate 
of the first volume of the Botanical Register, some fresh im- 
portations have added others to the number already known 
of this ornamental species, amongst which is the one now 
represented, which came from China in 1817. The drawing 
was made from a plant that flowered in the autumn of 1818 
in the nursery of Messrs. Colville, in the King’s Road, 
Chelsea. 
«¢ Although the colours into which the flowers of this 
species sport in China are many, yet it has so happened, that 
of the twelve varieties which are now established in this 
country, four are white: of these the plant represented in 
the annexed plate is by far the finest, the terminating flower 
of the corymb being frequently near four inches in diame- 
ter. The inflected direction of the florets sufficiently dis- 
tinguishes this from the others. The tubular part of each 
floret enlarges towards the lip, which does not expand as in 
several others, but assumes a hollow shape in consequence of 
the contraction of its edges and apex. The following is a 
list of the varieties we have alluded to above: 
a. Purple. Bot. Mag. 327. 
@. Changeable White. Bot. Mag. 2042. 
y-\ Quilled White. Bot. Reg. 4. 
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