PLATE CCXLII.
XERANTHEMUM FASCICULATUM.
Bundled-leaved Everlasting-flower.
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, radiatus; radio colorato.
Receptacle chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed; the ray colored.
See Xeranthemum speciocissimum, Pl. LI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Xeranthemum foliis caulinis linearibus subteretibus, fasciculatis, longissimis; floribus solitariis; squamis calycinis lanceolatis, pallide-luteis.