SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus aristis 2 erectis. Calyx ovato-cylindricus, imbricatus. Flosculi radii 5, persistentes, integri.
Receptacle chaffy. Feather with 2 upright awns. Empalement cylindrical-egg-shaped, and tiled. Florets of the ray 5, remaining and entire.
See Zinnia Violacea. Pl. LV. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Zinnia foliis verticillatis, sessilibus; floribus pedunculatis; flosculi radii sæpe tria series.
Zinnia with leaves growing in whorls without foot-stalks close to the stem; flowers with foot-stalks; the florets of the ray often three rows.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An outer female Floret of the ray, the seed attached, a little larger than nature.