Rigid-leaved Eternal Flower.
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum paleaceum, aut nudum. Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus, radiatus; radio colorato.
Receptacle chaffy, or naked. Feather bristly. Empalement tiled, rayed; the ray coloured.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Xeranthemum, floribus parvis paniculatis; foliis villosis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis viridibus.
Xeranthemum, with small paniculated flowers; and hairy linear-lanced sharp-pointed green leaves.
Descriptio. Suffrutex, ramulis teretibus, subflexuosis, villosis. Folia, superiora remotiora, alterna, amplexicaulia, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, canaliculata, rigida, villosa, viridia, superne patula. Flores paniculati, terminales, parvi in hoc genere, et inconspicui. Pedunculi lanuginoso-villosi, bracteati. Calyces argentei. Corollulæ flavicantes.