The flowers vary considerably, both in size, and colour; its foliage is different from that of most others, and, as its name imports, like that of the Birch-Tree.

It requires the same treatment as most other Green-House Plants.


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Zinnia Multiflora. Many-Flowered Zinnia.

Class and Order.

Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.

Generic Character.

Recept. paleaceum. Pappus aristis 2 erectis. Cal. ovato-cylindricus, imbricatus. Flosculi radii 5-10, persistentes, integri.

Specific Character and Synonyms.