Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. cylindricus, calyculatus. Squamis apice sphacelatis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

SENECIO elegans corollis radiants, foliis pontiffs æqualibus pianissimos margin increased recurved. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 757.

SENECIO elegans corollis radiants, foliis polos-viscid is pontiffs æqualibus pianissimos, Roach inferno angsts, calycibus hurts. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 193.

ASTER Africans Annuus senecionis foliis. Comm. Hort. 2. p. 59. t. 30.

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Linnæus has given to this charming annual the name of elegans, on account of the great beauty of its flowers, the florets of the radius being of a most brilliant purple, and those of the disk bright yellow; colours regarded as peculiar to this plant, till the Sen. venustus described in the Hort. Kew. was discovered and introduced here; it is a native of the Cape and other parts of Africa, grows usually to the height of a foot and a half, or two feet; flowers from June to August, grows readily, requiring the same treatment as other annuals of the more tender kind; seedling plants raised in the autumn in pots, and kept in the green-house or under a frame during winter, will, of course, flower much earlier than plants produced in the spring.