The flowers are not only remarkable for their colour, but the extreme fineness of the florets; they begin to come forth in July, and continue to be produced till the end of September; the plant is easily increased by cuttings, is of ready growth, and blows freely.
In Mr. Haworth's Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum, lately published, there is a very ample description of it, to which we refer such of our readers as wish for more minute information respecting it.
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Chrysanthemum Indicum. Indian Chrysanthemum.
Class and Order.
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
Generic Character.
Recept. nudum. Pappus marginatus. Cal. hemisphæricus, imbricatus: squamis marginalibus membranaceis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CHRYSANTHEMUM indicum foliis simplicibus ovatis sinuatis angulatis serratis acutis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 773. Spec. Pl. 1253. Thunb. Jap. p. 320.
TSJETTI-PU. Rheed. Mal. t. 44.
MATRICARIA sinensis. Rumph. Amb. p. 259. t. 91.
MATRICARIA japonica maxima flore roseo sive suave rubente pleno elegantissimo. Breyn. Prod. p. 66?
KIK, KIKF, vel KIKKU. Kœmpf. Amæn. Ex. p. 875.