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AMELLUS Lychnitis, 

 Cape jlmellus. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLVA. 



Nat, ord. Composite. Adansonfam. 2. 103. 



CoBYMBiFER^. Jussicu gen. 177- Div, VIL Receptacn- 

 lum paleaceum. Semen papposum, pappo plumose aut piloso aut aristato- 

 Flores ssepii^s radiati. 



AMELLUS. CaL subhemisphsericus^ imbricatus squamis linearibus 

 appressis. Thalamus paleaceus. Flosc. disci androgyni; radii feminei^ 

 ligulis oblongs caeruleis apice vix sensibilit^r 2-3-dentatis : utrique fertiles. 

 Sem, difformia. Pappus omnis simplex: radii paleaceus; disci setaceus, 

 G<Brtn. sem. 2, 459. Inierdum tmicus radius setaceus hmgior pappo semi- 

 num radii pakaceo admiscetur. Id. 



A* LychnitiSf caule fruticoso, foliis iucanis lineari-lanceolatis oppositiB, 



ramis alternis. Willd. sp- pL 3, 2214. 

 Amellus Lychnitis. Linn. sp. pL ed- 2, 2. 1276, Mill dicL ed. 8. n. 1. 



Berg, cap. 298. Thunb. prod. 162. Jacq. coll 6. 151. *. 10. fg. 1- 



Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5- 118. GeBrL sem. 2. 459. t, ITS.^g. 3. 

 Verbesina asteroides. Linn. sp. pL ed, V. 2. 902. 

 Buphthalmum foliis oppositis lanceolato-Unearibus obtusis integenimis^ caly- 



cibus subrotundis. Hort^ cliff* 415. 

 ChrysaDthemum t. potii^s Buphthalmum africanum leucoii foliis, asteris flore 



cseruleo. Breyn, prodr, pi. rar-faic. 1. V7>fasc> 3, t 15. ^</. 2. 



Suftrutex sericeuSf 2-Q-pedalts : caulis teres crassitudine penme scriptorue, 

 ramosuSf ramis diffusis herhaceis. Folia cano-virentiUf sessilia, altema et op- 

 posita, elongato-oblonga, subcuneata acumine brevip unciaHa ad sesquiuncialia^ 

 PeduDCuli terminales, solitarii, 1-^ori, stricti^ tereteSj vitlosiusculiy erecii^ 

 CaL radio bis brevior V. ultrdr kerbaceuSf turbinatvs; {o\\o\i% recto-appressis^ 

 paulb iTicEqualibus lineari-acuminatis ; dorso convexo^ cuspide sphacelato- 

 purpurascente. Radius fcntineuSj lilacino-ojerulescens, vesperi retoluto- 

 contrahendus, mane iteriim evolvendus: flosc. lamind obverse ligulatd subpli^ 

 catd obsolete tridenticulatd, tubo e6 bis breviore gracili cylindrico gracili vit-* 

 loso. ^t^\n^Jla%ms, si^%m^i\\^yisilin€aTibus parum exse^'tis: %^rm, obhmgumt 

 obversum, angustum, angnlosum, atbum^ pdi.ppo paleaceo brevissimo e paleis 

 paucis {4-^6i) dentiformibus : Aiscus hermaphrod.^ flavusy numerosus^ altiar 

 calyce; flosc'. infandib,, tubo his breviore fauce longd ampliusculd cylindricd 

 injemi obsolete viltosd supeme glabra, limbo ^avo brevi rejlexo. Stylus 

 aunts; stig. 2, exserta, linearia^ Jlava^ replicata, lobo villoso subsagittato- 

 acuminato terminata, Filamenta^exuo^a; pollen vitellino-Jlavescens. Germ. 

 turbinatumj compressum, alburn^ pappo albo setaceo dentiaitato brevi 

 (hngiore tamen radii) pauco rigido. Recept. paleaceum: paleae disci 

 flosculis ^equates, scarios^e, Jnsco'mucronatce. 



Cultivated by Miller in 1768; but still scarce with us, 

 notwithstanding its easy culture and lively-coloured bios- 



