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Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
CINERARIA Amelloides pedunculis unifloris, foliis oppoftis 
oe + Ovatis nudis, caule fuffruticofo. Linn. Syfte 
oS , Vegetab.' ed. 14. Murr. p. 765. Ait Kew 
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_ ASTER africanus frutefcens ramofus, floribus czruleis, foliis 
: oppofitis minimis, caulibus et ramulis in pedunculos 
nudos exeuntibus. Rati Suppl. 158. : 
ASTER caule ramofo fcabro perenni, foliis ovatis feflibuss 
peduncufis nudis unifloris. Mill. Icon. 76. f- 2. 
The Cineraria Amelloides a plant common in every gt 
_houfe, was introduced by Mr. Puit1p Mixxer as long 
as the year 1753,- being raifed by him from Cape fee 
~—_ forms a bufhy fhrub, of the height of two, or three feet, pr 
_ duces-aymerous bloffoms, which ftand fingly on long foot-ftall 
_.. and are of a pale blue colour; they make fome amends 
their want of brilliancy by flowering during moft of the y 
_ The’plant is eafily propagated either by feeds or cuttings. 
