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KKAULFUSSIA AMELLOIDES. CApE-ASTER-LIKE 
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Class and Order. 
Sracauinis Potyeamia SuperFriva. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus sessilis, plumosus : radii nullus, 
Cal. simplex, equalis. 
Specific Name. 
Kautrussra amelloides. Esenb. in. Horis phys. Berol. 1. p.53, 
A native of the Cape of Good-Hope, of very late intro- 
duction into this country, being raised in the present year in the 
Chelsea garden from seeds, received from Mr. Orro Inspector 
of the Royal garden at Berlin. In general aspect it resembles 
very much the Cinerarrs Amelloides of Lannxus, Bot. Mag. 
n. 249, which has itself been separated into a distinct genus 
by M. Casstni, under the name of Acara#za. From this 
however it differs in having a feathery, not a bristly pappus, 
and none at all to the seeds of the ray. It differs also from 
the Senrciius of Garver, the Crveraria glauca of Lin- 
neus, both in the latter character and in the greater length 
of the pappus of the seeds of the disk. . 
It appears to be of annual or biennial duration. The florets 
of the ray are of a very brilliant blue colour, difficult to be 
imitated by art. Flowers in June and July. Propagated. 
by seeds, which should be sown on a gentle hot-bed in the 
spring, and the young plants planted out in the open border, 
and treated as other tender annuals, early in May. 
