ASTERACEiE. 



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ASTELMA. 



Gen. Char. {Syngenesia Superflua.) Keceptacle naked ; pappus 

 feathery, sessile ; rays joined at the base ; involucre imbricated 

 with chaffy scales, the interiors of which are converging. 



The word is from the Greek, meaning without a crown, 

 in allusion to the construction of the fruit. This is a genus 

 of shrubs from the Cape, bearing everlasting flowers. A, 

 eximium is called the Giant Astelma ; it grows three feet 

 high, with the leaves sessile, close, erect, and downy ; the 

 corymb of flowers is also sessile, and of a crimson colour ; 

 fragrans and canescens have rose-coloured flowers; mille- 

 Jlorum, imbricatwn, speciosissimum, and others, have white 

 flowers ; crassifolium and StceJielina have yellow flowers. 

 They should have sandy peat soil, and careful watering. 



KELHANIA. 



Gen. Char. {Syngenesia Supeyflua.) Receptacle paleaceous ; 

 pappus membranous, cylindrical, short ; involucre imbricated, 

 membranous ; rays numerous. 



Named after Mr. Relhan, an English botanist. Cape 

 evergreen shrubs, which are sometimes introduced into the 

 greenhouse, where they show their yellow flowers in May : 



