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KAULFUSSIA amelloides. 
Cape- Asterflowered Kaulfussia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. CORYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. I. Recept. nudum. 
Sem. papposum. Flores radiati, in TusstLAGINE et SENECIONE partim 
flosculosi. 
KAULFUSSIA. Cal. communis simplex, zqualis, foliolis (13) 14-16 
lanceolatis obtusis membranaceo-marginatis costa yalidA herbaced obtusé 
carinatis, applicatis. Calathidium (corolla) radiatum. Flosculi radii feminei, 
copiosi (in nostra planta 7-8), contigui, ligulati, tubo filiformi (pubescente), 
limbo oblongo mox revoluto obtuso apice tricrenato. Germ. compressum, 
cuneiforme, brevissimé pedicellatum, cum pedicello foveis receptaculi arcté 
inherens (pubescens) area apicali papillata. Stylus tubo vix longior: stig. 
2-fidum; pappus nullus nisi fimbria pilorum brevissimorum. Flosc. disci 
hermaphr., tubuloso-infundibuliformes, plerique incurvi; tubo pubescente; 
limbo 5-fido patente. _Anthe. coordinatorum, connate (polline ochroleuco). 
Germ. ut in flosculis radii: stylus longitudine tubi antherarum: stig. 2-fidum, 
revolutum: pappus & setis rigidulis plumosis longitudine tubi flosculorum. 
Recept. (nudum) convexum, alveolatum. (Sem. fusca, obovato-oblonga v. 
cuneata, complanata, appresse pilosa, marginata margine crassa concolori). 
Differt Senicii11 Grertn. sem. 2. 453. t. 178. f. 4: pappi radialis defecti: 
et discoidalis longitudine eximid. Ab AGATHRA Cassini (Bulletin de la 
soc. philom. Nov. 1817. 1838) pappo difformi, qui in CINERARIA amelloide 
genere illius typo, tam in radio quam in disco setosus plumosus, Nees yon 
essenb. in hor. phys. berol. 53. 
Kaulfussia amelloides. Nees von essenb. in hor. phys. berol. 33 et 53. tab. 11. 
Curtis’s magaz. 2177. : 3 
Caulis @ basi ramosissimus, circiter pedalis, ramis diffusis, tortuosis, 
teretibus, punctato-scabris pilisque rigidis patentibus hispidis. Fol. (2-3- 
uncialia) alterna, sessilia, patentia, lanceolato-spathulata, mucronulata, 
minutissimé remoté denticulata, carinata, utrinque hirta, rigidula. Flores 
terminales, longé pedunculati, cernui, specie et magnitudine florum CINE- 
RARIA& amelloidis, Pedunculus (2-3-uncialis) teres, glandulis sessilibus 
pilisque patentibus inspersus, superné nudus, inferné foliolis aliquot lanceo- 
latis minortbus preditus. Cal. hirsutus. Radius ceruleus. Discus saturate 
violaceus. Planta annua v. biennis. Jd. loc. cit. 
A genus lately instituted by M. Nees of Essenbach, in 
the work we have quoted, and called after Dr. Kaulfuss 
of Halle. The essential distinction from the immediate re- 
latives, consists in the want of pappus (seedcrown) in the 
florets of the ray; while the florets of the disk are furnished 
with a sessile and feathered one. All will be struck with 
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