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with long white hairs, and terminated at the point with
3 short te e th ; upper side pure white ; the under side
of a bright purple, or violet, bearing no stamens, but a
filiform style, and purple bifid stigma; florets in the
centre tubular, 5-cleft, hairy at the base, barren, only
producing stamens; outer ones fertile, also 5-cleft,
bearing both stamens and pistils. Stamens 5 ; filaments
distinct; anthers connected into a tube. Style extending
just above the stamens. Stigmas 2, blunt,
fringed. Seeds from the ray spatulate, rugose; those
from the disk obcordate, with a thin membranaceous
margin.
A very handsome hardy annual, only requiring to be
sown in the open borders, and to be kept clear of
weeds. It must not be sown too early in the Spring,
being a native of the Cape, as the Spring frosts would
be liable to injure it ; the latter end of April, or
beginning of May, according as the weather suits, is
the best time for sowing the seeds; they will then
flower from July to October, if the season continue
mild, and will ripen plenty of seeds.
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill,
where the plants were about 15 inches in height, and
very bushy; and they continued in flower this year till
the end of October.
1. Involucre cut through the middle, to show the dotted receptacle. 2. Floret
of the ray, showing its 2 stigmas. 3. Fertile floret of the disk. 4. The same
laid open, showing its nerves alternating with the teeth. 6. The 5 Stamens
spread open, to show the united anthers, and distinct filaments. 6. Style of
the floret of the disk, crowned with its fringed stigmas. 7. Seed from the ray.
8. Seed from the disk.