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PopoTHECA GNAPHALIOIDES. CUDWEED 
PoDOTHECA. 
KKK KEKE EE EEE EE EEK 
Class and Order. 
SynGcEnesiA AUQUALIS. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multiflorum homogamum, Receptaculum e- 
bracteolatum. Involucrum floribus equale cylindraceum, 
squamis subimbricatis lineari-acuminatis subfoliaceis. Co- 
rolle graciles, tubulose, 5-dentate. Anthere basi setifere. 
Stigmata longa apice obtusa appendice acuta forte aucta 
(Cass.). Achenium subcylindricum hispidum, areola late- 
rali, stipite gracili e centro alyeolorum orto insidens. Pap- 
pus paleis 5 longissimis 1-seriatis basi concretis longe plu- 
mosis.—Herba Nove Hollandie, glabra, annua. Folia al- 
terna amplexicaulia lineari-semilanceolata integerrima acu- 
minata. Capitula ad apices ramorum aphyllorum solitaria. 
Flores flavescentes. Invol. subaraneosum. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Popvotueca * gnaphalioides ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, in- 
yolucro imbricato conico corollis breviori, squamis in- 
zequalibus exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis herbaceis ex- 
trorsum glanduloso-pubescentibus introrsum lanatis, 
jnterioribus linearibus scariosis. Graham. 
This very distinct species was raised at the nursery garden 
of Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Edinburgh, in ts 5 
* Name derived from mes, modo, a foot, and Snxa, a fruit or capsule, in 
allusion to the stalk of the fruit. 
