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GNAPHALIUM MODESTUM. SQUAMOSE-FLOW- 
ERED Cape GNAPHALIUM. 
Class ht Order. 
SyNGENESIA Porreamis, Bdruartva: 
( Nat. Ord ey yin ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum imbricatum, squamis internis scariosis sub- 
coloratis. Rec. nudum, scrobiculatum. Flose. radiales 
feminei, imperfecti, tenuissimi v. nulli. hee pilosus 
seu Pine, ERecHiae eng. | 
Gnaruatium modestum ; fruticosum, ramosum, foliis line- 
aribus canaliculatis dense tomentosis, pedunculis ter- 
minalibus solitariis, involucro lato-cylindraceo tomen- 
toso, squamorum apicibus attenuatis nudis reflexis. 
ASTELMA eeeing. Steber Fi. Hee n. 12. 
Descr. Stems decumbent at Lib hp hrowing up nu- 
merous erect branches, which are stiff and rigid, covered 
with a dense cottony down. Leaves alternate, about two 
inches long, linear, almost filiform, waved, semicylindrical 
on the back, grooved | in front, thickly clothed with white 
down. The p the branches, and are 
from two to three inches long, Semen single-flowered. 
Involucre broadly cylindrical, eral imbricated reddish 
scales, cottony, especially in the -sidille : the extremities 
attenuated into a long, brown, membranaceous, naked, 
reflexed point. Receptacle foveolated, the cells deep, the 
partitions laciniated. Florets all tubular, perfect, yellow, 
five-toothed. Anthers each with two awns at — base. 
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