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Receptacle conical, as high as wide at the base; flower- 
heads distinctly peduncled, peduncle up to 1 in. long, 
loosely bracteate ; bracts like those of the involucre 
very broadly ovate ve - ... (15) hypophyllum, 
Receptacle low-convex or flat ; flower-heads shortly peduncled 
and with imbricate bracts, or sessile among the crowded 
uppermost leaves ; bracts acuminate : 
Involucral bracts densely and shortly tomentose all over 
or absent : 
Leaves linear, 14-24 in, by 1-8 lin., greyish-tomentose 
or glabrous, margins often recurved ; bracts very 
densely imbricate passing from the short peduncle 
into the involucre ... spe in 2 ... (16) tomentosum. 
Leaves oblong to oblanceolate or linear-oblong, 14-2 in. 
by 2-6 lin. : 
Leaves glabrous or sometimes finely tomentose at 
the base, pale green; flower-heads shortly 
peduncled without a distinct involucre... ... (17) Muirii. 
Leaves permanently whitish-tomentellous ; flower- 
heads sessile, with a densely imbricated in- 
volucre.., s ee ie .-. (18) candicans. 
Involucral bracts of the sessile flower-heads long-acu- 
minate, scarious upwards, brown, more or less 
glabrous and ciliate ‘ nee «»» (19) parile. 
Section 3. Criyirz., Heads rather small with a flat top, including the style, 
1-1} in. long, with a distinct though sometimes very short involucre of 
barren bracts; receptacle flat; floral bracts persistent, rarely indurated ; 
adaxial and lateral perianth-claws united up to the limb (or free upwards) 
into a narrow and sometimes flattened-out more or less straight sheath ; 
abaxial claw free ; limbs deflexed, the abaxial early free ; styles filiform, 
somewhat quadrangular about the middle, tapering and almost capillary 
upwards, ? to over 1 in. long ; stigma minute and slender, cylindric. 
Involucral bracts much exceeding the flowers, up to 6 lin. 
long, penicillate ... oe sis ie ei »-» (20) crinitum, 
Involucral bracts shorter than the flowers : 
Involucral bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, finely acumi- 
nate, reaching to or exceeding the middle of the 
flower-head : 
Leaves oblong to linear-oblong, 3-6 lin. broad ... (21) oleefolium, 
Leaves linear, about 2 lin. broad ie ort ... (22) diffusum. 
Involucral bracts usually very short, not reaching up to 
the middle of the flower-head : 
Leaves linear, about 2 lin. broad eve fee ... (23) stenanthum. 
Leaves cuneate-obovate, up to over 1 in, wide ... (24) Mundii. 
Section 4. DrastELomrm. Heads small, usually under 1 in. long including 
the styles, with a distinct (though sometimes scanty) involucre of barren 
bracts; receptacle flut ; floral bracts persistent, narrow, not indurated ; 
adaxial and lateral perianth-claws usually more or less separating at 
length, or already when the flower opens and then quite like the abaxial 
claw which is always free ; limbs deflexed ; style filiform, obscurely quad- 
rangular, 5-11 lin. long ; stigma minute. Small shrubs, erect (up to 5 ft, _ 
high) or procumbent. 
Stigma conic-ovoid from a broad base : 
Leaves very closely imbricate, quite concealing the ; 
stem, suborbicular to oblong-elliptic... ... (25) buxifolium, 
