656 PROTEACE# (Phillips & Hutchinson). = [ Serrwria. 
Perianth-limb shortly adpressed and 
more or less silvery-hirsute : 
Ultimate peduncles very short and 
thick (8) adscendens. 
Ultimate peduncles long and slender (9) Knightii. 
Perianth-limb long rusty-villous ... (10) pauciflora. 
Heads 15-25-flowered : 
Perianth-limb shortly hirsute with ad- j 
pressed hairs me tis ve (11) subsericea. 
Perianth-limb long-villous with more 
or less spreading hairs : 
Branches villous or long-pilose ; 
bracts at the base of the 
ultimate peduncles villous in 
the lower part ... ict ... (12) biglandulosa, 
Branches puberulous or shortly pu- 
bescent ; bracts at the base of 
the ultimate peduncles nearly j 
glabrous... #i was ... (13) Kraussii. 
¢tPerianth-limb glabrous or nearly so ... (14) Burmannii. 
Mature leaves permanently covered with a dense : 
silvery adpressed indumentum _.... ... (15) candicans. 
**Ultimate peduncles covered with several imbricate 
pustulate purplish bracts... es wet ... (16) glomerata. 
Section 2. MonocerHaLx. Flower-heads solitary on a simple axillary or 
terminal peduncle. 
*Stems usually procumbent, rarely erect ; leaves of the 
annual flowering shoots simple or trifurcate, only 
those towards the base rarely pinnate or bipinnate : 
Perianth-limb glabrous ; stigma much thicker than the 
style ... ce ‘ts ae iis is .-» (17) flagellifolia. 
Perianth-limb villous or tomentose ; stigma usually 
not much thicker than the style: 
Claw and lower part of limb of the perianth-segments 
glabrous o A ee 5 ... (18) trilopha. 
Claw and limb of the perianth-segments hairy 
over : 
Bracts lanceolate or subulate-lanceolate, very 
villous ; stems subsimple, procumbent, giving 
off the leaves more or less at right angles : 
Branches and petioles pilose with long weak 
hairs ; leaf-segments thick ... --» (19) pinnata. 
Branches and petioles glabrous ; leaf-segments 
slender oh ye een ‘ ... (20) gracilis. 
Bracts acuminate from a rounded or ovate 
membranous base, villous or glabrescent ; 
stems subsimple, prostrate or ascending : 
Outer bracts villous, 2 lin. broad or Jess: 
Branches diffuse; leaves slender, rarely 
simple ie Pas Ae vis ... (21) diffusa. 
Branches erect; leaves stouter, mostly : 
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