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Cephalosorus brevipapposus. 
Skirrhophorus phyllocephalus, F. M. coll. 
Folüs obovatis v. lato-lanceolatis supra glabris subtus eum 
caule ramisque araneoso-tomentosis, glomerulo magno globoso, 
involucri generalis squamis foliaceis subovatis acutis laxe paten- 
tibus, receptaeulo generali subgloboso, corollis basi tumescentibus, 
acheniis glabris, pappo brevissimo coroniformi crenulato v. sub- 
truncato deciduo. 
Ad flumen Murchison; Oldfield. Ad sinum Champion Bay; 
Walcott. 
Herba annua, erecta, spithamza v. altior, pauciramea.. Folia 
j-l' longa, integerrima, plana, supra et state quoque subtus 
glabra, satis dissita, inferiora opposita in petiolum longiusculum 
contracta, superiora alterna brevius petiolata. Glomeruli ramos 
terminantes, j-3" metientes. Phylla involueri universalis satis 
numerosa, pluriseriata, sessilia, partim glomerulum superantia, 
i-i' longa, subtus araneoso-tomentoso, supra glabra.  Foliola 
aliquot diminuta capitulis propriis supra glomeruli basin inter- 
posita, Receptaculum universale tuberculatum, glabrum.  Invo- 
lueri specialis squam: pauca, enerves, complicatz v. concurvz, 
cuneato-lanceolatz, circiter 13" long», hyalinz, exappendieulatz, 
apicem versus citrinz, przeter barbulam dorsalem glabrz. —Corollze 
ó-dentatze, deorsum state valde incrassatze.  Achenia clavato- 
cylindracea, angulata, 2-1" longa. 
Diotosperma Drummondi (A. Gr. in Hook. Icon. 855) fide de- 
scriptionum ad Ceratogynem obionoidem T'urez. in Bullet. de la 
Soc. Impér. des Natural. de Moscou, 1851) videtur referendum. 
Dithyrostegia amplexicaulis (A. Gr. in Hook. Kew. Miscell. iii. 
100) conjungatur Gamozygi flexuose (Turez. l. e. tab. i). In 
Myriocephalo helichrysoide a cl. Oldfield ad promontorium Cape 
Naturalist collecto vidi pappum nonnunquam tetrachaetum. 
ACANTHACEJE. 
Earlia. 
Calyx parvus, profunde quinque-partitus ; laciniis subzequalibus, 
lanceolato-subulatis. Corolle tubus limbo duplo longior, leniter 
curvatus, in fauces gradatim ampliatus ; labium superum brevius- 
cule bifidum ; inferum tripartitum, supero s:quilongum ; utrumque 
sstivatione imbricatum. Stamina duo inferiora fertilia, infra 
fauces inserta. Anífherz biloculares ; loculis parallelis, parum in- 
zqualibus, muticis. Stamina duo supera brevia, ananthera. 
Stylus tenui-filiformis. Stigma minutum, e laminis duabus semi- 
ellipticis constans. Capsula dura, bilocularis, loculicide bivalvis, 
tetrasperma, basin versus solida ; valvze demum septicide bipar- 
tibiles, Semina corpressa, foveolato-rugosa, retinaculis sustenta. 
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