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fidis basi attenuatis, lobis divaricatis pungentibus, lateralibus indivi- 
sis bifidisve, capitulis terminalibus ovato-oblongis, squamis basi con- 
natis lignescentibus acuminulatis sericeo-tomentosis, floribus . . +» 
nucula lentieulari ovata acuminata margine villosa.— Drummond, 
coll. vi. n. 167. | 
Approaching P. canescens et rigida, but distinct from both in ihe 
grooveless and less divided leaves, which, besides, are thieker than in 
the former, and pungent, and not rugoso-striate, as in the latter. 
Leaves 15 inch, segments 3-6 lines long. 
4. Petrophila chrysantha, Nob.; ramis apice cano-tomentellis, foliis 
pinnatim 3—9-partitis complicatis glabris, laciniis teretibus pungen- 
tibus indivisis supra l-suleis scabriuseulis subparallelis, capitulis 
terminalibus folia zequantibus parvis, squamis basi connatis margine 
villosiusculis, calyce aureo-villoso, laminis muticis, stigmate fusiformi 
haud articulato, nucula subrotundo-ovata adpresse pilosa margine 
villosa ala acuta glabra terminata.— Drummond, coll. vi. n. 165. 
Very near P. Serruria, but the leaves and flowers are smaller, the 
lacinize undivided and not divaricate, and the laminze of the calyx have 
no appendage at the top. Leaves 6-9 lin. long, pilose when young. 
5. Petrophila inconspicua, Nob. ; ramulis patenti-pilosis, foliis teretibus 
pinnatim 3-5-partitis scabriuseulis glabris supra 1-sulcis, lobis sub- 
parallelis mucronulatis, capitulis terminalibus foliis superatis, squamis 
pilosis, calyce breve albo-villoso, laminis muticis, stigmate parvo 
conico-subulato, samara complanata glabra ciliolata (@).— Drummond, 
coll. vi. n. 172. 
.. 1n habit, form, and size of the leaves, almost like P. chrysantha, but 
> quite distinct in the stigma. The flowers also are a little longer, and 
_ the segments of the leaves, though acute, scarcely mucronulate. 
. 6. Petrophila azil/aris, Nob. ; ramulis cano-tomentellis, foliis sessilibus 
rigidissimis bipinnatis subtripinnatisque levibus glabris, pinnis 9-3- 
Jugis divaricatis, basilaribus ceteris duplo brevioribus 2-3-lobis, 
pinnulis anguste linearibus pungentibus planis subtus convexis ob- 
d solete bisuleis, capitulis axillaribus sessilibus ovatis folium subaequan- 
tibus, squamis sericeis, calyce argenteo-sericeo, laminis setula bre- 
= vissima terminatis, stigmate fusiformi inarticulato, nucula . 
= Drummond, coll. vi. n. 166. ; 
> : Allied to P. striata, but differing in the involucre being smaller, with 
. acute scales, the segments of the leaves narrower and less distinetly 
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