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lucre and pappus; the latter in the hermaphrodite flowers consists of p^ 
narrow paleæ rather than setze. 
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GNAPHALODES, nov. gen. j 
Capitulum multiflorum homogamum, floribus omnibus tubulosis herma- 
phroditis. Receptaculum conicum nudum. Znvolucrum cylindraceum 
pluriseriale ; squamis scariosis oblongis seu obovatis dorso lanigeris, 
appendice brevi concava terminatis, disco longioribus. Corolle gra- 
ciles, apice brevissime 5-dentatæ. Anthere bicaudatæ. Styli rami 
apice truncati. Achenia obovata, erostria, glabra. Pappus 5-pale- 
aceus, corolla sublongior ; paleis rigidis anguste linearibus basi sub- 
coalitis pectinato-ciliatis apice attenuato-barbellatis vel penicillatis.— 
Herbæ annuæ depressæ, lanosæ, Micropi seu Gnaphalii uliginosi facie 
(unde nomen Tournefortianum Micropi, Zinn., hue transtuli); foliis 
alternis spathulatis, summis confertis capitula sessilia basi lanatissima 1 
quasi involuerantibus. Involucrum albidum, apice luteolum. : 
1. G. uliginosum (n. sp.): caulibus diffusis; foliis summis obovatis 
circa capitula szepe solitaria densissime confertis eaque vix superan- 
tibus; involucri squamis apice lato-ovato seu deltoideo superatis; 
pappi paleis apice subæqualiter barbellatis. 
Swan River, Drummond.—Stems one or two inches long, branched, 
depressed or diffuse; the larger specimens of the plant are not unlike 
Gnaphalium uliginosum in aspect. 
2. G. condensatum (n. sp.) : subacaule ; capitulis glomeratis foliis elon- 
. gato-spathulatis multo brevioribus; involucri squamis exterioribus 
appendice angusta acutissima, interioribus appendice oblonga ob- 
tusa, superatis; pappi paleis in setam brevem inferne nudam apice 
m Md subito productis ! 
Swan River, Drummond.— Heads larger than in the preceding, three 
or four lines long, several together in a dense glomerule which is sessile 
in the cluster of apparently radical leaves. Pappus 13-2 lines long. 
_ Achenia in both species very short, glabrous, covered with a whitish 
cellular pellicle, which in water is resolvable into oblong mucilaginous 
cells, much as in Blennospora 
ÂCHRYSUM, nov. gen. 
oe n 10-12-flora, homogama, dense glomerato-congesta ; floribus 
_ omnibus tubulosis hermaphroditis fertilibus. ^ Zuvolucrum eradiatum 
