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lucri squamis exterioribus glanduloso-hirtis, intimis apice setaceo-vil- 
losis; ligulis 5-8 ; pappi setis radii 3-4, disci 5. 
Swan River, Drummond.—Stems 6 inches high. Heads small; the 
involucre only a quarter of an inch in diameter. 
* * Capitulum discoideum; floribus omnibus hermaphroditis, sed 
paucis in ambitu sæpius corolla apice ampliata difformi 3-5- 
lobata antheris cassis donata. Pappus corollæ disci æqui- 
longus. : 
4. A. stricta (n. sp.): tomento appresso tardius floccoso-soluto cano-la- 
nata; caulibus e radice fusiformi erectis simpliciusculis; foliis cau- 
linis anguste linearibus; involucri squamis pauciserialibus glanduloso- 
puberulis, exterioribus apice villoso-barbatis, intimis ultra medium 
villoso-fimbriatis ; pappo 4—5-setoso. j 
Swan River, Drummond.—Stems 1-2 feet high. Head nearly half 
an inch in diameter. Lobes of the corolla lanceolate, or in the am- 
pliate marginal flowers ovate. 
DrorosPERMA, nov. gen. Melampodinearum. 
Capitulum pauciflorum, heterogamum ; floribus radii 3-4, foemineis, 
vix ligulatis; disci totidem, tubulosis, abortu masculis. — Zuvolucrum 
simplex, uniseriale, e squamis 5—6 consimilibus ovato-oblongis, con- 
caviusculis, membranaceo-herbaceis, margine anguste scarioso ciliato- 
fimbriolatis, per anthesin flores æquantibus. Receptaculum parvum, 
planum, epaleaceum. Corolla fl. radii tubo brevissimo oblique trun- 
cato in ligulam minimam apice 2-3-denticulatam vix explanato, stylo 
suo brevior, persistens; disci cyathiformis parce glanduligera, limbo 
3-4-lobo. Anthere ovales, connate, ecaudate. Stylus fl. foem. bi- 
fidus, lobis lineari-oblongis divaricatis glabris; fl. masc. superne in- 
craseatus, apice ssepius inæqualiter bilobus, lobis subulatis hispidis. 
Ovarium fl. masc. lineare, exovulatum ; fl. form. achenio simile sed 
multoties minus. AÆchenia involucrum 2-3-plo superántia, ab eo 
prorsus discreta, obovato-subtrigona, apice bicornia, nempe explanata, 
obcompressa alata; ala suberosa, crassa, arcte involuta (ut achenium 
subtrigonum ventre profunde sulcatum apparet), ad apicem late 
truncatum in aurieulas hirsutas prælongas arrecto-patentes producta. 
Pappus nullus. Cotyledones obcompresso-planæ, leviter incurvæ.— 
Herba pusilla e radice annua, multicaulis, hirsutula; caulibus gracili- 
bus, diffusis, ramosis; foliis integerrimis, infimis obovatis oppositis, 
