21}, Antennaria Caertn. 
Low, HAL EOSWOO TES perennials whoicn usually propagate by leafy 
these frequently readin. ana Ccons;icuous. Basal leaves in 
stolons , 
tufts , 
ST 
stem leaves alternate. deacs discoid, usually in a globose Cluster, 
several 
series of unequal membranous or scavious bracts, those of the staminate 
mnlants being usually broader and more obtuse than the pistillate; 
tacie flat, convex, hemispherical or subconical, naked. Fistillate 
corollas tubular very Slender, Seca investins the slender style; 
achenes more or iess cylii dries , ¢labrous or svarsely ¢landular With min- 
mose in one species, Gioecious, tueir involucres consisting of 
ute 
oa 
vboie 
race- 
recep- 
glands, the parppus fine, soft ; hair-like, usited at the base and 
quickly .eciaduouse FPappus of staiinate flowers more or less dilated 
arex, even 
o Densely tufvsu plants LYorming cushions 5-5 cm. tall; 
erat but little exceeding the foliage » solitary 
\in the axils 
o Plants with erect stems waich bear the heads 
ZiHeaas in racemes, the racemes minutely slanduilar 
Zneads in globos: or flat-topred clusters, the 
6stems wooly to the anex 
4 Upper surfaces of the Leaves soon glabrous and 
& screen, tne lower white-wool 
2 Ee RRR 
4 Both surfaces of the leaves white-wooli, 
G Heads mostly in Slat-topred clusters, the 
— branches of tne inflorescence 2-4 
cm. lon:, rarely subslobose 
sé or hemispheric usually 
ters tue peduncles rarely < cm. 
. 
6Eracts brownish or blackish at or above 
i t 
fo stem leaves 1-1.5 cm. lon: or less, 
/4 i-2 mm. wide 
fo >tem leaves 1.5-5 cm. lons, 4-7 
R Eracts dull white or rose ties aaa orevail- 
a. oe 
u 
y irely blun 
o% 
spoon-shaped. Flowers whitish or tipped with pink. 
their 
at the 
TAC OmMoseé 
ues 
Ae Howesllii 
Ae luzuloides 
Ae media 
Ae lanat 
ei ase. ee 
12) phe cams ie 2 Bate ag 
