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v long as the breadth of the achene, smooth or with a few reversed prickles. 
| —Diodontium filifolium, F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 19. 
| N. Australia. Sources of Hooker's Creek, F. Mueller. 
í 38. NABLONIUM, Cass. 
_ITnvolucre turbinate, with few membranous nearly equal bracts, the outer 
mies broad, the inner ones narrower, passing into the scales of the receptacle. 
Feet: all hermaphrodite, tubular, 5-toothed. Anthers obtuse at the base. 
 Syle-branches somewhat flattened, truncate. Achenes flattened, with 2 rigid 
| Migent divergent awns thickened at the base and continuous with the 
| there —Small creeping herb, with radical leaves and 1-headed scapes. 
| The genus is limited to the single Australian species. 
| lke point, entire, narrowed at the base, rarely 1 in. long. Scape l- eaded, 
ing the leaves, leafless or rarely with 1 or 2 small linear bracts. In- 
sm. 1. 190. t. 
As ia. King’s and other islands of Bass's Straits, R. Brown atid others ; Mac- 
| "tie Harbour, Milligan, Gunn. 
39. TAGETES, Linn. 
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* Plorets 6 to 12, scarcely exceeding the involuere, about 3 bearing 
a small yellow ligula, the others tubular. Achenes linear, black, with a 
‘ Yor, éi or 6 chaffy bristles, one much longer than the rest. 
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