568 LXII. COMPOSITA. [ Anyianthus. 
from both and carrying off the top of the achene. Pappus none.—Shirro- 
horus demissus, A. Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 149 : Epitriche cuspidata, 
Turez. in Bull. Mose. 1851, ii. 75. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. Suppl. n. 58. 
20. A. strictus, Benth. Probably annual, with ascending or erect rigid 
stems of 2 to 6 in. Leaves very narrow. Clusters of flower-heads obovoid- 
turbinate, surrounded by rather numerous narrow and rigid recurved floral 
leaves, longer than the involucres, often acute and almost pungent, with a 
few inner oblong scarious bracts passing into the subtending ones within the 
cluster. Receptacle convex. Partial involucre of 2 narrow-oblong concave 
bracts. Florets solitary, 5-merous, not thickened at the time of flowering, 
more decidedly bulb-like as the fruit ripens. Pappus none.— Pogonolepis 
stricta, Steetz in Pl. Preiss. i. 440; Skirrophorus strictus, A. Gray in Hook. 
ew Journ. iii. 149 ; S. Muellerianus, Sond. in Linn:a, xxv. 486. 
N. S. Wales. Between the Murray and Darling rivers, Victorian Expedition. 
Victoria. Plains on Avoca river, F. Mueller; Wimmera, Dallachy. 
S. Australia. Crystal Brook and St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 357; Vasse river, Preiss, n. 39, Oldfield ; 
Marchison river and Champion Bay, Oldfield. 
with the midrib produced into a jagged almost plumose appendage almost as 
long as the florets. — Florets solitary, 5-merous, not thickened at the base. 
Pappus none. 
W. Australia. Swan and Murchison rivers, Oldfield. 
22. A. amplexicaulis, Benth. A slender, erect. glabrous annual ofl 
to 3 in., simple or slightly branched. Leaves ovate, concave, stem-clasp!ng, 
the upper ones often shortly sheathing at the base, obtuse, under 4 in. long, 
connate, forming an involucre round the cluster of flower-heads. Recep 
small, slightly branched. Subtending and involucral bracts generally te 
duced to tufts of a very long white wool, filling the general involucre, but ` 
usually shortly united into exceedingly thin, transparent, membranes at the 
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densely silky-hairy. Pappus of very short scales or bristles dilated and 
united at the base.—Dithyrostegia amplexicaulis, A. Gray in Hook. E 
Journ. iii. 100; Gamozygis flexuosa, Turez. in Bull. Mose. 1851, ii. 16. ^ 
W. Australia, Drummond, Suppl. to 5th Coll. n. 57. 
