LXII. COMPOSITA. 569 
51. GNEPHOSIS, Cass. 
(Cephalosorus ( pa: 19): Nematopus and Crossolepis, 4. Gray ; Leptotriche, Tore, ; 
ichanthodium az4 Cyathopappus, F. Muell.) 
_ Flower-heads numerous and usually more e less stipitate, on a convex or 
E “nately cylindrical receptacle, in an ovoid or globular dense cluster or com- 
pun head, without any general involucre "e den by a few leafy or 
 Sarious bracts rarely exceeding the florets. rtial heads 1- or few-flowered, 
transparent and very deciduous, nie eius without scales. Florets herma- 
SA tubular, slender, 4- or 5-toothed, sometimes hardened at the base. 
thers more or less distinctly dE or tailed at the base. Style-branches 
ter of flower-heads terminal, sessile or pede 
. , The genus is S nis to Australia. It is SE allied to Angianthu neral 
. olere and r eceptacle are less develo oped than in that genus and the "atl pé dhe 
muc E more so, consisting of much more numerous bitte and not flattened. à 
- or 
K oW 
i Ere stemless plant, — of several short plumose 
1. G. Burkittà. 
Stems "oe ‘tts ads js or 9. fovere. Tovolaeral: pan 
appendiculate. Pappus none. eg woolly Ge or 
or nearly so in ved rest of e n 2. G. eriocarpa. 
Stems erer " Hea did: Pappus cup- -shaped. 
Clusters of Pink heads Eed Involucral bracts as long as 
mä florets, Pappus- 3. G. macrocephala. 
usters of fl Fi ets otrndin d ; 
ower dads abun. ss pr D i 6 aerqion. 
yond the involueres. Pappus-cup tu Wii 
c'e orymbose. Heals 2-flowered. een turbinate- 
0 
luvolueral > -3h 
‘Ste d S d — cup-shaped. E 0. dpuliopeppa. 
Leaves under 4 in 
G. leptoclada 
Cep Leaves d up, abore io. long. da. 
. G. arachnoidea. 
em 
: best ees not appendiculate. 
| Pappus none . 
Patil h head o 6-flow ed. Erect plants with filiform branches. 
Casters o of eure very shining. Pappus annular, jagged 
none. 
ES divaricate, dichotomous. Clusters of flower-heads glo- 
T 
C0. tenuissima. 
G. acicularis. 
oo 
, Branches flexnose. ‘Clusters of fower-heads turbinate at the base 
Pati] heads 3- to 20-tlowered. Dwa shortly diffuse annuals 
ES i woolly clusters of "ee? Sie Papp E dd r 
leave aer dubulate. Heads 3- to -flowered. Plan E LE 
x linear. “oblong or - oblong. ` Plant of 1 to 3 in 
Flora] lea ovate = bro — oblong, wolf only inside. 
pied 10 in S E Idodi 11. G. brevifolia. 
Plo S “Heals 
ES e. blong, co Sen in | the abundant wool. mu o Ge Ce 
` elt, Se t charac 
cotuloides, Cass., iad Crossolepis ‘linifolia, d 
im Pw tis Gen 269, 270, are probably species of eeng but ez te 
