Gnephosis. | LXII. COMPOSITH. 573 
Partial flower-heads 10- to 15-flowered. Involucral bracts several outer ones 
E ~ and bordered by very long intricate wo oolly hairs, and about 5 
inner m 
5-merous. Fap us, none. Sache ssolepis ër A. Ga? in Hook. Kew 
Ww. astral, Drummond, 5th Coll. Suppl. n. 61. 
12. G. eriocephala, Benth. A slender decumbent branching annual 
of 2 to 3 in., very loosely dud. copiously woolly or the lower part gla rous. - 
Leaves small, linear-oblong. Clusters of flower-heads 3 to 5 lines diameter, 
surrounded by a few oblong herbaceous bracts densely enveloped in wool. 
Partial heads 6- to 10-flowered. Involucres of several outer herbaceous 
bracts E about 4 inner tran ea ones, , all v very densely woolly-ciliate. 
Pappus none.—Crossolepis eriocephala, - Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 
| ES mo villosissimus, Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 151. ii. 74. 
= W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. jen n. 02. 
52. CALOCEPHALUS, R. Br. 
(Leucophyta, R. Br.; Pachysurus, Steefz ; Blennospora and Achrysum, 4. Gray.) 
Flower. ee numerous and usually more or less stipitate on a small and 
branching or globose or conical receptacle i in an ovoid or globular dense 
` few leafy or scarious bracts rarely exceeding the florets. Partial heads 2- or 
. More-flowered. Involucre of several bracts, the outer ones like the subtend- 
ing ones narrow and often more persistent, the i inner ones broader transparent 
deciduous. Receptacle without scales. — Florets E 
ers 
ase.—Annual or perennial herbs or rarely undershrubs or small shrubs, 
. More or less cottony or woolly, white or rarely glabrous. Leaves alternate or 
` ies € oam opposite, entire. Clusters of kee terminal, sessile or 
. Peduneulate 
. The lu m is limited to ane: It is very near to Gnephosis, differing ez De in the 
ZE The general receptacle is also sometimes broken up or slightly brane e 
E til hea heads are thus more iens and having e more florets connect the ge ipi act 
:  Dplalipterum and dr ar with Helipteru 
Pappus plumose from. the base. Involucral bracts without 
penda 
Aa of d to 3 inches wet ook. C px 
P ching shrub d about a SE E 2. C. Bro 
" with ema - 
2 tke. ord at the end. gos AED s p Pa P hbri. 
Ves tidy o posite. De us plumose chiefly att the end. i 
Leaves mostly obt btuse. Pappus plu ower- ws i Q. lacteus. 
Leay aves mostly acute. Clusters of tints peen Es 8 O0 citreus. 
