576 LXII. COMPOSITA. FOblocephalus. 
cave, stipitate. Involucral bracts numerous, the outer ones linear-spathulate, 
ciliate with long woolly hairs, the broad scarious end glabrous but brown and 
not spreading, about 6 inner ones oblong scarious, glabrous, with a scarious 
7. C. Francisii, Benth. An annual with numerous slender stems of 3 
to 6 in., glabrous or nearly so. Leaves very narrow-linear, short. Clusters 
of flower-heads globose or ovoid, about 3 in. diameter, without any or very 
few outer empty bracts. Receptacle small. Partial heads shortly stipitate, 
6- to 20-flowered. Involucral bracts numerous, scarious, woolly-ciliate, the 
outer and subtending ones narrow with a small lamina, 12 or more inner 
ones with a short broad almost reniform spreading lamina, forming a ray 
round the partial head. Pappus of several exceedingly fine hair-like plumose 
bristles.— Pachysurus Francisii, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 155. 
bad Australia. Murchison river and Champion Bay, Oldfield ; Drummond, 6th Coll. 
2. . 
9. C. platycephalus, Benth. A perennial or undershrub, more or less 
woolly-white, with simple or branched stems of 4 to Leaves linear. 
Clusters of flower-heads globose and about 4 in. diameter or at length larger 
cuous when the flowers are full 3 appus of hair-like woolly-plumose 
bristles.— Pachysurus platycephalus, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 154. 
N. S. Wales. Darling river to the Barrier range, Victorian Expedition, Dallachy 
and Goodwin. 
9. C. multiflorus, Benth. An erect branching annual, of 1 to 6 in. 
the ee wool usually persistent. Leaves narrow-linear. Clusters of flower- 
several very fine woolly-plumose bristles, united at the base in a broad SR 
ceous ring.—Pachysurus multiflorus, 'Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 185 lp et 
Achrysum glomeratum, A. Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 929. 
W. Australia. Drummond, 3rd Coll. n. 117, 5th Coll. n. 389. 
10. C. æruoides, Benth. An annual, with a hollow, ascending, pani- 
culately-branched stem of above 1 ft., the wool floccose and decida 
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