Podolepis.] LXI. COMPOSITAE. 603 
: stem-clasping. Flower-heads termindl, rigen n or E sessile, the ray- 
- florets yellow pink or purple, the scarious lamine o nvolueral bracts im- 
- brieate so as to conceal the claws, in all pang 1. Aen 
P Te genus is eee to Australia. It is allied to Athrizia through those species — 
: re ligulate, but differs i in Se ea where the female florets are les 
developed it passes oa To Helichrysum, differing chiefly i m the very thinly sari, 
A racts. 
: m some species of tree, but with a plumose pappus 
| Tuvolucres ovoid, almost sessile in cluste l. P. rutidochlamys. 
. Involu = res eer pherical, pedunculate or med here and there ‘almost 
, ito hi iii dinmieter (of nk in P. Lessoni). 
icr bf the og derer ivoleral Ge much iban than 
their claws, obtuse or almost a 2. P. longipedata. 
inge of the Sage e bracts as long as as or longer 
than their claws and e 
lamins very acute or E Ray- -florets yellow, 3- or 
Perennial. Flower-heads ag enn — . . . 3. P. acuminata. 
Annuals. Involucres under 1 in. diam : 
Ges Geer Involueral hrs est eiert or Ges 
4. P. canescens. 
Westen species. Involucral bracts very acuminate, : 
5. P. aristata. 
o 
West este n species. Tnvolueral bracts snie, very 6. P. pa 
Laminze dr: r scarcely ac Ray-florets Geh gx 
entir 
Claws of the véier bracts glabrous. Pappus usually 
thiekened u upwa DOE UCM. P. nutans. 
Claws of the Gries bracts ‘glandular. Pappus not Jd 
thiekened upwards . 8. P.gracilis. 
Lamine of the involueral bracts ‘obtuse. Ray-florets 3- or 4- 
o 
Ray-dorete e . Perennial. Involucre 1 to 14 in. dia- 
bracts very rugose SET af rugata. 
eech pink, small. Axel, Yovolucre. under A? in. e 
3 diameter; bracts smooth 10. P. Lessont. 
eie not 3 lines diameter, turbinate or at length hemispherical. 
Slender aunuals. Ray-florets — not much longer than 
s of the disk. ioe 
Volucres turbinate, rather d CORN PUN ER 
O ogen bemipherial a + +: Ok voca 
LS See ae F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 79. An erect branching 
i ja imma] of 2 or 3 ft., with more or less of a loose deciduous wool. 
i E or ovate-lanceolate, EN E unded 
Ki decurrent. Flower-heads nearly sessile anc 
tthe ends of the slender branches of Se loose pa anicle. Involucre ovoid, 4 
od ae lines lo ong, the laminz of the bracts imbricate, lanceolate, acuminate, 
= versely rugose, decurrent along the claws. Female florets very few, not 
E than the others, but more slender and only 3-lobed. Pappus-bristles 
