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which have hitherto been Viri are ed ded chiefly upon the nature and position 
of the different ki 353 of hairs. With the exception of the short stellate tomentum of 
the foliage in the first series, the hairs are all so-called articulate, that is, da of 
several cells, sometimes very conspicuously so, with more or less prominent denticula- 
di the join most i 
t metim 
cks of the lower part of the peri Anfovegmente or inside the inner ones, long 
and intricate forming masses of white wool, sometimes, especially on the branches, 
short and crisped. 
SERIES 1. Astrotricha.— Fol; iage hoary or whit ssa a a tomentum (glabrous 
or with crisped or "- or silky hairs in all the other series). 
Spikes dense, globular ovoid or shortly cylindrical, not emt 
.Bpikes. i ks 1 in. diameter. Lamins of perianth-segments 
iip: mos tly broad, rather thick and densely tomentose. 
Spikes order or at mat ovoid. Bracts glabrous or : 
nearly so 1. T. obovatum. 
Leaves mostly : narrow, thick an d densely tomentose. Spikes 
ovoid, at le ed cylindrical. Bracts wooll 2. T. incanum. 
“gre s at Tie aia densely tomént ^ 
slightly wooll u»ctuneopcape «og aa 
risk po baut in. diameter: Laminz of perianth-seg- ane 
Spikes cylin sary nae 2 in. long and 1i in. diameter. Leaves 5. T. rotundifolium. 
Spikes elon; Wn with se ies „Leaves oblon or lanceo- 
late, the ie e hairs short and scattered ^ 6. T.d issitiflorum. 
(The pray is also very densely Pad ivi in 46, T. helichr ysoides, but the hairs 
not stellate.) i 
Series 2. Straminea —Spikes cylindrical or elongated or rarely globitar, 1t 
fn. doiit Flowers more or less s yellow or greenish, not red. Inner Mi cum 
out internal dense wool, but the stamens usually surro ben by Mad w long hav : 
Spike es elongated with distant flowers. Leaves filiform . . T. T. nd 
Spikes Ain one, at length long and cylindrical. 
dam e Bracts wholly transparent. Bracteoles broad 
ond prominent V iii FER ree under Zin. . . . S 4: alopecuroideum. 
Leaves obovate or oblong. Bracts aque in the c 
Bracteoles oblong d Tanooolate e wit €— her 
1 above 2 in i 9. T. no PES 
^ ip id n cdédodin I a . 10. T polys Lb 
1Kes er [n racts 
> ies ste i eylindrioal, 2 in. diameter. NT rocephalum. 
Spikes globular or -— ovoid. Perianth-segments r rather broad, ' 42. 7. Mia 
M. ,Rhodostechya.—Spiles globular ovoid or rarely cylin ndrical, 1102 5.— | 
ing si ud in in iie died stems. Perianth straight, po or XA 
(white in = ves esquamatum), the inner etis woolly eda towards the base. 
— is nes in. ee ter. 
enis narrow tips. Stems 
—— "bike TCS meter. page 
Spikes at length about 14 id yide tay wd) 248, Um 
