Victorian Plants. 



Pappus consisting of a circular somewhat denticulated 

 membrane. 



Herbaceous plants, beset with a whitish tomentum of hair- 

 lets ; leaves rather broadish, entire, much decurrent ; 

 headlets of flowers singly terminating the stem or 

 branches ; involucral bracts in several rows, rather broad, 

 dry, the upper often from their white expansion forming 

 a ray. Ammobium, 1432 



341. Pappus consisting of hair-like or plumous bristlets ... 342 

 Pappus consisting of scale-like segments or absent ... 349 



342. Pappus-bristlets plumous ... ... 343 



Pappus-bristlets hair-like 344 



343. Involucral bracts very narrow, hair-like pointed. 



Herbaceous or somewhat shrubby plants ; leaves entire ; 

 flower-headlets on long stalks. Atlirixia. 1433 



Involucral bracts rather or quite broad. 



Herbs or half-shrubs, seldom shrubs ; leaves entire ; invo- 

 lucral bracts dry and transparent or shining, in several 

 rows, often some rather petal-like. Helipterum. 1434 



344. Flower-headlets of one kind ... 345 



Flower-headlets of two kinds and on distincts plants 348 



345. Inner involucral bracts usually petal-like, spreading... 346 

 All involucral bracts usually scale-like, appressed ... 347 



346. Fruits truncated or hardly attenuated towards the 



summit. 



From small herbs to tall shrubs ; leaves broad or narrow, 

 entire ; involucral bracts in several rows ; often some 

 rather petal-like. Helichrysum. 1445 



Fruits narrowly attenuated towards the summit. 



Herbaceous plants, mostly annual ; leaves always narrow, 

 entire ; involucral bracts in several rows* often some 

 petal-like ; flower-headlets rather large ; pappus-bristlets 

 (in the Victorian species) rough. Waitzia. 1465 



