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351. Universal involucre absent or much reduced... ... 352 



Universal involucre conspicuous ... ... ... 356 



352. Pappus consisting of plumous bristlets. 



Almost herbaceous or shrubby plants ; leaves scattered or 

 opposite, narrow, entire ; no bracts between the flowers. 



Calocephalus. 1484 



Pappus absent or rudimentary or consisting of dilated 

 hairlets or of scale-like segments ... ... ... 353 



353. General receptacle of inflorescence elongated. 



Small herbs ; leaves mostly scattered, entire, narrow ; 

 ultimate involucres compressed, each consisting of very 

 few bracts ; no bracts between the flowers. 



Angianthus. 1487 



General receptacle of inflorescence depressed or abbre- 

 viated 354 



354. Ultimate flower-headlets much compressed. 



Herbaceous plants, generally small, rarely shrubs ; leaves 

 scattered or crowded, entire ; bracts of the ultimate 

 involucres few ; no bracts between the flowers. 



SJdrrophoms. 1491 



Ultimate flower-headlets hardly compressed ... ... 355 



355. Ultimate flower-headlets with one or two or very few 



flowers. 



Small herbs ; leaves scattered, entire ; bracts forming the 

 ultimate involucres several, the inner broader and 

 fugacious. Guephosis. 1492 



Ultimate flower-headlets with many flowers. 



Small annual herb ; leaves narrow, entire ; flower-headlets 

 involved in woolly hairlets. Erioclllainys. 1493 



356. Pappus rudimentary or absent ... ... ... 357 



Pappus conspicuous ... ... ... ... ... 359 



