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finally divided above germ en ; limb patent or finally reflexed, im- 

 bricate. Stamens 2, inserted m throat and opposite exterior lobes 

 of calyx ; filaments generally evolnte exserted ; anthers introrse ; 

 Germen sessile ; hypogynous disk minute or ; style lateral, en- 

 closed or exserted, apex stigmatose capitate. Fruit nucular, enclosed 

 by persistent base of calyx ; seed slightly albuminous. — Shrubs 

 undershrubs or more rarely herbs; leaves opposite or sometimes 

 alternate ; flowers ^ capitate terminal, very rarely spicate or axillary 

 few or solitary ; globular or hemispherical pubescent receptacle of 

 capitules persistent, involucrate with larger imbricate floral leaves. 

 4 or oo , sometimes coloured. {Australia^ Tasmania^ Neiv Zealand^ 

 Javar) 



^ White, yellow or pink. — Benth. FL Antral, vi. 1. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. 



2 Spec, about 90. R. Br. Prodr. FLN.-Holl. t. 540.— Sweet, FL Austral, t. 53.— Eaoul, 



359.— Sm. N.-EoU. i. 31.— Meissn. Pl.Prciss. i. Choix de PI. 4:2.— Bot. Peg. t. 1268, 1439, 1578, 



602; ii. 268.— Labill. PL N.-Eoll i. 10, t. 5, 1582, 1827; (1838), t. 24; (1839), 3Iisc. 66; 



7. — Vahl. Fnutn.i. 305.— Hook. r. FL Tasm. (1841), t. 33. — Bot. Reg. t. 891, 3270, 3276, 



\.332;FLN.-Zel.i.11^;Eandb.^.-Zenl.FLl\2 3281, 3288, 3330, 3459, 3721, 3833, 3950.— 



— F. MuELL. Fragm. v. 73, 109 ; vi. 159 ; vii. 2. Walp. Aun. i. 584. 



