Ixvi GENERA. 



393. METABASIS. Phyll. acuminate, prickly on the back, in 2 seiies, and with acces- 

 sory scales: Seeds nearly cylindi'ical ; outer with a short, inner with a long beak. Crest in two 

 rows : that of the outer Seeds of very short scales, p. 175. 



394. SERIOLA. Cal. somewhat calycled. Seeds alike, muriculate, with a long beak. 

 Crest simple ; shafts feathery at the tip. p. 175. 



395. KOBERTIA. Cal. simple. Seeds fun-owed, smooth, with a short beak. Sliafts of 

 Crest semilanceolate. p. 175. 



Tribe VI. TRAGOPOGONEM 



396. UIIOSPEBMITM. Cal. campanulate, simple, in about 8 divisions. Recept. fim- - 

 brilliferous. Seeds mm-icate, with a long beak inflated at the base. p. 175. 



397. GEE.OPOGOW. Recept. covered with hair-like scales on the outer sides of the Fits. 

 Seeds striate, cylindrical, with a long beak. Crest of outer Seeds of about 5, serrulate, acumi- 

 nate pales, p. 175. 



398. TKAGOPOGOnST. PhyU. united at the base, without accessory scales, at last reflexed. 

 Seeds longitudinally mm'icidate, with a lateral scar and a long beak. All the Crests feathery. 

 The 5 longer Shafts naked at the end. L. quite entire, smooth, sheathing at the base. Fl. 

 solitary, p. 175. 



Tribe VII. LHONTODONTEM 



399. LEOWTODON. Seeds terete, striate, tapering at top. Crest in two rows, similar 

 in all. kvKRGML of Smith, p. 176. 



400. MILLIWA. Cal. with numerous accessory scales. Seeds transversely striate, with a 

 long beak. Crest single ; shafts not dilated at the base, similar in all. p. 177. 



401. THEINCIA. Cal. simple, with accessory scales. Seeds of the centre beaked. Crest 

 of the outer Seeds scaly. Scape simple, p. 177. 



402. KALBPUSSIA. Cal. simple, with accessory scales. Seeds terete, tubercled ; inner 

 with a short beak and a crest of 10 feathers. No Crest to the outer seeds. Scape branched, p. 177. 



Tribe VIII. PICRIBEM 



403. PICKIS. Outer Cal. of numerous short scales. Seed roundish, somewhat attenuate 

 at each end, ti'ansversely rugulose. Scar terminal. Beak short. Crest {in the European 

 species) alike to all the seeds. All the species are rough, chiefly with glochidiate hairs. 

 p. 178. 



404. HELMIKTTHIA. Outer PhyU. few (3-5), large, ovate; inner about 8, narrower, 

 equal. Seeds oval, transversely rugulose. Crest on a long filiform stalk. L. semiamplexicaul, 

 wavy, prickly, p. 178. 



Tribe IX. SCORZONEREJE. 



405. PODOSPEBMITM. Cal. cylindrical, tiled. Seeds beaked, seated on a hoUow stalk, 

 p. 178. 



406. SCOKZONEBA. Cal. tUed. PhyU. scariose on the margin. Recept. naked. Seed 

 with a lateral scar, without stalk or beak (beaked, according to Koch). Shafts all feathery. 



■ L. entire in the European species, p. 179. 



407. GALASIA. Cal. tUed. Seed without stalk or beak. Shafts of Crest rough : outer 

 hair-Uke ; inner on a lanceolate base, villous on the inner edge. p. 180. 



Tribe X. HIERACIEM 



408. ANDBYALA. Cal. in a single series, wdth a few accessory scales. Recept. alveo- 

 late ; the edges finely laciniate, exceeding the seeds. Seeds 10, striate. In Species 5 and 6 

 there is some chaff on the margin of the receptacle, p. 180. 



