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++ 2. SUBDIV. 

 Radii simpliciter divisi. 



C. Furcatce. 



Radii simpliciter (semel) divisi s. furcati, vel passim loco 

 divisurae fracto-geniculati aut apice corniculati. 



i. Crura terminalia articulata. 



* 27 N. MiCROPHyLLA! caule tenuissimo; verticillis sterilibus pau- 



cis; radiis elongatis, apice corniculatis; verticillis fertili- 

 bus numerosissimis, remotis, minutis, densis, gelatinosis, 

 8-radiatis; radiis abbreviatis, medio simpliciter 4 — 5-fur- 

 catis; cruribus lerminalibus mucrone articulatim inserto, 

 conico, breviusculo apiculatis; nuculis solitariis, 9 — 10- 

 striatis; coronula breviuscula. Monoica. 



N. microphylla. Al. Braun, Ch. Austr. et Antarct.] Hookers 

 Journ. 1849. p. 196. 



Nya Holland, Swan River. Drummond. 



* 28 N. GELATiNOSA : verticilHs sterilibus remotissimis; radiis 



continuis, elongatis, simplicibus, apice brevissime 2 — 3- 

 corniculatis; fructiferis nidificis, capitula oblonga, minu- 

 tissima, densissima, lateralia et terminalia, mtico hyalino 

 involuta formantibus, 9-radiatis; radiis prope basin sim- 

 pliciter divisis; cruribus lerminalibus 6 — 7, fasciculatis, 

 aequalibus, multiarticulatis; nuculis in divisuris solitariis, 

 minutis, subglobosis, circiter 7-striatis; coronula elongata, 

 attenuata. Dioica ? 



Ch. gelatinosa. Al. Braun, Linnsea T. XVII. p. 115. — 

 Hookers Journ. 1849. p. 198. — Pl. Preiss. T. II. p. 146. 



Nya Holland, Ca n ning River. Preiss; Swan 

 River. Drummond. 



/?. microcephala: »caule foliisque tenuioribus, foliorum ste- 

 rilium segmentis elongatis, capitulis fructiferis minimis 

 subglobosis». 



Ch. gelatinosa /?. microcephala Al. Braun i Hook. Journ. 

 1849. p. 198. 



En af de märkvärdigaste arter i hela släg- 

 tet. Liknar till habitus N. translucens, men är 



