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\V. hrb. n. 15433! Metalasia polyanthos Don. 1. c. 26. 

 G. fastigiatum Thbrg. 1. c! W. hrb. n. 15432! Mctalasia 

 fastigiata Don. .1. c. 25.) 



Ramosissima foliis acutis, mucronatis, spi- 

 raliter tortis; involucri obsolete tomentosi, cylin- 

 dracei foliolis extimis ovatis, minutis, acuminatis; 

 capitulis 3 aut 4-floris; cyniis compositis. 



Echlou ad radicem montis Kleinriviersberg Novbr. ; 

 Mttndt et Mairc in montibus Jonkershoek Majo. ; Jicrgius 

 in latere occidenlali ad radicem montis labularis Mart. Krcbs 

 n. 148. (v. sp. s. oo.) 



Fruticulus humilis, ramosissimus , ramis alternis s. 

 adgregatis, patentibus, junioribus tomentosis. Folia generis, 

 1 — o'" longa, acuta et pungenti-mucronulala. Cyma fas- 

 tigiata, composita, mulliradiata, pedunculis albo-tomentosis, 

 folia sua excedentibus, 3 — 6'" longis, fastigiatis, capitula 

 3'" alta, 3 rarius 4-flora, glomerata apice gerentibus. In- 

 volucrum eradians, multiseriale, imbricatum, extus obsolete 

 tomentosura, tenuiler cylindraceum , fo^olis siccis, ex ovatis, 

 fuscescentibus , longe acuminatis, squarrosis in oblongo-obo- 

 vata , circiter 2 '" longa , mucronato - acuminata aut acuta et 

 mucronulata aut subtruncata, emarginata s. 3 - denticulata, 

 sub apice saepius biauritis, auriculis magis minusve perspi- 

 cuis. Pappi paleae angustae, niveae, obsolete serrulatae, 

 parum clavatae, acutae. Ovaria prorsus ut in sequente. 



Obs. Gnaphalium polyanihes Thbrg. 1. c. habet in- 

 volucra albida ; G. fastigiatum Thbrg. 1. c. incavnata. 



6. Metalasia capitata * (Gnaphalium capitatum 

 Lam. enc. II. 744 sec. descript. nec Thbrg.) 



Foliis acutis mucronulatis, spiraliter tortis; 

 in'volucri cylindracei subglabri foliolis adpressis, 

 extimis ovatis, acutis; capitulis 3-floris; glome- 

 rulis solitariis. 



Sieber fl. cap. exsicc. n. 15. (v. sp. 2 in hrb. Cham. 

 et amicissimi Lucae.) 



Fruticulus ramosissimus , ramis teretibus, obsolete 

 tomentosis, totis aequaliter foliatis, patenti - divergentibus- 

 Folia linearia, acuta, mucronulata, remola, spiraliter torta, 

 gemmulifera, L 2'" longa, pl. divergentia. Capitula 3-flora, 



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