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Rami graciles, adulti foliorura lapsu luberculati. 

 Folia conferlissima, acuta, 3 y// longa, 1%"' lata, superiora 

 erecto-patentia, nervo tantum subtus prominulo. Capitula 

 o 1 " alta, subglomerato-cymosa, circiter quina. Involucrura 

 laxe imbricatum, foliolis fuscescentibus, concavis, ex rotundis 

 parvis in linearia circiter 3 y// longa. Bracteolae inferne 

 subconduplicatae , basi 1-nerviae. Pappus subdimidiatus, 

 dentatus. Corollae praecedentis sed 2 subcylindraceae. 

 Antherae eaedem sed alis obtusis ellipticis. Ovaria longa, 

 linearia. Stylus basin versus incrassatus, in Q cor. fere 

 aequalis, in $ ea longior, ramis linearibus, obtusissimis, 

 apice puberulis, parte integra pluries brevioribus. 



Praecedenti simillima sed diversa: capitulis brevius 

 pedunculatis foliisque minoribus, foliolis laxe imbricatis, con- 

 cavis, bracteolis acutis tantum basi 1-nerviis nec nervo ex- 

 currente; pappo breviori. 



Specics dubiae. 

 R. decussata Herit. — R. laxaHerit. — R. micro- 

 phylla Her. — R. passerinoides Her. — R. pedun- 

 culata Her. — R. virgata Her. — R. viscosa Her. — 



Species cxclusae. 

 R. cuneata Her. = Eclopes cuneata *. 

 R. genistaefolia Her. = Eclopes punctata Cass. 

 R. lateriflora Her. = Rhynchocarpus lateriflorus 



Less. 

 R. lateriflora Link. = Eclopes trinervis *. 

 R. pinnata Thunb. = Sphenogyne. 

 R. pumila Thunb. = Eclopes pumila *. 

 R. pungens Herit. = Eclopes subpungens Cass. 

 R. quinquenervis Thunb. = Eclopes trinervis 

 R. reflexa Thunb. = Stephanopappus reflexus Less. 

 R. sessiliflora Thbrg. ss Rhynchocarpus lateri- 



florus Less. 

 R. tomentosa Thbrg. = Athrixia tomentosa *. 

 R. trinervis Thunb. = Eclopes trinervis *. 



5. Ammobium R. Br. Capitulum homogamum. Pap- 

 pus coroniformis, membranaceus, crenulatus, ad angulos duos 



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