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bfido ! , antheris incompletis. Achacnia haruiu plana angustis- 

 sima hjaliua margiue scabriuscula, basi paulo attenuata, Glan- 

 dulae miuutac imsidentia, paleis *pappi paucis valde anguslis 

 serrato-plumosis corollara aequantibns. Genus perinsigne prope 

 Pteropogonem iiiscrendura. 



6S. Elachantims pnsillus. 



In collibus siccis ab Arkaba ad Cuduaka. 



Herba pusilla erecta sive adscendens multicaulis. Radix 

 annua tenuis torta aut flexuosa sensim capillaris, paucas tan- 

 tura fibrillas emittens. Caules pancipollicares pilis sparsis 

 crispis pnberuli tenues ramosi foliosique. Folia alterua 4 — 

 6"' longa vix sernilineam lata seiniteretia acuta canaliculata 

 glabriuscula. Capitula in ramis strictis terminalia et solitaria, 

 involucro fere hemisphaerico tandein patnlo. Involucri squa- 

 mae extimae paucac ovato-lanceolatae acutae , inleriores 8 — 

 12 oblongae obtusae margiue membranaceae apice ciliatae et 

 hie saepe rubellae 2 — 3' ' longae. Achacnia 1 — 1 1 / a /// lon- 

 ga pappum aequantia. 



Anthesis : veris initio. 



64. Pteropogon intermedius , caulibus snpra medium 

 ramosis, capitulis fastigiato -cymosis, involucri squamis iuti- 

 mis appendicula brevi radiantibus, pappi setis 20 — 25 albis. 



Iu collibus graminosis montem Rufus versus , ante fodi- 

 nas Burra Burra, ad Humen Broughton et indc lacu Torrens 

 tenus, ubertim rarus. 



Herba annua multicaulis leniter fragrans, caulibus c basi 

 procumbentc vel adscendente erectis. Radix tenuis perpendi- 

 cularis flexuosa pollicaris fibrrllifera. Caules iloccoso-pilosi 

 tenues leniter striati tereliusculi 2 — 4 /// alti fere semper 

 snpra medium ratnosi. Folia liueari-subulata acuta basi la- 

 tiorc sessilia, inferiora opposita, superiora alterua 3 — 6'" 



