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Flower-heads solitary or two together, terminal or in the upper axils. 

 Stems hairy or pubescent. 



Stem and leaves pubescent or shortly hirsut e . 



Involucres 1 1 hues long, the glands with a broad palmately lobed 



appendage. — 13. E. schizolepis. 

 Involucres not J-Une long, the glands with a very small 

 usually lobed appendage. — 14. E. Schultzii. 

 Stems slender, sprinkled with long spreading hairs. Involucres 

 under 1 hne, the glands with a narrow entire white border. — 

 2. E. Armstrongiana. 

 Flower-heads solitary in the upper or in nearly aU the axils or forks. 

 Stem and leaves pubescent or hirsute. 



Involucres 1^ hnes long, the glands ^vith a broad pahnately lobed 



appendage. — 13. E. schizolepis. 

 Stems much branched, usually 6 iu. to 1 ft. — 4. E. austraUs. 

 Involucres about 1 line long, the gland-appendages entire. Dwarf 

 plant with rigid stems of 1 to 2 iu. — 10. E. MueUeri. 

 Whole plant quite glabrous. 



Involucres about 1 hne long. Dwarf plant with rigid stems of 1 



to 2 in.— 10. E. Muelleri. 

 Involucres J to f-hnes long. 



Diffuse or prostrate branching stems forming at length a 

 perennial rhizome. Gland -appendages usually entire. 

 Styles notched only at the end. — 5. E. Drummondii. 

 Styles slender bifid. — 1. E. alsiuse flora. 

 Annual, with erect and slender stems. Gland-appendages 



usually entire. — 16. E. Wheeleri. 

 Annual, diffuse and much branched. Gland-appendages 

 usually lobed. — 11. E. myrtoides. 

 Flower-heads numerous, in dense or rather loose terminal or axillary 

 cjrmes, the floral leaves, except sometimes the lowest pair, reduced to smaU 

 bracts shorter than the involucres. 



Dwarf glabrous perennial. Leaves ovate or oblong. Gland-appendages 

 large and very white. — 8. E. micradenia. 



Glabrous erect or procumbent annual. — ^Leaves linear. Gland-appendages 

 rather large. — 15. E. serrulata. 



Pubescent perennial with erect or ascending stems, the ultimate branches 

 filiform and cymes loose. Gland-appendages large and very white. — 7. E. 

 fiJipes. 



Hirsute annual. Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Flower-heads minute,, 

 very numerous in dense headUke axillary cymes. Involucral glands without 

 appendages. — 12. E. pUuhfera. 



Section II. Eremophila. — Leaves opposite or the lower ones and 

 sometimes those of the lateral branches alternate. Stipules very minute or 

 none. Involucral glands without appendages. Seeds carunculate. — 6. E. 

 eremophila. 



1. E. alsinaeflora, Baill. — ^Mount King, Glenelg River, N.W. Coast,. 

 Martin. 



2. E. Armstrongiana, Boiss. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong ; Port Darwin, 

 Schultz (No. 22). 



3. E. Atoto, Forst. — Sandy beaches, Melville Island, G. P. Hill (3rd series, 

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