"1 _ " Skeq f J ~ Z-_ ind. 



to one-fourth of an inch long, rigid, shining, with whr 

 hair- :::_": si the base, striate. Heads large, one-third 

 : '. — : -:^irds of an inch in diameter; in vomeral scales one to 

 two series, long, white, linear, spreading, one-fourth of an inch 

 long; receptacle ;:_~rx, hispid. Pappns hairs few, rigid, 

 en h wmtda Hhe tip. Achene silky. Fonnd in the Nar- 

 ad Middle Islands, at the : :: Ion's Xob, Mounts 

 : Darwin, and ToilesBe, at an el :f from r H 

 7000 : n other mountains, widely spreading, and 

 forr _ - 



11. R. mammUarU. Hf. L ■.'.•:. £ [una forming large, 

 hard, hemispherical I - _ mbdo- 



_ -h ; branches v c ry short, 

 k, with the leaves on, : eylindric or mammi. 



km: L of an inch in diameter. Leaves most den- 



compacted, imbricated in man; - . _ - : entfa to 



m inch long, obovate enneate, or spathul 

 slow, ~::L brush n both 



middle, which does not exceed the tip of 

 the leaf. B ary small, one-sixth of an inch in diame: 



abc " flow inner involncral scales with short, 



whirr. - _ - - ptacle, Donrex, naked. 



Pappus of 1 _ aairs, thickened at the tit - ~ similar 



'mi a, an 



-ide 

 them, ] and ofc nd the inner involncral 



A &ene with nrofl Le at 



_ ^nd 



- to 



12. E. . Hf. Forms hard, 



pat : jrface ; branches one-half to one and 



a hi. /_ _ tli the leaves on 



-T imbricate all round the 

 - - nth : an inch 



_% broad, linear, rail - . mem- 



bra:. _ the 



upper one-third. red with appressed silky wool, 



one nerved. Heads one-fonrth of an inch in diameter, about 



vered; inrolocn] bcbIcs iritib whit-: 

 rac. . rigid, with thickened'! 



g hite hairs, and a thickened a 



Nob, in the C and 



at an eh. 

 e foreg _ - "ugh 



the whole c : -e in many : detail, the 



E :ral appearance rrom th:.: 



