GNAPHALIUM AND XEllANTHEMUM. 551 
This genus is closely allied, both in habit and character, 
to Cassinia of Brown, a genus peculiar to New Holland 
^nd New Zealand. It differs, however, in having a honey- 
combed receptacle, which in Cassinia is clothed with palea?, 
resembling the inner scales of the involucrum. In Mr 
Brown's Ozothammis, a genus very nearly related both to 
Cassinia and Pentataxis, the receptacle is quite naked. 
The curious arrangement of the scales of the involucrum in 
our genus is also found in Cassinia quinquefaria of Brown, 
^md there the scales are likewise disposed in five series. To 
this curious disposition of the scales of the involucrum, the 
name I have given is intended to apply. It is composed of 
5rsvT2, quinque, and t<«|^?, series. 
SPIRALEPIS. 
Gnaphalii sp. Thunh., TVilld. 
Involucrum polyphyllum, imbricatum ; squamis hiterio- 
ribus in acumen longum subulatum recur vato-tortuosum 
canaliculatum desinentibus, et radium revolutum, coloratum 
efformantibus. Receptaculum parvum, nudum, scrobicula- 
tum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, tubulosi, 5-dentati. 
Anther CB basi biplumatse. Stigma bipartitum : laciniis 
^ipice incrassatis truncatisque. Pai)ims capillaris, niveus, 
denticulatus, persistens : radiis basi solutis. 
Herbae (Africse australis) perennes, procumhentes, ramo- 
see, niveo-lanatcB. Folia alterna, sessilia, integerrima. Flo- 
res glomerati, hracteati, albij rosei v. purpurei. 
1. S. squarrosa, foliis lingulatis obtusis, capitulis con- 
gestis multifloris, caule assurgente. 
Gnaphalium squarrosum, Linn. Sp. PI. 1197. — Thunb. Prod. 151— 
Jacq. Fragm. p. 6. t. 3. f. 4. (bona).— Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 1877. 
Hob. in Promontorio Bonae Spei. Thunbei'g^ Joannes 
Eoocburgli, (v, s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) 
