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CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF 
PH^NOCOMA. 
Elichrysi sp. Willd. 
Xeranthemi sp. Liiin. 
Involucrum globosum : squamis ianceolatis, mucronatis, 
basi adpressis ; interiorihus multiplici serie radiatis, longis, 
erectis, coloratis. Receptaculum conicum, nudum. Flosculi 
Jwminei marginales, filiformi-tubulosi, fauce coarctati, ob- 
tuse 5-dentati, rudimentis staminum nullis ; masculi nume- 
rosissimi, tubulosi, supra medium ventricosi, fauce coarcta- 
ta, obtuse 5-dentati. Aniherce basi bisetosae : setis tenuis- 
simis, nudis. Stigma masculis inclusum, indivisum, trun- 
catum ; fcemineis bipartitum, exsertum : laciniis liiiearibus 
recurvatis, truncatis emarginatisque. Acheriia difFormia ; 
fcemineis ovali-oblonga, undique villosissima ; masculis li- 
nearia, glabra. Pappus uniformis : radiis apice penicula- 
tis, basi leviter connexis, 
Frutex habiiu anomalies, erechis, rigidissimus, p?'oliftre 
ramosissimus, lanugine nived appressd tectus. RamuliyoZzi- 
Jeri, hrevissimi (nunc semiunciales) conferti, patuli. Folia 
minuta, granulata, adpresse B^ariam imbricatay niida, ni~ 
iida. Flores magni, termmales, soUtarii, sessiles, purpureo- 
coccinei, splendidissimi, 
1. P. prolifera. 
Xeranthemum proliferum, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1202.-- Thunb. Prod. 152, 
Elichrysum proliferum, Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1905. 
Hah. ad Promontorium Bonse Spei. Thunherg^ Masso?i, 
LabiUardierCf Niven, F). (v. v. c. et s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) 
This is one of the most splendid plants that can well be 
imagined. Its anomalous and almost leafless liabit, and its 
large magnificent flowers, form a striking object. It could 
not therefore fail to attract the attention of the earliest 
