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CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF 
Carduacea, is another proof in support of the opinions I 
have advanced in the preface. AV e have here the involu- 
crum of the Carduacece united with the florets and trun- 
cated stigmas of Gnaphalium. The name is derived from 
Kece^<^o?, palea^ and Xo^^oi^ margo^ in allusion to the paleaceous 
margin of the receptacle. 
Metalasia, Brown. 
Antennari^ sp. Gmrtn, 
Gnaphalii sp. Linn., Willd. 
Involucrum cylindraceum, adpresse imbricatum : squa- 
mis hitimis scariosis, coloratis, ssepe radiatis. Receptacidum 
minutunl, scrobicuiatum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, 
tubulosi, 5-dentati. AntliercE basi biplumatse. Stigma bi- 
partitum : laciniis apice incrassatis truncatisque. Pappi 
radiis basi solutis, setaceis v. plerumque subulatis, planis, 
superne dilatatis, margine tenuissime serrulatis. 
Frutices (Africse australis) aridi, rigidi, fade scepe ju- 
7iiperind, ramosissimi. Folia sparsa v. fasciculata^ rigida, 
plerumque tortuosa^ quasi resupinatay pimgenti-muciwiata. 
Flores terminales^ glomerati v. solitarii, albi, rosei^ aut 
aurei. 
* Foliis Jasciculatis tortis, quasi resupinatis. 
1. M. umhellata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subulatisve mu- 
cronatis patulis, floribus aggregatis sessilibus fastigiatis la- 
natis, involucri radiis intimis ovalibus obtusis integris, pappo 
subulato acuto. 
Gnaphalium umbellatum, Linn. Suppl. 363. — ^Thunb. Prod. 147. — 
Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1861. 
Hah. in Capite Bonae Spei. Tliurdjerg, M assort, y^. (v. 
sp. in Herb. Lamb.) 
Frutex rigidissimus, divaricato-ramosissimus : ramu di- 
