14 ; THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
volucre. A  bract may be described 
as a floral leaf, and it is not an 
essential part of the flower. The gaudy 
crimson part of the Poinsettia so often 
seen in gardens consists of bracts, the 
flower proper being comparatively in- 
conspicuous. 
The flannel flower not infrequently 
shows good examples of what is known 
to botanists as ‘ floral prolification, and 
popularly as ‘hen and chickens.’ Six to 
eleven (and even more) small heads of 
flowers, each on pedicels, and surrounded 
by six bracts, often grow out of a com-. 
mon involucre. 
™n this connection it may be desirable 
to allude to the fusion of parallel shoots 
known as ‘fasciaticn, Often what 
appears to be the stalk of the flannel 
flower is apparently flattened out to a 
ribbon more or less wide. We have seen 
them as much as 4 inches wide, but fas- 
ciated stems half an inch wide are 
common. This phenomenon is usually 
accompanied by floral prolification. 
It is particularly abundant in New 
South Wales, where it is apparently con- 
fined to the coast district, the dividing 
ranges, and the tablelands. Found 
usually in the most sterile soil, though 
not exclusively so. 
The amateur will not find it easy to 
probagate the flannel flower. Our ex- 
perience is that the fruitless do not 
readily germinate, but it may be propa- 
gated from ‘seed’ or fruitlets. Another 
method is by dividing the plant, but no 
matter what method is adopted it is not 
easy to ensure success. 
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