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dentibus quinque plumosis, elongatis, patentibus, pappum mentientibus, coronatum.
Semen solitarium, tectum, ovatum, exalbuminosum. Embryo, ex inventoris auctoritate, erectus.
1. Brunonia australis.
B. foliis pilosis: pilis patentibus, laciniis calycinis undique plumosis.
In campis arenosis maritimis Australasiæ.
Abundant in Van Diemen's Land, and observed also on the opposite shore of New Holland at Port Phillip, flowering in January 1804. Mr. Brown.
Herba acaulis, undique pilosa, annua?
Radix simplex, fusiformis, gracilis.
Folia radicalia, numerosa, bi-vel tri-uncialia, erectiuscula, spatulata, obtusiuscula, integerrima, uninervia, parùm venosa, pallidè viridia; basi attenuata; undique pilosa; pilis patentibus, rigidulis, apice confertis, mucronulum simulantibus.
Scapus solitarius, pedalis vel altior, simplicissimus, nudus, teres, pilis supernè minùs patentibus; intùs spongiosus.
Capitulum terminale, solitarium, magnitudine Scabiosæ succisæ, undique sericeo-pilosum.
Flores cærulei, ferè Jasionis montanæ.
2. Brunonia sericea.
B. foliis sericeis: pilis adpressis, laciniis calycinis apice denudatis coloratis.
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