(4 -1 une. lou g is, 4 - 4 latis) supra puberulis glabratisve.— E . GuQuiaua, B C . P ro d r . v. 2 6 8 . {Gunn, 3 6 ,
1 8 0 .) i v . v . )
\ar. f l. b re v ip e s ; pedicellis breviusculis, capitulis majoribus, foliis anguste lineari-oblongis subsinuato-
dentatis obtusiusculis. (G«mk, 273, 1137, 1139.) ( v . v . ) (Tab. X L I V .Æ)
Var. 7 . angu stifo lia ; pedicellis brevibus, capitulis u t in var. a , foliis linearibus. [Gunn, 1 1 3 8 .) [v. v.)
(Tab . x l i v . B .)
Var. S. micTOcephala ; omnia u t in var. a , sed capitulis minoribus pedicellisque brevibus. [Gunn, 1 8 0 .)
(w. «.)
Var. e. c a n a ; dense cano-tomeutosa, pedicellis brevibus, capitulis u t in var. a , foliis parvis (J— unc.
lo n g is) ob ovato-oblongis valde coriaceis utrinque v . subtus præcipue dense cauo-tomentosis.— E . subrepanda,
D C . P ro d r . v . 2 6 8 [f id . He rb. L in d le y ) . {Gnnn, 2 7 3 .) (T a b . X L IV . C.)
Var. 4. sa lic ifo lia ç e à k éU s elongatis gracilibus, foliis elongato lineari-lanceolatis subintegerrimis
(1 -2 4 unc. lo n g is). {Gunn, 3 6 (o f 1 8 U ) , 1 2 5 5 .)
Var. 7). scaberula ; pedicellis capitulisque u t in var. a , foliis latioribus lineari-ellipticis argute scrratodentatis
supra scaberulis subtus dense fu lvo-tomentosis. {Gnnn, 1 1 4 4 .) («. ?;.)
Var. 6 . phlogop>appa; pedicellis capitulisque u t in v a r , a , foliis latioribus oblougo-ianceolatis acutis
grosse obtuse dentato-serratis repando-dentatisve.— E . quercifoliu, Cass. B ic t. x vi. 4 7 . Olearia p lilogopappa,
B C . P ro d r . v. 2 7 2 . 0 . pblogotricha, Spreng. S y s t. iii. 5 2 5 . Aster phlogopappus, L a b . Nov. H o ll. ii. 4 9 .
t. 1 9 5 . «1. {Gnnn, 1 1 4 4 .) {«. v .)
Hab. Very common tb roughout th e Island and at all elevations, ascending to 3000 feet : var. f on
th e northern side o f the Co lon y ; var. 0 near th e sea, chiefly on the southern coasts.— (El. O c t., N o v .)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia; Buffalo Range , Australian Alps, M u e lle r. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
An authentic specimen o f Labillardiere’s Aster plilogopappa, communicated from his Herbarium by the late Mr.
Webb, proves it to be tbe same as De Candolle’s Eurybia Gunniana, so named in Lindley’s Herbarium by De Candolle
himself ; and it further agrees perfectly with specimens of E. Gunniana sent by Gunn from Labillardiere’s
own locality at Recherche Bay. According to a rule of priority foUowed by some, tbe name Eurybia quei'cifolia,
Cass., should be retained for this plant ; but there is another plant, Olearia quei-cifolia, DC., which must be brought
into Eurybia, and which better deseiwes that name, and the name E. Gunniana was applied by De CandoUe to a
much more common form o f the species, which is now introduced into our gardens. The name o f Gunniana is hence
perhaps better retained, and aU the more from its commemorating the name of the greatest explorer o f Tasmanian
Botany by one o f the most beautiful shrubs of the Island, and one so common that every colonist must know it.
Eurybia Gunniana is one of tbe most variable shrubs in the Island, and the varieties I have indicated, though
not constant, may suffice to indicate the more marked deviations from one common form. Some, no doubt, may
belong to different parts of the same bush, but with plants so protean it is impossible to pronounce upon what
belongs to the individual and what to its parts. As a species it is distinguished from E. lirata by the hoary, less
grooved stems, much smaUer leaves, with the nerves more obscure below ; from E. fu lv id a also, which is exactly
intermediate between E. lirata and E. Gunniana, by the smaUev leaves.— A slirub, 3 -5 feet high, erect, with erect,
leafy, hoary or tomentose, obscurely-grooved stems, and very tomentose branches. Leaves abundant, 4 - 2 4 inclies
long, o f all forms between linear-lanceolate or elongate-linear, and linear-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or acute,
glabrous above or rarely puberulous or scabrous, densely tomentose below, with obscure nerves ; margins entire,
crenate, repando-dentate or lobulate. Panicles few, two- to six-flowered', with long or short buds, generaUy slender,
elongated peduncles and pedicels. Beads white, about 4—j inch across, thirty-flowered. Involucral scales linear-
oblong, blunt, tomentose. Raya about fifteen. Pappus white or pale rufous, when dry; setæ nearly equal, except
a few outer short ones. These are not more conspicuous in the variety 0, which is De Candolle’s Olearia
, than in the other varieties which he refers to Eurybia. Achenia ciliated with long hairs.— J’l a t e
XLIV, « , B , and C, three fonns o f B . O um iam : K g . I , floret ot ray; 2, its stigmas; 3, floret ot d isc; 4 its
stigmas ; 5, stamen ; 6, hairs o f pappus .........
§ 4. Shrubs. Leaves very coriaceous, narrow-linear, 1 - 1 4 inch
with revolute margins. Heads in solitary.
a xillary , simple (or rarely branched) peduncles.
1 1 . Euryhia pinifolia (H o ok , fli, in Lond. J o um . B o t. ï i . 1 0 8 ) ; truticulns humilis, ramis ramulisque
validis lignosis, u ltim is sericeo-tomentosis, foliis in ramulos abbreviates fasciculatis rigide coriaceis
hnearibus p ungentibus teretibus marginibns ad costam revolutis supra canaliculatis subtus junioribusque
s en c c is, senioribus su p em e glaberrimis, pedunculis solitariis axiUaribus mono- rarius oligocepbalis folio
plerumque longioribus, capitulis majusculis multifloris, radiis 1 0 - 1 2 . (Gunn, 8 2 8 .) ( T a b . X L V . A.)
H a d . Mou n t WeUington, elev. 8 - 4 0 0 0 fe et, and T a le o f Be lvoir, O n m .— (Fl. J an ., F eb .)
A rigid, woody shrub, with veiy stout, erect, silky branches, densely leafy, t o « , ereet or spreading very
hard, coriaceous and pungent, narrow-hnear, 1 - H inch long, terete from the margins being reflexed to the midrib,
acnmmale, silky beneath ; young leaves silky on both sm-faces. E a d t on slender, silky peduncles, about as lonas
the leaves, axillaiy, sohtary.— P la t b XLV. A . Fig. 1 and 2, back and front view ot leaves ; 3, floret ot ray”
4, arms ot the style; 5, hair o f poppas; 6, floret ot disc; 7, stamen; 8 and 9, front and back view of leaves
a ll magnified.
1 2 . Eurybia ledifolia (A. Cmm. in DC. Prodr. v. 2 6 9 ) ; Iruticnlus humilis erectus robustus, ramis
vahdis lignosis dense foliosis, ramnUs petiolis pedunculis foliisque subtus dense tomentosis, foliis patenti-
iucurvis V. suberectis crasse coriaceis anguste linearibus obtusis marginibus ad costam r evolutis nitidis
su p em e medio canaheulatis, pedunculis validis folio paulo longioribus 1 - 2 -cephalis, capitulis late turbinatis
1 0 - 1 2 -floris, in v o ln cn squamis tomentosis, pappi setis subæquilongis, ligu lis brevibus latis, acheniis gla-
berrimis. (Gunn, 2 8 4 .)
H a b . Summit o f Mou n t W e llin g ton , F n u e r , E v e re tt, G%nn, e tc .— (Fl. Jan.)
A smafl, woody species, with veiy much the habit o f E . pinifolU,, 6 inches to 1 foot high. Bravche, woody,
erect, robust, leafy, tomentose. Leaves crowded, spreading or erect, narrow-linear, Hunt, wnlli margins recurved to
the midrib, very coriaceous, shining above, tomentose beneath. Eeads as long as the leaves, broad, solitary or in
pairs, on a stout, tomentose peduncle of about the same length as themselves.
^ 5. Bu.iCHYGLOssA, DC.— Leaves linear. Heads small, solitary, axillary, subsessile. Ligules very short.
1 3 . Eurybia linearifoUa (DC. Prodr. v. 2 6 6 ) ; fruticosa, ramulis laxe cano-tomentosis, foliis anguste
h n ean b u s obtusis acutisve superne glabratis subtus dense tomentosis margimbus plus minusve revolutis,
capitulis solitariis sessilibus ve l breve pedunculatis axillaribus erectis folio brevioribus su b -lO -1 5 -flo r is,
pappi se tis albis subæquilongis, ligu lis brevissimis, acheniis sericeo-villosis. {Gimn, 1 9 7 4 .)
H a b . On sand-hills near the sea-coast: P o r t Dalrymple, F ra s e r ; Elinders’ Island, Gnnn.— CEl Feb.,
March.)
D i s t r ib . South-east coast o f Australia.
A boary shrub, 3 -6 feet high, with slender, erect branches, and leaves covered beneath with soft, white wool.
Leaves 4 - | inch long, shortly petioled, narrow-linear, blunt or subacute ; margms recurved, quite entire; upper surface
also woolly when young, glabrous when old. Heads about half the length o f the leaves, rather naiTow, shortly
pedunclcd, about ten- to fifteen-flowered. Ligules very short indeed.— De CandoUe describes the pappus as riifes-
cent, but it is snow-white in all my specimens ; it may however probably change with age and bad di^ino-
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