revolutis, capituUs subcorymbosis breviter p edicellatis majusculis su b -40-ílor is, pedicelbs angulatis bracteo-
la tis folus brevioribus, involucr i squamis chartaceis apice fuscis, pappi se tis inæquabbus, . e l ,eo,-is angulatis
glaberrimis glan d a lo so -p u b e ru lisv e.— E . glu te scen s, P. M u e ll. M S S . {Gunn, 8 2 9 .)
H a b . Sandy sea-coasts on th e northern shores o f the Islan d , "VToolnorth, Gunn.— {F\. F eb.)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia, Victoria, M tie lk r ; and Bass’ Straits, B yn e e.
A much stouter species thau M. ghm ta lcm , with broader leaves, more viscid, but without the proiumeiit glauds
and with less recurved maigius ; the heads also are larger, less corymbose, have shorter pedicels, aud more iuvolu-
cral scales, which are n g id , hard, and glutinous, and with a dark, greemsh-brown patch below the tip. P am u ,
white or reddish. Achenia obscurely glandular.
1 9 . Eurybia ericoides (Ste etz iu P lant. P reiss. i. 42.3) ; fruticosa, erecta, glaberrima, viscosa,
astigiatim ramosa, ramis ramulisque gracibbus sulcatis, fobis brevibus erectis v. patenti-recurvis anguste
linearibus obtusis marginibus integerrimis ad costam refiexis, capitulis terminabbus subsessilibus su b -2 0 -
floris, involucri squamis chartaceis viscosis medio fuscis, pappi se tis subæqualibus rigidis, acheniis puberubs
[Gunn, 6 1 6 .)
H a b . Great Swau Port, B r . S to r y ; Hobarton, B a c h U m e , B r . L y a ll.— { t \ . Oct.) [v. v.)
A very distmct species, apparently rare.— A small, slender shrub, 2 feet high, everywhere perfecUy glabrous
more or less viscid and sMning. Stem, and branches erect, terete, grooved, le a v e , inch long, usually patent
and recurved, narrow-linear, blimt, with margins recurved to the midrib, and pressed flat to the nnder surface
Head, as in E. Unifalia, but quite sessile at the ends ot the brauches. Papjm, reddish, of very rigid setæ.
2 0 . Eurybia cUiata (B en th . P la n t. H ü g e l, p. 6 8 ) ; fruticulus, caubbus e radice plurimis erectis
asceudentibusve, ramis cfliatis paucis erectis teretibus superne foliosis, foliis subimbricatis basi vaginautibus
undique patenti-recurvis lo n g e Hneari-subulatis rigidis pungenti-acumiiiatis basi præcipue lo n g e ciliatis
marginibns ad costam arete appressis, capitubs longissime pedicellatis, pedice lbs nudis monocephalis superne
pubescentibus, capitubs magnis sub -6 0 -flo r is, involucri squamis anguste linearibus acuminatis, pappi setis
subæqualibus rigidis, acheniis pilo sis glabratisve.— B C . P ro d r. vü. 2 7 3 . {Gunn, 1 9 7 2 .)
H a b . Sou th E sk River, Gunn.
D i s t k i b . South-western and South-eastern AustraKa; from AustraKa E elix {M u e lle r), to K in g
s Sound.
This remarkable species is one o f the very few Tasmaniau Comporitx that inhabit Sonth-eastem Austraba; it
differs widely from its previously described congeners in habit and characters.— Aoofo woody, giving off several
ascending, sparingly-branched stems, a foot high. Branche, erect, terete, cfliated. Leave, imbricating (seldom remote),
with membranous, semiamplexicaul, expanded bases, A - l^ inch long, very rigid, linear-subidatc, acuminate,
pungent, with setose margms, reflexed to the midrib, and closely appressed to the under snrface, smooth and shi!
ning. Pedimcfe, very long, 3 - 6 inches, terminal, erect, stont. naked, terete, glabrons, pubescent above. Head,
sobtaiy, terminal, au inch across, flat and broad. Involncral scales narrow-linear, acuminate. Baypus white or
reddish, very rigid.
Gen. I I . C E LM IS IA , Cass.
Omma E u ryh ia , sed herbæ acaules, scapigeræ, scapis monocephaKs bracteatis.
After a careful examination o f all the known species o f this genus, of which there are twelve, chiefly natives
o f New Zealand, I am unable to find any characters, except those of habit, to separate it from Eurybia ¡ instead of
being branched shrubs, all are stemless herbs, with fibrous roots or short rhizomes, many spreading, radical leaves,
that are almost invariably densely silky, erect, stout, bracteate scapes, with one large, terminal head. Only one (or
perhaps two) AustraKan species is known. (Origin o f name unknown to me.)
1. Celmisia longifolia (Cass. D ie t, x x x v ii. 2 5 9 ) ; foliis an gu ste lineari-e longatis superne appresse
argenteo-araneosis n itidis subtus dense albo-lanatis margiuibus revolutis, scapis multibracteatis involucri-
que squamis laxe lanatis, acheniis puberulis.— Cass. Opusc. ii. 2 0 ; B C . P ro d r . v. 2 0 9 ; Gaud, in Frey c . Foy.
B ot. 4 7 0 . t. 9 1 . C. astelimfolia. Nob. in F l. A n t . p . 3 3 in not. {Gunn, 2 7 5 .)
H a b . In bogs on the summits o f th e mountains, frequent a t an elevation o f 3 - 5 0 0 0 fe e t; Mou n t
WeUington, Arthur’s L akes, e tc ., Frase r, Lawrence, Gunn.— (El. Jan.) {v. v.)
D i s t k i b . A lp s o f South-eastern Australia, M u e lle r ; and N ew South Wale s, A . Cunningham.
When I liad only indifferent specimens o f the AustraKan C. longifolia, Cass., I supposed that the C. asteliafoUa
was specifically distinct from it, but better specimens o f the former, received from Dr. MueUer, prove that there is no
difference at aU between them.— A very beautiful plant, forming large silvery patches. Leaves erect or spreading, 3 -1 0
inches long, £ - 4 inch broad, very coriaceous, blunt, acute or acuminate, shaggy with vUlous wool at their sheathing
bases, with a shining, membranous cuticle, covered with a lax cottony web, and densely beneath with thick
appressed wooUy tomentum; margins revolate. Scapes a span long and upwards, stout, erect, woolly, with numerous
linear bracts, J - f- inch long. Heads yellow or purplish in the centre, with long, white, revolute rays, tinged
with pink, 1 4 - 2 inches broad. Involucre broad, scales narrow, linear, acuminate, the outer wooUy. Rays linear,
three-nerved. Pappus of one series o f nearly equal, scabrid, white bristles. Achenia linear, angled.
G en. I I I . V IT T A D IN IA , A . R ich .
(Eurybiopsis, B C .)
C apitu lum multillorum, heterogamum. In vo lu c ri squamæ pauciseriatæ, anguste lineares.
eulum angustum, coiivexum, profunde alveolatum, nudum. F l. r a d ii foeminei, 1-seriales, anguste ligulati,
d is c i hermaphroditi, tubulosi. P a p p u s su b -2 -se r ia tu s; se tis scaberulis inæquilongis, exterioribus brevibus.
Achenium Kneare, compressum, sericeum.— Herbæ v . fruticuli ramosi, h isp id o -p ilo si ; ramis herbaceis, as-
cendentibus, fo lio s is , in scapos \-c e p h a lo s e lo n g a tis ; foliis p a r v is , a lte rn is.
Though very unlike Eurybia and Celmisia in habit, there is Httle to distinguish this genus generically from them,
the absolute character being confined to the compressed, very long achenia. In the New Zealand Flora I referred
A. Richard’s F . australis to Eurybiopsis o f De Candolle, but upon examining its Australian congeners I find these
are aU referable to Fittadinia, whence De Candolle’s genus Eurybiopsis should be suppressed. There are about
four or five species known, which are AustraKan, except a pecuKar species which inhabits New Zealand; all are
probably extremely variable ; they form hispid or pubescent herbs, with short, woody stems and ascending branehes
that terminate in single-headed peduncles.— Leaves small, alternate. Involucral scales few, narrow. Ray-fowers
smaK, with inconspicuous, revolute Kgulæ. Pappus very rigid, white or reddish ; outer hairs shorter, very unequal
in length. Achenia, when ripe, sometimes as long as the involucral scales, linear, compressed. (Name in honour
of Carlo Fittadini, an Italian Botanist.)
1. Vittadinia scabra (DC. Prodr. v. 2 8 1 ) ; caule basi lignoso, ramis plurimis erectis foliosis scabe-
ruKs bispido-pilosisve, foliis linearibus lineari-spathulatisve erectis v. subrecurvis integerrimis v. obtuse
2 -3 -d e n ta t is superne scabridis subtus marginibusque luspido-ciliatis, pedunculis brevibus, involucri squamis
bispido-pilosis marginibus tenuiter scariosis, pappo paUide rufo, acheniis h ispidis.— Eurybiopsis sca-
brida. Nob. in Lon d . J o um . B o t. vi. 110. {Gunn, 6 9 6 .)
H a b . D ry stony places ; N ew Norfolk , L awrence, Gunn.— (El. N o v ., Dec .)
D i s t r ib . Eastern Australia, from th e tropic to Victoria.
A very rigid, much-branched herb, a span to a foot high. Stem woody below. Branches erect, leafy, scabe-
nilous or hispid. Leaves erect or recurved, i - ? lo"?. linear or linear-spathulate, quite entire or bluntly ere