uate or lobed, Mspid at tbe margms aud below, f l i « * ou short peduncles, less than F inch broad. Tapims of
many unequal, scabrid, red hairs.
2. Vittadinia cuneata (DC. Prodr. v . 2 8 1 ) ; caule basi lign o so , ramis erectis e longatis gracilibus
parce pubescenti-piiosis p ilis appressis patentibusve, foliis an gu ste liueari-cuneatis interdum sublobatis iii-
tegerrimisve apicibus sæpe recurvis, pedunculis gracilibus n u diusculis pubescentibus tomentosisve, capitulis
subcorymbosis majusculis, pappo albo v. rufescente n itid o .— Eurybiopsis gracilis, Nob. in L on d . J o nm . B o t.
vi. 1 1 0 . [Gunn, 6 9 5 .)
H a b . Comtuon in many parts o f th e Island, in dry fields, bushy places, roadsides, e tc ., Lawrence,
Gunn.— (El. N o v .) («. «.)
D i s t r i b . Extratropical Australia, N ew Sou th YVales, Victoria, aud Swau River.
A variable plant, of* which V . triloba, DC., is a vaidety. This ia one of the very few Australian Compositce
that ranges completely across the continent, from New South Wales to Swau River. I t is readily distinguished
from V. scabra by its gi-eater size, more slender habit, generally appressed, much softer pubescence, more slender,
pubescent or tomentose peduncles, mucb longer leaves ( f - l | inch long), subcorymbose, lai-ger heads, and shining,
white or dull yellow-red pappus. Rays purplish. Achenia very compressed, pubescent, furrowed, often as long
as the involucral scales.—A. Cunningham’s original specimens have smaller leaves than any others which I have
examined, and which are from six or seven very distant localities.
Gen. IV . E R IG E R O N , L .
Capitulum multiflorum, radiatum; f l . r a d ii foemineis, pluriseriatis v . pauciseriatis, ligu lis an g u stis;
d i s d tubulosis, omnibus v. pleris hermaphroditis. In vo lu c ri squamæ herbaceæ, lineares, pauciseriatæ. R e -
« angustum. P a p p u s 1-seriatus, setis scabris, subæqualibus. Achenium compressum.— Herbæ ;
s Tasmanicæ omnes a.lpigenoe, scaposa ; radicibus flb ro sis j foliis omnibus ra d ica libu s ; scapis n u d is
h racteatisve, monocephalis ; fi. radii p a u c is e r ia tis {roséis) ; ligu lis angustis, marginibus in vo lu tis.
After much examination and some vacillation, I have determined upon referring the little group o f Tasmanian
5 which, in the ‘ London Journal o f Botany,’ I placed in Aplopappus, to Erigeron, to which Labillardière
refen-ed the first-described species, and to whicb Mueller has since doubtfully referred my A . Gunnii. A few of
the species are also natives of the alps o f South-eastern AustraKa ; none have been found in New Zealand, but
several inhabit Fuegia and Chili.
The genus Erigeron, as at present constituted, includes a vast number of chiefly north temperate herbs. The
Tasmaniau species are all alpine or subalpine herbs, with fibrous roots, and spathulate, radical leaves, and oneheaded,
erect scapes.— Capitula broad. Involucral scales of about two series, linear, acuminate, herbaceous. Flowers
numerous; outer female, rayed, in two or more series, rays narrow, with involute margins; florets o f the disc tubular.
Receptacle narrow, alveolate. Pappus wliite or reddish, o f one series, of nearly equal, rigid, scabrid hairs. Achenia
compressed. (Name, the Greek one of this or a similar genus.)
1. Erigeron Pappochroma (Lab. N o v . H o ll. Ü. 4 7 . t. 1 9 3 ) ; glaberrimum, foliis breviter petiolatis
obovato-spathulatis obtusis coriaceis integerrimis v . obscure dentatis, scapo solitario rarius 2 - 3 grac
ili glaberrimo apice glanduloso-puberulo superne bracteolato, capitulis parvis, involucri squamis dorso
puberulis.— B C . P ro d r . v . 2 8 8 . Aplopappus Pappochroma, Nob. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 1 . {Gunn,
1 1 4 9 .)
H a b . Summit o f Mou n t YVelUngton, and Recherche Bay, L ab illa rd iè re , Gunn.— {Y\. Jan.)
Gunn’s specimens, gathered both on Mount Wellington and at Recherche Bay (in the locality visited by Labii-
lardière), differ in no particular from those o f the Klustrious voyager himself,'communicated by Mr. Webb to th'e
Hookerian Herbarium. As a species tbis is intermediate between E. Tasmanicum and E. Gunnii, differing from the
former in its much smaller size, glabrous foliage, and slender scape ; from E. Gunnii in the same characters, as also
in the broader, more spathulate leaves.
2 . Erigeron Tasmanicum (Hook, fil.) ; glaberrimum, foliis confertis patenti-recurvis lon g e pe tio latis
elliptico-spathulatis acutis coriaceis integerrimis subnitidis, scapo solitario gracili bracteato superne
tantum puberulo, involucri squamis dorso scaberulis apices versus purpurascentes ciliatis, ligu lis 2-seriatis,
disco longioribus, acheniis glaberrimis.— Aplopappus Tasmanicus, Nob. in Lon d . Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 2 .
{Gunn, 1 1 5 0 .) (T a b . X L V I .r t .)
Var. fl. s te lla ta ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblongisve, acheniis puberulis.— Aplopappus stellatus, Nob.
in Lon d . Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 2 . {Gunn, 2 7 9 .)
H a b . Mount YYellington; var. fl, Hampshire H ills? Gunn.— (El. Eeb., March.)
A very pretty species.— Leaves on long petioles, 4 -1 4 inch long, coriaceous, elKptical, graduaKy tapering into
the petiole, quite glabrous, nerveless. Scape 1 -4 inches long, slender, with few, small, liuear bracteolæ. Head
about 4 inch broad. Rays purpKsh-red. Pappus dirty white. Achenia quite glabrous.— P l a t e XLVI. A. Fig. 1,
floret of the ray ; 2, awus o f the style ; 3, floret of disc ; 4 , stamen ; 5, stigmas ; 6, hair of pappus :— all maynifled.
3. Erigeron Gunnii (Muell. M SS.) ; totum glanduloso-puberulum v . pubescens, foliis coriaceis pe tio latis
obovato-spathulatis apice rotundatis obtuse dentatis integerrimisve, scapo subflexuoso superne pauei-
bracteato, bracteolis lineari-spathulatis, involucr i squamis g landuloso-pilosis, fioribus radii 2 -3 -se r ia tis,
pappo pallido, acheniis glaberrimis.— Aplopappus Gunnii, Nob. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 1 . {Gunn,
1 1 5 1 .) (Tab. X L V I .D .)
Var. fl. b e llid io id e s; foliis obovatis in petiolum latum angustatis, scapo brevissimo.— Aplopappus bellidioides,
Nob. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 2 . {Gunn, 6 9 2 .)
H a b . Mount YVellington, St. Patrick’s River, Middlesex Plains, e tc ., Gunn.— (F l. N o v .-J a n .)
D i s t r i b . Alps o f South-eastern Australia, Mu e ller.
TlKs very much resembles E. Tasmanicum, but is covered everywhere with glandular pubescence, has much
broader, often toothed leaves, with shorter petioles and stouter scapes, m tli fewer and longer bracteoles. MueUer
sends a form of this species, with much stouter setæ on the leaves than the Tasmanian specimens, and considers it
a variety of E. Pappochroma. It does not at aU resemble that species in general appearance, but without a very
full series of specimens of subalpine plants, from many localities, it is uot possible to ascertain the Kmits of their
variation.—A small species, about 2 inches across the foKage, covered every^vhere with short, stiff, hispid hairs.
Leaves flat, scarcely petioled, subspathulate or obovate, blunt, quite entire, or rarely with a few teeth. Scape very
short. Achenia quite glabrous. Pappus white.— P l a t e XLY'I. B. Fig. 1, floret of ray ; 2, arms of the style ; 3,
floret of disc ; 4 , stamen ; 5, arms of the style ; 6, achenia ; 7, hair of pappus :— all magnified.
Geii. V I . BRACH Y COM E, Cass.
Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum, radiatum; f l . r a d ii 1-seriatis, ligulatis, foem in e is; disc i tu b u losis,
5-dentatis, hermaphroditis. In vo lu c ri late campanulati squamæ pauciseriatæ, herbaceæ, marginibus
membranaceis. Reeeptaculum conicum, epaleaceum. Achenium plano-compressum, erostre, pappo brevis-
simo subsetiformi coronatum.— Herbæ scaposa v . caulescentes ; foliis radicalibus, a ltem is v e in teg ris v. varie
lobatis p in n a tise c tisv e ; fi. d is c i/a v is , radii a lb is cæruleis roseisve.
The species of this genus include the Daisies (not Daisy-trees) o f Tasmania, some o f them being excremcly
like their northern namesake, and one {B. decipiens) hardly distinguishable but by the short pappus. About thirty
Australian species are known, chiefly natives of the south-eastern quarter of the continent, One New Zealand
species is the only extra-AustraKan member o f the geuus.— Erect or decumbent herbs, with branching, alternately
leafing stems, or radical leaves and scapes. Capitula broad, many-flowered, with a white or blue ray o f female