riaceous, and p'adually sliRlitl, dilated from tlie base upiiards. Variety a has very short stems or none, with radical
leaves ahont # iacli long, and solitary scapes with no bracts or one or two very smaU ones. Variety /3 has fonr or
five scapes or stems from the toot, each decumbent and leafy below, bnt termmating in slender, naked pedmicles.
Oafitula pmple, ahont .j incli across. Tonng achema obenncate, glabrons, without pappus.— This may be a dwarf
state o f B . graminea, Mueller, o f Victoria, hut is a very mncli smaUer plant, and the leaves arc quite "entire in all
niy specimens.
7 . B r a c h y c o m e p iam ila (YYalp. Rep. ii. 5 8 4 ) ; acaulis, foliis omnibus radicalibus ovato-elliptic is
lu p etiolum attenuatis grosse laciniato-serratis, serraturis 3 - 5 patentibus mucronulatis g landuloso-pilosis,
capitulis m scapis fo liis trip le longioribus terminalibus, acheniis n on compressis clavatis scabridis pappo
brevissimo coronatis.— r taL a g en o p h o r a B iilardie ri? v id e W a lp . R ep . vi. 1 2 6 .
H a b . Tasmama {Herb. .
I have no species answering to the above description. The species is apparently closely allied to i
but differs in the leaves being glandular-pilose, in the scabrid achenia, ivhich are elavate and not compressed, and
crowned with a short pappus.
§ 2 . C a u l e s c e n t e s .— Stems elongate, flexuose, terminating in naked, one-headed peduncles.
8. Brachycome angustifolia (A. Cunn. M S S . iu DC . Prodr. v. 3 0 6 ) ; glaberrima, caule gracili
ascendente flexuoso, foliis paucis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis acutis 1-nerviis nervo valido,
pedúnculo apice pubescente, involucri squamis oblongo-liuearibus obtusis v. subacutis pubescentibus,
acheniis n on alatis obovatis puberulis, pappo 0 ? {Gunn, 2 6 6 .)
H a b . Tasmama, Gunn.
D i s t r i b . N ew Sou th W a le s, A . Cunningham.
Gunn’s specimens o f this species are not advanced enough to show the characters o f the achenium, and which
appears to be wingless, obovate, pubescent, and devoid o f any pappus. De Candolle describes the pappus as very
short, but I find none upon authentic specimens from Cunningham, gathered in Goulburn Plains. As a species it
is readily distinguished by the flexuous, slender stem, with very long, quite entire, linear-lanceolate, acute leaves,
furnished with a rigid, prominent midi-ib, and slender, erect peduncles, pubescent towards the apex. The stems,
which are erect, are probably branches arising from a slender underground rhizome; the habit of the species is
that o f B. radicans and o f Baquerina graminea.
9 . Brachycome stricta (DC. Prodr. v . 3 0 5 ) ; pube brevi hirtella, caulibus decumbentibus erectisve
strietis flexuosisve foliosis, foliis alternis lineari- v. oblongo-spathulatis iu petiolum angustatis grosse dentatis
trifidisve, pedunculis gracilibus involucrique squamis linearibus acutis pubescentibus, acheniis late alatis.—
B e ilis aculeata, L a b . N o v . H o ll. ii. 5 5 , 2 0 6 . Brachycome aculeata, Less. Synops. 1 9 2 , excl. Syn. { f ld . B C .)
A n B . S ieb er i? {Gunn, 6 6 , 2 2 2 , 3 8 8 , 1 1 4 6 .)
H a b . A bundant in rocky places th roughout th e Colony, L awrence, Gunn, etc.— (F l. N o v ., De c .)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia (and S ou th-we stern?).
This plant appears to agree entkely with Labillardiere’s plate and with De Candolle’s description, but Labil-
lardike states that Ms specimens are from Terra Van Leuwyn, wliich is in South-westeni Australia. It is very
closely allied to B. scapiformis, but has decidedly leafy, branched stems, generally pubescent foliage, and often
(always?) white rays. I t also resembles B . Sieberi, DC., but has much larger capitula.— Stems 1 0 -1 8 inches high,
decumbent, and branched below, with ascending, leafy branches, which, as well as the leaves, are covered more or
less with short pubescence. Leaves 4 - 2 inches long, linear, spathulate or gradually dilated from the petiole to the
apex, more or less toothed or lobed, not coriaceous. Peduncles pubescent. Capitula extremely variable in size,
"4-14 inch across. Involucral scales linear, pubescent, acute. Achenia with broad, membranous wings,
1 0 . Brachycome oblongifolia (Bonth. in E n . Plant. H ü g e l. 5 9 ) ; glaberrima, foliis e lliptico-oblongis
lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustatis integerrimis subtrifidisve, pedunculis 1-c ephalis, involucri squamis
ac iitiusculis pilis raris hispidis, acheniis subcompressis iramarginatis lævibus ciliatis, pappo brevi ste lla te .—
B C . P ro d r. vii. 2 7 7 .
Hab. Tasmania {B auer in Herb. Vienna).
I have seen a very indifferent specimen of this iu Mr. Bentliam’s Herbarium. It resembles B. angusiifolla in
habit and general appearance, but is more slender, and has much broadei-, shorter leaves.— Glabrous. Stems slendei',
branched. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, the lower petiolate. Peduncles
slender. Heads rather small. Achenia compressed, smooth, with two rows of cüia crowned with a pappus half
their own length.
11- Brachycome diversifolia (Fisch. e t M eyer, Cat. Hort. Pe trop. 1 8 3 5 , p. 3 1 ) ; robusta, patentim
pilosa V. glabrata, caulibus e radice plurimis ascendentibus foliosis robustis, foliis polymorphis petiolatis
anguste obovato-spathulatis oblongisve crenatis lobatis pinnatisectisve, segmentis an gu stis integerrimis
linearibus obovatisve, peduuculis validis apice nudis, capitulis magnis, involuc ri squamis oblongis obtusis
marginibus late membranaceis, ligu lis elongatis, acheniis anguste obovato-cuneatis non marginatis.— B C .
P ro d r. vii. 2 7 6 . B. scapiformis, fl, B C . P ro d r . v. 3 0 6 . Brachystephium leucanthemoides. L ess. Synojjs.
3 8 8 ; B C . P ro d r . vi. 3 0 4 . Pyrethrum diversifolium, Grah. Cat. P la n t. R a r . Edinb. ; Hook. Exot. B o t. t.
2 1 5 ; L in d l. B o t. Reg . t. 1 0 2 5 . {Gunn, 8 3 0 , 1 1 4 5 , 6 9 4 .)
H ab. Common in grassy pastures throughout the Island, Lawrence, Gunn, e tc .— (F l. S e p t .-N o v .)
D istrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A veiy distinct species, readily known by its great size, robust habit, very broad heads, and long rays.—Rhizome
very short, as thick as ihe thumb. Stems numerous, and ascendiug from the root, a span to 14 foot long, as
well as the leaves covered more or less iritli short, spreading hairs. Leaves extremely variable in size and lobing,
etc., 1 -3 inches long, petioled, rather raerabranous aud flaccid, entke, Lobed, crenate or pinnatifid, segments broad
or narrow, quite entire or again lobed. Heads 1 -2 inches broad.
1 2 . Brachycome c iliaris (Less. Synops. 1 9 2 ) ; glaberrima v. sparse puberula, caubbus e radice
plurimis ascendentibus ramosis rigidis gracilibus, foliis parvis profunde pinnatipartitis, laciniis anguste
linearibus acutis divaricatis, pedunculis e longatis nudis apice iuvolucrique squamis. oblongo-liuearibus
obtusis late membranaceo-marginatis pubescentibus, acheniis obovatis compressis anguste alatis alis ciliatis.
— B C . P ro d r. v. 3 0 6 . B. squalida. Nob. in Lon d . Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 5 . 'B . multipartita, M u e ll. B e ilis
ciliaris, L a b . N o v . H o ll. ii. 5 6 . t. 2 0 7 . {Gunn, 7 0 6 .)
H ab. Chiefly in the central districts o f the Island, as at Grindelwald, in Reg en t’s P lains, Springhill,
Campbelitown, e tc., L awrence, Gunn.— (F l. Jan.)
D istrib. South-eastern Australia (Victoria and N ew South YVales).
A rigid, wiiy species, 5 -1 0 inches high, altogether glabrous or sparingly pubescent, with short, hispid hairs.
Aoo? woody, branched. A/awc/ies very minieroiis, spreading from the collum, slciider, ascending, much divided.
Leaves small, 4 inch long, oblong iu circumscription, pinnatifid, the lobes narrow, bnear, spreadmg, rather distant,
rarely lobed or cut. Peduncles erect, pubescent below the capitulum, which is 4 - 4 inch across. Involucral scales
oblong, blunt, pubescent, with broad, membranous, lacerated margins. Rag purple. Achenia obovate-oblong, with
narrow, ciliate wings.— Labillardière gives Terra Y^aii Leuwyn, on the south-west coast o f Austraba, as the habitat
of B. ciliaris, from whence however I have seen no specimens answering to the Tasmanian ones here described. De
Cainlollo, on the otlier hand, mentions having examined specimens from the east coast o f Australia. It is possible
that the B. iberidifoUa of South-west Australia, a species to which the present is very closely allied, ma\- be Labil-
lardiore’s B. ciliaris.
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