foliis radicalibus obovato-lanceolatis p ilosis glaberrimisve, caulinis se ssilibus basi sæpius dilatatis.— A C.
R ich ea non differt n isi caule elatiore e t capitulis 8 -1 3 -ñ o r is .— Sonder in L in næ a , x x v . 4 9 3 . {G w m , 5 0 7 .)
Y'ar. a ; foliis angustioribus.
Y'ar. f l ; scapo folioso, foliis latioribus superioribus sessilibus basi subauriculatis.
H a b . Common in wet pastures, etc. ; in ponds o f water at Georgetown, Lawrence, Gunn.— (F l. Oct.)
(a. «.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia.
I can detect no characters whereby to distinguish this species but the very much greater size, aud the ciliated
aud auricled bases of the cauhne leaves o f some states.— It grows 3 feet high, is very stout, with leaves 4 - 8 inches
long, broad and strongly nerved, or narrow, pilose or quite glabrous. Glomerules o f capitula 1 -2 inches in diameter.
— I suspect that a good series of specimens would unite this with 0. Richea.
3 . Craspedia alpina (Back. MSS. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 1 1 9 ) ; tota toménto niveo laxe v. appresso
dense obtecta, caule erecto robusto, fo liis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis utrinque niveis, iuvolucri
squamis late ovatis medio lanatis marginibus late membranaceis. {Gunn, 8 3 5 .)
H a b . A bundant upon Mou n t YVellington and all other mountains, L a w e n c e , etc.— (Fl. F eb .) {v. v.)
D i s t r ib . Mou n t B u ller , Y^ictoria, elev. 5 0 0 0 feet, M u e lle r.
A v e iy handsome species, easily distinguished by the clear white tomentum on every part of the Tasmanian
specimens, but wliich is rare or absent on the upper surface o f the leaves of the Y^ictoria specimens. Size and
hahit of C. Richea, but more robust, with lai-ger glomeruh o f capitula.
Gen. XYH. S K IE R H O P H O E U S , DG.
C a p itu la uui-bi-flora, homogama, in glomerulum capituliforme involucro generali cinctum dense aggregata.
In v o lu c r i g en e ra lis folia biseriata, imbricata, linearia, acuminata, inæqualia, exteriora foliácea, in teriora
scariosa. In v o lu c r im c a p itu li 4 -5 -p h y llum ; squamis oblongis, scariosis, hyalinis. Corolla tubulosa,
4 -5 -d eu ta ta . S tam in a 4 - 5 ; filamentis brevibus ; antheris connatis, breviter basi biaristatis. S ty li rami
su b e lon gati, truncati. Achenia obovoidea, papillosa, truncata, calva.— Herbæ p u s illæ , annuæ v . suffruti-
culosæ ; foliis p a r v is , o p p ositis altern isqu e, lin earih u s ; glomerulis ex tu s la n a tis, ra r iu s g la b ris.
1 . SkirrRophoras eriocephalus (H o ok . fil. M S S ., Gray in Journ. B o t. iii. 1 4 8 ) ; foliis paucis
acuminatis, involucri generalis foliis lineari-subulatis acuminatis, capitulis paucioribus.— S . Fuernrohrii,
M u e lU r, M S S . {Gunn, 1 9 7 3 .) (T a b . L I I I . A.)
H a b . Am on gst S alicornia and other herbage close to high-water mark, near Georgetown, Gwnn.—
(F l. N o v .)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia : M u e lle r ; Melbourne, rti/aoeso».
A very shigular httle plant, 1 -2 inches high, much resembling a large Moss in habit, the brown, erect, filiform
stems growing close together, like the fruit-stalks of Polytricha, and the glomeruli resembling the capsules. I had
originally referred this plant to Skirrhophorus, in which Asa Gray agrees, as Mueller has since, though the original
species of that genus is suffrutescent, with a totally different habit. Asa Gray (Joum. Bot. iii. 148, 1 8 5 1 ), in a
review o f the Angiantheæ, refers this and the closely allied S. Preissianus to the same genus. Placing it in a separate
section, he enumerates six species o f the genus, all but the present natives of South-western Austraha. Tlie.
glomeruli o f this plant are surrounded with coriaceous, linear, not hyaline bracts ; the corolla is four-toothed, and the
teeth short and not reflexed ; there is no thickening at the base o f the coroUa, and the leaves are generally opposite.—
Stems sohtary or numerous from the root, glabrous. Leaves few, linear-subulate, acuminate, radical, spreading,
4 inch long. Glomeruli 4 inch long, obovate-oblong, surrounded by wooUy, linear, bracteal leaves. Capitula
densely crowded on a nearly plane papillose receptacle, very, minute, two-flowered. Involucral scales four to six,
oblong or spathulate, hyahne. Corolla tubular, four-toothed. Achenium obovoid, truncate, without pappus.
(Name from o-Ktppos, a tumor, and to hear ; in aUusion to the base o f tbe coroUa o f some species being thickened.)—
P l a t e L l l l . y i . Fig. 1, leaf; 2, glomeimle; 3, receptacle on which the capitula are placed; 4 , capitulum;
5, flower and scale of involucre; 6, coroUa cut open; 7, stamen; 8, style; 9, achenium cut open; 10, embryo:—
a ll very highly magnified.
Gen. X V I I . P UM IL O , Schldl.
Capitulum solitarium, 3 -6 -flo rum , homogamum. I n v o h c r i squamæ inæquales, hyalinæ,
tenerrimæ, medio herbaceæ. Reeeptaculum angustissimam, epaleaceum, papillosum. Corolla parva, brevis,
tubulosa, 4-dentata. Antheræ breviter bisetosæ. S ty li rami mediocri, truncati. P a p p u s constans e squamis
8 , magnis, radiantibus, chartaceis, obovatis, acuminatis, albidis. Achenium obconicum, curvatum, glandulosum,
areola laterali latissima.— Herba annua, minima, araneo-pilosa v . g la b e r r im a ; caule tenuissimo,
su b sim p lici ; foliis oppositis.
1 . Pumilo P r e issii (Sonder in Linnæa, x x v . 4 8 7 ) ; foliis linearibus, capitulis foliis paucis bracteatis,
pappi squamis su b -8 obovatis acuminatis.— Aetinopappus perpusiUus, H o o h f i l . in Lon d . Journ. B o t. 1 8 5 2 ,
p . 2 2 6 . Styloncerus multifiorus, N . ab E . in P I . P r e iss. ii. 2 4 4 . {Gunn, 2 0 0 9 .) (T a b . L I I I . B .)
H a b . YFesthead, Tamar River, Georgetown, growing on bare trap rocks, Gunn.— (F l. Oct.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern and South-weste rn Australia.
The other species o f this singular httle genus are natives o f South-western Australia.— The present species is
almost microscopic, consisting of excessively slender, thread-Hke, simple or branched, annual stems, 4 - 1 4 inch
long, bearing a very few pairs o f opposite, linear, subulate leaves, and one (rarely more) capitulum, which consists
o f a few unequal involucral scales siuroimdiug three to six flowers, which are conspicuous for their obbque ache-
nia, each crowned with a spreading, white, star-like pappus, formed of about eight obovate, acuminate, white,
searious scales. Corolla broadly tubular, four-cleft. Stamens four. Anther-lohes with tails. Achenium glandular,
with a lateral, broad areola, where the pappus is inserted. (Name from axriv, a ray, and TraTrwos ; in allusion to
the star-shaped pappus.)—P l a t e LIII. A, Fig. 1, involucral scale; 2, flower; 3, another with the pappus ereet;
4, another with the pappus spreading ; 5, corolla laid open; 6, stamen; 7, style; 8, achenium cut longitudinally:
9 and 10, embiyo :— all very highly magnified.
Gen. X V I I I . A PA LO C H L AM Y S , Cass.
Capitulum homogamum, 1 0 -1 6 - flo r um ; fioribus tubulosis, 5-dentatis, hermaphroditis. Involucrum
oblongum, squamis scarioso-diaphanis, conniventibus. Reeeptaculum angustum, paleolatum. A n th e ra
basi ecaudatæ. Achenium obovatum, breve. P a p p u s deciduus, 1-serialis ; setis filiformibus, æqualiter
tenuiter barbellatis.— Herbæ ; caulibus erectis, tomentosis ; foliis decurrentihus, lanceolatis, a cum in atis ;
panicula decomposita.
1. Apalochlamys Biilardieri (DC. Prodr. vi. 1 5 7 ) ; paniculæ ramis erectis, capitulis secus ramos
sessilibus pedicellatisve, bracteis involucrique squamis obtusis acutisve.— A . Endlicheri e t A. Kerrii, B C .
I . e . ? Cassinia spectabilis, A?/'. Do?. Dey. ?. 6 7 8 . {Gunn, 7 4 8 .)
H a b . P o r t Dalrymple, Yl^oolnorth, and Islan d s o f Bass’ Straits, Gunn.— (F1. F eb ., March.) (“ T o bacco”
o f Sealers.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia; YVilson’s Promontory, M u e lle r. (Cultivated iu England.)
I am acquainted with only one species of this genus, and I suspect that De Candolle’s A . Endlicheri and A .
Ke rrii are both referable to it. Brown indeed (fid. DC.) refers the Tasmaniau species to Cassinia spectabilis {A .
Kerrii, DC.), and Dc Candolle says of A . Endlicheri that the flowers are perhaps in a monstrous state. A tall,