Hab. Heath y juid peaty ground, M ou n t Sorrell, IMacquarrie Harbour, Gimn, M illig a n . Y'ar. fl.
Maequarrie Harbour, M illig a n .— (F l. D e c .)
Much the smallest species known to me, and of a different habit from any but the foUowing, being tufted,
4 -6 inches high, and scapigerous. Leaves 1 - 1 4 inch long, iian-ow-linear, somewhat spathulate in var. ß , coriaceous,
channeUed above down the centre or convex, shining, glabrous ahove, white below with appressed, silvery
tomentum. Scapes woolly, slender, udth a few linear bracts. Capitula 4—| iuch across. Scales o f the involucre
numerous, glabrous, spreading, all white or with the outer rosy, linear, b lu n t; the inner very numerous, white,
much louger than the fiowers, radiatmg. Pappus clavellate. Flowers dark red.— Possibly a variable species, but I
have only seen specimens from one spot.— Plate LX. A. F ig. 1, leaf; 2, flower; 3, hair of pappus; 4, anther;
5, arms o f style :— a ll magnified.
9 . Helichrys-um Milliganii (H o ok , f i l .) ; scapigera, radice crassa, foliis radicalibus confertis patentib
us coriaceis e llip tico - v . oblongo-spatbulatis acutis glaberrimis, pe tiolo late vaginante scapo robusto ara-
neoso bracteato, bracteis foliaceis oblongo-lanc eolatis se ssilibus araneosis, capitulis magnis albis, squamis
glaberrimis acuminatis exterioribus albis rubrisve lineari-oblongis interioribus albis radiantibus floribus
m ultoties longioribus. {Gunn, 1 1 8 9 .) (Tab. L X . D .)
Hab. Summit o f Mou n t Pearse, Surrey H ills , elev. 3 0 0 0 feet. Mou n t Sorrell, Maequarrie Plarbour,
M illig a n .— (FL Jan.)
A very beautiful and most distinct species, 4 - 8 inches high, forming apparently single plants.—Root perennial,
stout. Leaves all radical, densely crowded, 4 - 1 inch long, very coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate-spatlmlate, acute,
with broad, dilated, sheathing petioles, glabrous on both surfaces. Scapes solitary, stout, cui-ving or erect, tomentose,
covered with foliaceous bracts, 4—I inch long. Bracts araneose, erect. Capitulum large, solitary, 14 inch
across, broad. Involucral scales spreading, acuminate; the outer ovate, white or duU red, or ivith red margms;
inner linear or linear-lanceolate, much longer than the flowers, white, spreading. Flowei-s yeUow-red. Pappus
hairs barbeUate, with longer hairs towards the tips o f each.— P l a t e LX. A . Fig. 1, flower; 3, hair of pappus; 3,
stamen; 4 , arms of s ty le :— all magnified.
G en. X X V I I . H E L IP T E R U M , B C .
Omnia H e lic k r y s i, sed pappus plumosus.
This genus, separated by D e CandoUe from Helichrysum on account o f the hairs of the pappus being plumose,
and not scabrid or pilose, is hardly tenable, various species being quite intermediate between them, in so far as this
character is concerned; in habit and in aU other respects the genus is not distinguishable from Helichrysum. The
species are all South African and Australian; about twenty are known in the latter country, which are almost equaUy
distributed between the south-eastern and south-western quarters, none being common to both. (Name by ellipsis
from Helichrysum, combined ivith Tirepo?, a win g; in aUusion to the feathery pappus.)
1 . Helipterum incanum (DC. Prodr. vi. 2 1 5 ) ; herbaceum, scapigerum, incano-tomentosum v.
lanatum, caulibus basi lign o sis brevibus, foliis plerisque radicalibus anguste lanceolatis lineari-elongatis filiformibusve
subacutis integerrimis margimbus undulatis planis v . recurvis, scapis infra medium foliatis grac
ilibus apice n u d is 1-cephalis, capitulo magno albo, involucri squamis obtusis exterioribus rubris v. fuscis
breviter oblougis interioribus stipitatis linearibus obtusis, stipite gracili pubescente apice lanato.— Hook. Ic.
P I . t. 3 1 8 . H . bicolorum e t H . albicans, B C . I. c. {Gunn, 1 2 4 , 8 3 7 , 1 0 8 , 4 4 2 , 2 3 9 .)
Var. f l, tr ic o lo r ; squamis extimis purpureis, mediis flavidis, intim is albis.— B C . I. c. Helichrysum
incanum, Hook. B o t. M a g . t. 2 8 8 1 .
Hab. Nor th e rn parts o f th e Island, at all e le v a tio n s : Circular H e a d ; Mou n t Pearse, elev. 3 0 0 0 f e e t ;
N o r fo lk Plains, e tc ., L awrence, Gunn.— (F l, N o v ., D e c .)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia, Victoria, and N ew South YVales. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
A ve iy beautiful plant, a foot or so high, often forming large, tufted masses, covered densely with soft, wliite
tomentum,— Stems woody at the very base, branching, divided close above the root into many ascending or erect,
tufted, short branches, which are densely leafy below, and suddenly terminate in slender scapes, bearing a few linear
leaves, and one large, white capitulum, Leaves 2 -5 inches long, numerous, erect, softly tomentose, narrow-linear,
or almost thread-like, with flat or revolnte, sometimes crisped margins. Capitula 4 - 2 inches broad. Scales o f the
involucre blunt ; outer oblong, brown or purple-red ; inner stipitate, with long, radiating, linear rays, Achenia
glabrous. Pappus feathery, the setæ terminating in a thickened apex.— Luxuriant specimens have more leafy stems,
not resembling scapes. MueUer sends an alpine variety from the Alps o f South Australia, covered with a dense,
soft, snow-white tomentum, and having leafy scapes, and oblong-spathulate, short leaves. The figure in the ‘ B otanical
Magazine’ represents the interior scales of the involucre as yellow, but they are white in all my specimens.
2 . H e l ip t e r u m a n t h em o id e s (DC. Prodr. vi. 2 1 6 ) ; glaberrimum, ramis ramulisque virgatis foliatis,
foliis sparsis sessilibus brevibus linearibus obtusis acutisve grosse g landuloso-punctatis basi in appendicem
albam ramo adnatam productis, capitulis solitariis terminalibus nudis, involucro basi hemisphærico, squamis
exterioribus brevibus obtusis subhyalinis, interioribus lon g e radiatis subacutis, achenio dense sericeo, pappi
pilis dense plumosis basi planis subpaleaceis.— Helichrysum anthemoides, Sieb. P la n t. Exsicc. 3 4 4 ; Spreng.
S y s t. Veg. iii. 4 8 4 . H . punetatum, B C . I . e . {Gunn, 2 3 9 .) (T a b . L X I .)
H a b . Formosa, YVestern Mountains, Launceston, e tc ., ascending to 3 5 0 0 feet, Lawrence, Gunn.— (Fl.
N o v ., De c .)
D i s t b i b . N ew Sou th W a le s, Sou th Australia, aud Victoria.
A v c iy distinct species, and, I think, almost genericaUy sepai-able on account o f the rigid pappus, the hairs of
ivhich are few and broad, and flattened below ; the achenium too is broad and densely sUky, and the involucre
hemispherical at tbe base, and there covered with searious, hyaline scales. I can find no difference between De
Candolle’s punetatum and anthemoides; the dotted leaves were apparently overlooked iu the description o f the
latter by that author.—Root w oody, sending up ve iy numerous, slender, twiggy, simple (or sometimes branched and
bushy) stems, 1 - 2 feet high, perfectly glabrous eveiyn'here. Leaves scattered, small, narrow-linear, rarely linear-
lanceolate, acute, punctate (rarely not so), attached by a broad, adnate base to the branch, the upper becoming
searious at the tips, aud passing into searious bracts below the capitulum, the peduncle of which is sometimes
sbghtly tomentose (in Australian specimens). Capitula solitary, about 1 inch broad, glabrous, the lower outer
scales fuscous or yeUoiv-brown ; the inner long, white, aud radiating.— P l a t e LXI. Fig. 1, leaf ; 2, flower ; 3, hair
of pappus; 4 , corolla; 5, stamen; 6, aimi of style ;— all ti
Gen. X X Y H II. G N A P H A L IU M , L .
Capitulum multiflorum ; f io rib u s omnibus gracilibus, tu b u losis ; r a d ii pluriserialibus tenuissimis foemin
e is ; d is c i hermaphroditis. In vo lu c ri ovati v. hemisphaïrici squamæ imbricatæ, appressæ v. patulæ, sub-
hyalinæ, discum æquantes. R eeeptaculum planum, nudum. Anthe roe basi bisetæ. Achenia parva, teretiuscula,
sæpe papillosa. P a p p u s 1-serialis, se tis tenuissimis scaberulis.— Herbæ p lu s minusve la n a ta ; foliis
a ltem is , sessilibus ; capitulis in glomerulos corymbosve d isp o sitis, in te rdum a x illa rib u s sp ica tisv e ; involucrj
squamis p a llid is , f ia v is subpurpureisve.
A large gcmis, scattered over the whole world, not easily distinguished from Helichrysum by any technical
characters, but very unlike that genus in the form of the capitulum and general appearance. About ten Australian
species arc knoivn, of ivhich several are also New Zealand plants, and one or two are found over aU the world ; none
are peculiar to South-western Australia.— Hei-bs, with simple or branched stems, aud alternate leaves, always more
or less tomentose or woolly, Capitula asiUaiy or connubose or spicate or foscicled or capitate, generally narrow