Leaves coriaceous, 1 -2 inches long, similar in form to those of S. velleioides, but with naiTower bases, more deeply
and irregularly toothed margins, and with the under surface covered at times with a scanty lax white tomentum.
Capiiula numerous, deusely corymbose, without rays, small. Involucres liuear, half the length o f the florets, their
scales sometimes united at the base into au obconic, fleshy, hard receptacle.
9. Senecio Georgianus (DC. Prodr. vi. 3 7 1 ) ; herbaceus, cauo- v. araneo-toraentosus glabratusve,
foliis coriaceis linearibus anguste lineari-lanceolatisve subacutis utrinque cano-tomentosis glaberrimisve
margine r evolutis integerrimis, corymbo laxiusculo composito ramis ad axillos bracteatis, involucris calycula
tis floribus brevioribus ovato-cylindraceis, ligu lis nullis, acheniis sericeis.— -Sonifer in Linneea, x x v . 5 2 5 .
Er echtite s candicans, N o l. in L o n d . J o um . B o t. vi. 1 2 2 . {Gunn, 7 0 1 .)
Hab. Tasmania, Gunn.
Distrib. South-eastern and South-weste rn Australia : from subtropical N ew South YVales, Victoria,
Adelaide, and Swan River.
I have only one Tasmanian specimen of this very distinct species, but a great number of Australian ones (collected
by Cunningham, Mueller, Drummond, Robertson, and others), from a comparison of which it appears to be a
verj' variable plant, being either perfectly glabrous or more or less covered (even on the involucre) with a hoary
tomentum ; the leaves also are perfectly entire or deeply sinuate and toothed or UTegularly toothed and lobed along
the margin. De Candolle’s description of A . Cunninghamii accords with the glahrous states of this.— An erect,
herbaceous species, 1 4 -3 feet high. Stems simple or hranched. Leaves 2 -4 inches long, naiTOW-laiiceolate, quite
entire in the Tasmanian specimen, with revolute margins, coriaceous. Involucres linear-oblong, cylindrical, shorter
than the flowers. Ray none. Achenia silky.
Gen. X X X I . B E D F O R D IA , B C .
Capitulum multiflorum, homogamum; floribus omnibus tubulosis, hermaphroditis. Reeeptaculum
favosum, alveolorum marginibus dentatis. In vo lu c ri ovati squamis 1-serialibus, basi calyculatis. Corollæ
tubus basi gracilis, abrupte ampliatus; antheris semiexsertis basi ecaudatis. Achenia glabra. R a p p i setæ
basi scaberulæ, apices versus barbellatæ.— Frutices ; ramis tomentosis; foliis a lte rn is, subtus tomentosis;
capitulis magnis, in corymbos a x iila r e s oUgocephalos aggregatis suhsolitariisve.
I have in the ‘ N ew Zealand Flora’ (vol. i. pp, 147, 1 49) suggested the necessity o f reducing this genus to
Senecio, to which it is united by means o f the species belonging to Forster’s genus Brachyglottis ; but as the intermediate
forms are wanting in Australia, I have thought it more convenient to retain the genus for the present,
its hahit being very distmct from any of the Senecios o f that countiy. The two Tasmanian species are the only
ones known. These may best be distinguished from the other Austraban Senecionidea by the shrubby habit, more
deeply pitted receptacle, the broader upper part o f the tube of the corolla, the half-exserted stamens, and the
pappus hairs being more scabrous below, and more plumose towards the tip.— Both are shrubs, w ith alteniate leaves,
beneath tomentose, as are the branches, and large capitula, which are axillary, sohtary or few together, and with
no ray flowers. Involucral scales in one series (De Candolle describes them as being in two or three series), not
sphacelate or brown at the tips. (Named in honour of the late Duke o f Bedford, an eminent and liberal patron of
Horticulture and Botany.)
1. Bedfordia salicina (DC. Prodr. vi. 4 4 1 ) ; frutex, ramis tomentosis, foliis breve petiolatis planis
anguste lineari-lanceolatis lineari-oblongisve rugosis integerrimis subtus reticulatim venosis cinereo-tomen-
tosis, corymbis axillaribus folio brevioribus oligocepbalis.— Cacalia salicina, La b . N o v . I lo ll. ii. 3 7 . t. 1 7 9 ;
L in d l. B ot. R eg . 9 2 3 . Culcitium salicinum, Spreng. S y st. Veg. iii. 4 3 1 . {Gunn, 1 2 1 .)
Hab. Common on th e skirts o f forests and in the brush.— (F l. O c t.-D e c .) {v. v.) (Cultivated in
England.)
This is one of the veiy few common Tasmanian plants that are not found in AustraUa.— A bush 8 -1 4 feet
high. Leaves petioled, 3 -1 0 inches long, flat, lanceolate or oblong or linear-lanceolate, blunt, reticulated and glabrous
above, covered beneath ivith fuscous tomentum. Capitula in short, axillary corymhs.
2 . Bedfordia linearis (DC. Prodr. vi. 4 4 1 ) ; fruticulus robustus, foliis brevissime p e tiolatis confertis
anguste linearibus obtusis margine revolutis subtus tomentosis, capitulis axillaribus pedunculatis sub-
scssilibus.— Cacalia linearis, La b . Nov. H o ll. ii. 8 6 . t. 1 7 8 . Culcitium lineare, Spreng. S y st. iii. 4 3 1 .
{Gunn, 1 6 6 .)
Hab. Common, especially in th e central mountainous and southern parts o f the Island, in rocky soil.
— (Fi. O c t.-D e c .) («. V.)
A small, robust, branching shrub, 1 -5 feet high; branches glabrous, younger ones densely tomentose. leav es
veiy variable in breadth, usually nanow-Hnear, almost sessile, 1 -3 inches long, blunt, glahrous above, tomentose
beneath, margins revolute. Capitula very tomentose, 4 inch long, shortly peduncled, axillary, solitary or rarely two
together.
Gen. X X X I I . C E N T R O P A P P U S , Hooh. f l .
Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum, radiatum; flo ribu s r a d ii paucis, 1-seriatis, foemineis, ligulatis ;
lig u la lata, 9-nervi ; d is c i tubulosis, superne campanulatis, 5-dentatis. Re eeptaculum planiusculum, alveolatum.
In vo lu c ri squamæ 1-seriales, coriaceæ, lineari-oblongæ. Antheræ exsertæ, ecaudatæ. S ty li ram i
elongati, apice penicillati. P a p p i setæ 1-seriatæ, flexuosæ, superne subspinuloso-barbellatæ. Achenium
lineari-oblongum.— Arbuscula subalpina, g la b e r r im a ; ramulis grosse cica trica tis, te r e tib u s ; foliis versus
apices ramulorum a lte rn is, p a tu lis , linearibus, sessilibus, intege rrimis, 1 -n e rv iis ; capitulis corymbosis, te rm i-
1. Centropappus Brunonis (N ob . iu Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 1 2 4 ) . {Gunn, 1 1 7 4 .) (Tab. L X V .)
Hab. A b ove th e upper limits o f th e forest on Mount YVellington, elev. 3 5 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 feet. {Gunn,
1 1 7 4 .)— (FL Jan.)
This agahi is quite an artificial genus, differing from Bedfordia chiefly, or only, in the ligulate female flowers,
and ft-om the Tasmanian species o f Senecio in habit, in the exserted anthers, and in the pappus, ivhich is rough
with prominent, rigid, spinulose setæ.— A small tree or large shrub, everywhere quite glabrous, 7 -1 0 feet high,
ivith few naked branches and terete branclúets, covered with the transverse scars left by the petioles of the faUen
leaves. Leaves sessile at the end o f the branchlets, 3 -4 inches long, about 4 - 4 inch broad, somewhat coriaceous,
linear, blunt, one-nerved, quite entire, and glabrous. Corymbs terminal. Capitula shortly pediceUed, 4 inch long,
rather broad. Involucral scales bracteolate at the base, in one series, rigid, eoriaceous, erect, fimbriate or ciliate at
the edges, somewhat viscid, shorter thau the disc flowers. Receptacle flat, pitted. Flowers of ray with broad, nine-
nerved hgulæ; o f the disc tubidar, broadly campanidate, with exserted anthers, Achenia quite smooth and glabrous,
hnear-obloiig. Pappus hairs rigid and stout, of elongated, rigid ceUs, produced lateraUy into hom-Uke
processes, dirty white coloured.— P l a t e LXYL Fig. 1, capitulum; 2, scale o f involucre; 3, flower o f ray; 4, its
pappus ; 5, arms of its style ; 6, flower of disc ; 7, hair of its pappus ; 8, anns o f its style -.—a ll magnifled.
Tribe I I I . Cynareæ.
Gen. X X X I I I . C YM BO N O TU S , Cass.
Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum, radiatum; flo ribu s r a d ii 1-seriatis, numerosis, ligu la tis, foemineis
; d isc i tubulosis, hermaphroditis, 5-dentatis. Reeeptaculum alveolatum, alveolis margine subfimbrilli-
v o L . I . 3