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ramuloruin ±6xl'5 mm.; petioli dum udsint 1 mm. long, vel panllulum 

 ultra. Cupituki 8-10 x 10-12 mm.;' horum pcndunculus cineroo-tomentosus, 

 12 mm. iotig, nisi minus, Involucri plivlla oxtima circa 3 mm., intermedia 

 4-5 mm,, intlma 6 mm. lonf;. Ligula; apice microscopice 3-doiiticiilatyi3, 

 10 mm. long. Corolla; disci 6 mm. long, ; tubus inferne '25 mm. lat., 

 gradatim adu^ijue 1 mm. dilatatus. Sfj'li rami exserti, appendicibus a3gre 

 1 mm. lon;>\ inclusii^i 2 mm. lono-. Ach^nia adlinc cruda '7o nnn. lon^'. 



PappI seta:) 4-5 jnm. lojig, 



Allinity oloso wiili 0. phneleoides^ Benth., of wliicli it is probably the 



Western reprosontativo. From this it 



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leaves, narrower and acute involucral loaves, corolla markedly narrowed 

 belowj and style-arms with quite different appendages. 



liELirxERUM (§ Enheliptemm) VENUSimr, sp. nov. Herba annua, spi- 

 thamea, a basi pauciramosa sparsim pilosa ; ramis erectis aliqnantulum 

 anfractiiosis tenuibus subdis tauter foliosis ; foliis sessilibns angnstissime 

 lincaribus obtusis ; capitulis majusculis muUiflosculosis homogamis golilariis 

 terminalibus ])edunoulis sat longis squamis par\is bac atque iliac prjeditis 

 msidentibiis ; invohicri subliemisplia^rici ph3dlis exterioribus ovatis apice 

 rotundatis scariosis nitentibus dilute brunneiri interioribns lamina longa- 

 ratliante ano-uste oblon^o-ovnta obtusa ^ivide flava onustis: corolhe tubo 

 a basi gradatim leviterque amplificato ; antlieris subinclusis loculis breviter 

 cauJatis ; achcrniis maxima comphuiatis obovato-subqnadratis glabris ; pappi 

 setis circitcr 10 a basi pra?cipue vero apicem verfcus phimosis dilute flavis. 



Mt. Magnet district, Youannej Maryon. 



Folia pleraquQ l*5-2'5 cm. long., modo '25-"5 mm, lat. Pedunculi longit. 



cm. attingentos sed ssepe breviores ; horum squamce ovatai, tenuiter 



8 cm. 



scariosae, 1-2 mm. long. Capitula pansa circa 3 cm, diam. Involucri 

 phylla extcrlora intus gradatinx longiora, 2-5 mm. long, ; intima late ovata, 

 hyalina, costa lata percursa, 2'5 mm. long., horum appendix radians I'o cm. 

 long. Receptaculum convexum. Corolla 4 mm. long, ; antbera3 1'25 mm. 



Styli rami uliquanto 



complanati, apice 



truncal o-capitiiti, 1 mm. Ion 



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Achaenia perlucida, vix matuia fere 1'5 mm. long,, ] mm. lat. Pappus 



2"5 mm. long. 



To be inserted in the genus next IL Jiyalospermum^ F. Muell. : the long 

 radiating lamina to the inner leaves of the involucre and the very -flat 

 glabrous achenes are its chief peculiarities. 



Ileliptcrum Battii^ F. MucU. Mt. Magnet district, Youanne ; Alaryon. 



Excellent material of this exceedingly rare plant. 



7/. CharsleycB^ F, MnelL Menzies ; Stoward, 142. 



