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BraACHYCOME IBERIDIFOLIA. CANDY-TUFT- 
LEAVED BraAcnhYCOME. 
Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum, fl. radii ligulatis 
feemineis uniseriatis, disci tubulosis 5-dentatis hermaphro- 
ditis. Recept. conicum subalyeolatum epaleaceum. Jnvol. 
campanulatum pauciseriale, squamis margine submembra- 
naceis. Achenium lateraliter plano-compressum erostre, 
Pappo subsetiformi brevissimo coronatum.—Herbe Novo- 
Hollandice. Folia alterna glabra parce dentata pinnati- 
lobata aut trifida. Discus luteus (nune atropurpureus). 
Radius albus (nunc ceruleus violaceusve.) D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Bracuycome* tberidifolia ; glaberrima, caule erecto ramoso, 
foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis lineari-subulatis distan- 
tibus integerrimis, pedunculis nudis monocephalis, in- 
volucri squamis oblongis acutiusculis apice membrana- 
ceis, acheniis subteretibus clavatis levibus v. pilis 
paucis hispidulis apice plicatis, pappo subnullo. Benth. 
Bracuycome iberidifolia. Benth. in Hugel, Enum. n. 198. 
Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 9. 
A beautiful annual raised from Swan River seeds by Mrs. 
Wray of Cheltenham, to whom we are indebted for speci- 
mens and a drawing. The variety of colours exhibited by 
flowers that obviously belong to one and the same species” 
of plant in the Swan River colony, is quite peice. 
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* So named by Cassine, from Fpayys, short, and xoun, hair; in allusion 
to the short pappus of some of the species. Hed 
