: Tas. 8191. 
OLEARIA crmrata. 
Australia and Tasmania. 
ComposiTaE. Tribe ASTEROIDEAE. 
OxuEaRiA, Moench.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 276. 
Olearia ciliata, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. vol. v. p. 79, in syn.; Benth. 
ri Austral. vol. iii. p. 488 ; foliis linearibus ciliatis, pedunculis longiusculis 
istincta. 
Suffrutex dumiformis, 20-30 cm. altus, ramis pluribus suberectis vel ascenden- 
tibus plus minusve hirsutis. Folia conferta, arcuato-recurva, linearia, 
inferne longiuscule ciliata, superne sparse minute ciliolata tantum, 1-3 cm. 
longa, basi 1*5-2°5 mm. lata, apice acuta, marginibus superne revolutis. 
Capitula in ramis solitaria, terminalia, radiis inclusis circiter 2-5 cm. 
diametro, pedunculis 2-20 cm. longis apice lanato-tomentosis. Involuerwm 
anguste campanulatum, in sicco hemisphericum; bracteae lanceolatae 
usque lineares, 4-8 mm. longae, ciliatae, exteriores interioribus breviores. 
Flores radii feminei, 15-20. Corollae lilacinae tubus 3 mm. longus, limbus 
circiter 1 cm. longus. Ovarium pilosum. Pappus uniserialis; setae 
subaequales vel paucis brevissimis interjectis, barbellatae. Flores disci 
hermaphroditi, numerosi, involucrum paullulo excedentes. Corolla lutea; 
tubus 3°54 mm. longus; lobi brevissimi. Antherae ecaudatae. Styli 
appendices breves, deltoideae.—Hurybia ciliata, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 
p- 58, Aster Huegelii, F, Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. vol. v. p. 79. 
Olearia ciliata inhabits deserts and sandy places at 
various elevations in West Australia, South Australia, 
Victoria and Tasmania, and seems to be rather polymorphic. 
It reminds one in habit of an Aster or Felicia (B. M., 
t. 8049), genera which are distinguished by critical 
characters, such as the degree of compression of the achenes 
and the numbers of rows of pappus-bristles. Olearia is 
confined to Australasia, and Felicia to Africa, whilst Aster 
is widely distributed in America, Europe and Asia, with 
also a few species in South Africa. : 
Descriprion.— Shrub, 1-2 ft. high, with ascending or 
nearly erect, pubescent branches. Leaves crowded, recurved, 
linear, acute, long-ciliate in the lower third or half, sparsely 
and very minutely ciliate above, $-1 in. long, about +, in. 
Aprin, 1908. 
