451 
Speciei hnjiis in coUectione Preissiana formae diiae ot>viae sunt; 
K. "Wendlandiana nol»i3. caiile liasi rainoso, raniis aJscendeii- 
tlLus vcl dccumbentiLus, involucrl squauils cxterioribns roseisj roslro 
acliaeiiioniiii g-laLerrimo. — Wciidl. collect, pi. I. c. 
In arenosis ad lluvinm Cygnoriim, mense Nov. 183S>, Herb. Pn-Lss. No.. 13. 
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Coniparavi specimen siccum authenticum unicnm atlhnc superstes, ab 
ij)So cl. aiictore in Iioito Ilenenhusano cnltum, in Iierbariu cl. Weiullamlii, 
nVn. Radice et iuftriore caulis parte qiiidein caret, caeterum taiuen tain in- 
volucri sqnaniis exterioiibus roseis, (pallidioribus qui Jem (piam in icone), 
turn acbaeniorum rostro daberrimo yaiulet, in quos cLaraeteres (]iiiu]iil' de- 
scriptio accMiratissima et icon exactissima quadrant. — Speclmina PreisMiina 
semipedem vix aeqnant. 
/?. Benthainiana nobis, caiilc stricto, simplici, sqtiamis cx- 
(crioribiis bjalinis non coloratis, rostro acliaeniorum pubcscente. 
Lepiorhijnchus siiaveolens Bentb. in Endl, Eniim. pi, nug-el, 
pa^, 64. «. 208. DC. prodr. T. 6. pag-, 160. n. S. , . 
Morna nivea Lindl. Bot. Re^. T. 24. (1838) tab. 9, 
Helkluysum decumbens Portenscblag". iiiss. in Herb. anl. Vind. 
In \irguUis inter saxa cakarea propc oppidulum Freeinantle, d. IS. Pec. 1838, 
Herb. Preiss. No. 12. Ibidem Hfigel! Ferd. B;uior ! (V. s. in herb, aiilico Vindobonn!) 
Specimina omnia I - P/g-pedalia, plerumque simpltcissiiiia, vel nuo ramo 
lino alterove urrocto uec decumbeixte instructa. Iiadix simplex, porpeudi- 
riilttris. Caulis basi laxe lanatus, utpliiritnum purpur.iscens, et cum faHis 
undiqne pilis crassinscnirs, diaphanis, articulatfs vel torulosis ciuerous. — Utra- 
que forma certissime ad unicam speciem referenda est, quum transitus ab 
una ad alteram non raro observaverim. FoHa in varietate Jlenthnminna 
pauUo latiora sunt quam in Wendlandiana , et capitula vix ac ne vix qni- 
dem majora. — Praeterea variat caule plus minusve lanato, corymbo poly- 
vel oli^ocepbalo etc. Teste cl. Wendlandio planta biennis est. 
Oos, Morna 7iivea Lindl. Bot. Reg. I. c. revera nostra planta est^ 
<l»od descriptio et icon optime demonstrant, etiamsi cl. anctor 1. c. baec 
nionoat: „It approaches near to Leptorhynckus suaveolens of Mr. Benlham, 
but 1 perceived notliing in this plant, tliat could be called sweet-scented, 
*t it does not altogether degre ewith his description". Cl. Lindleyus, plan- 
t**"n Benthamianam nondnm viderat, qninn haec scriberet. 
2- IVaitxia brevircsfris Sieeiz. caule erecto subsimplici 
gracillimo infenie laxe, versus apicem coiAnibifcrum dcii- 
sius lanato, foliis linearibus aracluioideis, capitulis parvis 
benjisphacricis, involucri sqiiamis exterioribus hyaliiiis yel 
rarissime roseis, caeteris niveis ovatis acutiiisculis, stipiti- 
bus interioruni plauls lanatis, acbaeniis parce papillosis 
in rostrum s-labrum brevissimum ipsis triplo brevius atte- 
nuatis, pappo basi albo apice citriiio 
Iii areaosis sjlvae supra oppidulum Perth, d. T. Oct. 1839. Herb. Preiss. 
Oerba sracillima 3-(>-pollicaris. Radio: tenuis annua. Caulis teres. 
