COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 83 
Radii flosculi 28; ligule lineares, involucrum facile superantes, 9 x 1'5 mm. 
Disci flosculi 17, steriles; horum corolle an guste infundibulares, 7 mm. long: ; 
lobi triangulari-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, tubo multo breviores. Anthere basi 
obtusz, 2 mm. longe.. Achenia oblonga, basi apiceque breviter angustata, com- 
pressa, sparsim appresse setulosa vel fere globosa, 3 mm. longa. Pappus biserialis; 
sete scabride, dilutissime straminee, inter se subzquales, circa 6 mm. longe. 
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft. 
Stem and branches slender and woody, the former covered with the persistent bases 
of fallen leaves. .Leaves with the upper surface wrinkled, midrib very prominent on 
the lower side. Style exserted, tbe appendages to their arms oblong, obtuse, arm and 
appendage together nearly 2 mm. long. Ripe achenes produced by the ligulate florets 
alone, pale in colour. 
This has the habit of the Australian Olearia ciliata, F. Muell., for which, indeed, it 
might be almost mistaken on a first view. It is, however, a true Erigeron. | 
ERIGERON PILOSO-VILLOSUM, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Caulis reptans, lignosus, nudus radicansque, ramos dense foliosos breves ascendentes 
hac atque illac emittens. Folia imbricata, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa vel 
obtusissima, tenuiter coriacea, utrobique piloso-villosa, summum 15 x2 mm., 
sepius circa 10x 1:5 mm. Capitula hemispheerica, solitaria, terminalia, breviter 
pedunculata, circa 23-flosculosa, 10x12 mm. Pedunculi 4-12 mm. longi. 
Involucrum 3-seriale, 8 mm. longum; phylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 
exteriora herbacea, piloso-villosa, intima glabra margineque membranacea. Radii 
flosculi 16; ligule abbreviate, lineares nisi filiformes, ex pappo haud eminentes, 
1 mm. longe. Disci flosculi 7, verisimiliter steriles; corolle inferne tubulose, 
superne anguste campanulate, 5 mm. longe; limbus 5-lobus. Anthere basi 
obtuse, 1 mm. longe. Styli rami appendicibus oblongis obtusis onusti, 1°25 mm. 
longi. Achenia radii florum linearia, 3 mm. longa, disci florum lineari-oblonga, 
45 mm. longa; omnia maxime compressa necnon sparsim breviterque pilosa. 
Pappus corollas breviter excedens, 6-65 mm. longus; sete scabriuscule, dilute 
straminee. 
Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. 
Branches ascending to 6 inches or more, densely leafy, frequently themselves branching 
in turn. Its foliage affords an easy means of identifying this species. 
| VITTADINIA ALINA, F. Muell. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. i. part 2 (1889) 11. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
VITTADINIA MACRA, F. Muell. 1. c. 11. | 
.. Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. os 
