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acheniis modice compressis cilia nulla gerentibus v. spe subtilis- 
sime ciliatis calvis v. minutissime bisetulosis. 
In pratis Australie intertropiez et subtropice haud infrequens. 
Herba faeie Wedelize. Folia 1-2" longa, plurima breviter petio- 
lata. Pedunculi 4-10" longi. Receptaculum tenuiter conico- 
cylindraceum.  Involueri squamz fere herbaces, ciliolatme, sepe 
acuminate, 11-2" longs. Pales circa 2" metientes. Ligule 18 
v. pauciores; lamina cireiter 2-3" longa, 11-2" lata, intense 
lutea ; tubus earum hispidulus. Flores discales valde numerosi. 
Achenia circiter 1" longa, oblongato-cuneata, non exacte plana. 
Setulz terminantes dum adsint tenerrimz. 
Jedelia spilanthoides. 
(Sect. Wollastonia.) 
Hispidulo-aspera, foliis hastato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis raro 
linearibus pzne sessilibus v. in petiolum brevem angustatis remote 
dentieulatis v. serratis, capitulis longe pedunculatis depresso- 
globosis, involueri squamis lanceolato-ovatis v. lanceolatis, paleis 
acutis, acheniis leviter compressis glabris coronulam muticam 
interdum minutissime biaristulatam demum obliteratam gerentibus. 
Per magnam Australie tropiez partem diffusa. 
Herba variabilis, qibusdam formis Spilanthi maeroglosse haud 
dissimilis, Wedelizee (Wollastonize) biflorse, et W. asperrims cog- 
nata. Folia 13-32" longa, 1-1" lata, reti venarum subtus promi- 
nenter areolata. Peduneuli bi- v. pluri-pollicares, cum involucro 
striguloso-asperi. Receptaculum depressum. Involucri hemisphe- 
riei squamz 1—3 raro- 5" longs, appressw.  Palec anguste cymbi- 
formes, subulato-acute, 2-3" longz, dorso imperfecte et brevissime 
hispidule. Flores bisexuales vitellini, haud valde numerosi; co- 
rolle disci 2" longs, haud ample, sive gradatim in basim at- 
tenuatz, sive basim versus constrictzm. Flores foeminei fertiles ; 
ligule intense lutee, 9—16 ; lamina 3-6" raro 9" longa, 11-3" 
lata; tubus brevis, glaber. Achenia oblongo- v. obovato-cunenata, 
1" paulo longiora, indistincte tetragona. 
Wollastonia insularis forsan ad hancce speciem reducenda est. 
De Wedelia ecliptoide conferatur F. M. Lithograms of Victorian 
Plants, plate xxxix. W. calendulacea in Australia tropica multo 
rarior est, quam species hinc descripta. 
Aster axillaris. 
Eurybia axillaris, Cand. Prodr. v. 266; Steetz in Lehm: Pl. Preiss. i. 417 ; 
E. candidissima, Steetz l. c. ; Olearia axillaris, F. M. coll. 
Fruticosus, ramulis tenuiter cano-tomentosis, foliis alternis 
cuneato- v. lineari-oblongis v. linearibus obtusis margine revo- 
lutis v. paulo recurvis supra glabrescentibus subtus interdum 
