444 A NEW GENUS OP COMPOSITE. 



Description of a New Genus of Composite, and a New 

 Species of Plantago, from the Mountains of Tasmania, 

 by J. D. Hooker, M.D. R.N. F.L.S., with two Plates. 



(Tabs. XIII. XIV.) 



ScLEROLEIMA, Hook. fil. 



Capitula solitaria, sub 4-flora ; flosculis omnibus tubulosis; 

 masculo solitario. Involucrum sub 4-phyllum, squamis 1- 

 serialibus, chartaceo-coriaceis, obovatis vix acutis. Recep- 

 tacuhim nudum, angustum, planum. — Fl. Mas. Corolla 

 infundibuliformi-tubulosa, profunde 4-dentata, dentibus 

 erectis acutis coneavis. Stylus validus, exsertus, apice 

 globoso-capitatus, obscure bilobus. Antherce latiusculffi, 

 apicibus exsertis, leeviter connexse, basi breviter bi-auncu- 

 latee. Achenium parvum, calvum, obscure tetragonum, 

 lineari-obovatum — Fl. F02M. Corolla tubulosa, cylindra- 

 cea, basi globosa, ore profunde 4-dentato, dentibus sub- 

 sequalibus patentibus. Stylus elongatus, exsertus, apice 

 breviter bifidus. Achamium obovatum, superne truncatum, 

 tetragonum, angulis subacutis, carinatis, omnino calvum. 

 Herba pusilla, Tasmanica, habitu Forsterse uliginosse, den- 

 sissime ceespitosa. Caules compacti, una cumfoliis angulati, 

 radices crassas fibrosas demittentes. Folia arete sub 4-fanam 

 imbricata, coriacea, ovato-subulata. Capitula sessilia, fruc- 

 tifera elongata. Flores minimi, valde inconspicui. 



Scjueroleima forsteroides, Hook. fil. (Tab. XV.) 

 Hab. Tasmania; forming extended patches on the summit 



of Mount Wellington and other mountains, R. Brown, 



Esq., R. C. Gunn, Esq., J. D. H. 



A very singular little plant, forming a distinct genus, 

 though one very closely allied to the Ceratilla, Hook. fil-> oi 

 Campbell's Island, Trineuron, Hook, fil., of Lord Auckland's 

 Group, and Abrotanella, Gaud., of Cape Horn and the Falk- 

 land's Islands. All are genera belonging to a section or 



