COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 83 



Hadii fiosculi 28 ; ligulse lineares, involucrum facile superantes, 9 X 1'5 mm. 

 Disci fiosculi 17, steriles; liorum coroUae ariguste iafundibulares, 7 mm. longse ; 

 lobi triangiilari-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, tubo multo breviores. Antherce basi 

 obtusae, 2 mm. longge. Achcenia oblonga. basi apiceque breviter angustata, com- 

 pressa, sparsim appresse setulosa vel fere globosa, 3 mm. longa. Pappus biserialis; 

 setfe scabridae, dilutissime straminese, inter se subaequales, circa 6 mm. longse. 

 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 esserted, the appendages to their arms oblong, obtuse, arm and 

 appendage together nearly 2 mm. long. Bipe 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 Erige^^on. 



Erigeron piloso-villosiim, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis reptans, lignosus, nudus radicansque, ramos dense foliosos breves ascendentes 

 hac atque iliac emittens. Folia imbricata, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa vel 

 obtusissima, tenuiter coriacea, utrobique piloso-villosa, summum 15 X 2 mm., 

 saepius circa 10xl"5 mm. Capitula hemisphajrica, solitaria, terminalia, breviter 

 pedim.culata, circa 23-flosculosa, 10x12 mm. Peclunculi 4-12 mm. longi. 

 Invohicrum 3-seriale, 8 mm. longum; phylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 

 exteriora herbacea, piloso-villosa, intima glabra margineque membranacea. Radii 

 fiosculi 16 ; ligulae abbreviatse, lineares nisi filiformes, ex pappo baud eminentes, 

 1 mm. longse. Disci fiosculi 7, verisimiliter steriles ; corollse inferne tubulosse, 

 superne anguste campanulatse, 5 mm. longse; limbus 5~lobus. AiithercB basi 

 obtusse, 1 mm. longse. Styli rami appendicibus oblongis obtusis onusti, 1"25 mm. 

 longi. Achcenia radii florum linearia, 3 mm. longa, disci florum lineari-oblonga, 

 4!'5 mm. longa; omnia maxime compressa necnon sparsim breviterque pilosa. 

 Pappus corollas breviter excedens, 6-6'5 mm. longus ; setse scabriusculse, dilute 

 straminese. 

 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 Alin^, E. 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. 



VlTTADINIA MACRA, E. Muell. 1. C. 11. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



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