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COMPOSITiE : Eupatoeie^. 

 Adenostemma viscosum, Porst. Char. Gen. 90. 



Camps VI b and VII to IX, 3900 to 5500 ft. 



Distrib. Chiefly in the warmer parts of the Old "World from Africa to Australia and 

 Polynesia. 



MiKANIA SCANDENS, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1743. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. Tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. 



COMPOSITiE : Asteeoide^. 



DiCKOCEPHALA LATIFOLIA, DC. Prod. V. 372. 



Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. 

 . Distrib. A weed in Africa, Asia and the Archipelago. 



Mtriactis "Wollastonii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Herba humilis, scapigera. Folia rosulata, sessilia, spathulato-oblonga, obtusa, 

 margine sparsim calloso-dentata, membranaceo-coriacea, utrinque pubescentia, 

 basin versus glabra, plcrumque 2-2-5 X I'-B mm. Scapus erectus, folia ssepius 

 excedens, bracteis foliis sirailibus nisi minoribus onustus, monocephalus. Capitula 

 mediocria, circa 54-flosculosa, circa 8 mm. diam. Involucrum hemisphsericum, 

 3-seriale ; phylla oblonga vel anguste ovato-oblonga, obtusa, dorso piloso- 

 puberula, circa 5 mm. longa. Radii floscuU 36, 2-seriales ; ligulse exsertse, 

 anguste obovato-oblongce, bifidae vel bidentatse, 35 mm. longae. Disci flosculi 18 ; 

 horum corollge fere medium usque 4-lobaB ; lobi ovati, obtusi. Stamina 4 ; antherse 

 oblongoe, breviter apiculatae, basi truncatae, circa 0"75 mm. longce. Styli rami 

 compressi, appendicibus conoideis pra^diti. Aclicenia compressa, ambitu anguste 

 oblongo-obovata, breviter rostrata, superne. scabrida, 2-5-3 mm. longa. 

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



A small scapigerous herb, not more than 6 inches high, and often less. Rootstock 

 elongated, only 1-2 mm. thick, but at the neck swollen to 5-6 mm., giving off several 

 long, wii-y, unbranched rootlets. Leaves about 10 to a rosette, though sometimes fewer, 

 usually with 2-3 pairs of rather prominent teeth on either side towards the apex, 

 otherwise entire. Scape up to 4 cm. .in length, but often considerably shorter; its 

 bracts + 15 x 5 mm., like the scape itself pubescent. Leaves of involucre when dry 

 usually dark at the apex and edges. Ldgules apparently white. Corollas of disc 

 narrowly campanulate, the tube 1'5 mm., the lobes 05 mm. long. Anthers easily 

 separating, the connective produced into a small apiculus. Style relatively stout ; arms 

 about 0'75 mm. long. Achenes dark brown ; beak stoutish, truncate, straight or slightly 

 curved, about 0*5 mm. in length. 



A pretty little plant, quite distinct from the two other known Papuan species. 



Olearia (§ Dicellotriche) exilis, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Frutex verisimi liter. Hamuli crebre foliosi, deinde glabrescentes, juventute ut 



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