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* BRACHYCOME iberidifolia. 

 Large Swan Daisy. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Asterace^e or Composite; Tubuliflorce, Asteroidece, Bel- 

 UeGe, DC. 



BRACHYCOME Cass. Capitulum multiflomm, heterogamum, floribus 

 radii uniseriatis ligulatis foemineis, disci tubulosis hermaphroditis. Involucri 

 campanulati squamae pauciseriales, margine membranacese. Receptacuium 

 conicum, sub-alveolatum. Corollte radii ligulatse, disci tubulosee limbo 5-den- 

 tato. Antherce ecaudatse. Achenia plano-compressa, erostria. Pappus bre- 



vissimus, setoso-coroniformis. Herbae Novce Hollandics perennes, erectce ; 



foliis alternis glabris parch dentatis pinnatilobatis v. trifidis ; capitulis solita- 

 riis ramos apice tei'minantibus, disco luteo, radio albo. Endlich. gen. pi. 

 no. 2349. 



B. iberidifolia ; glaberrima, caule erecto ramoso, foliis pinnatisectis : seg- 

 matis lineari-subulatis distantibus integerrimis, pedunculis nudis mono- 

 cephalis, involucri squamis oblongis acutiusculis apice membranaceis, 

 achseniis subteretibus clavatis lsevibus v. vix tuberculosis pilis paucis his- 

 pidulis apice plicatis, pappo subnullo. Bent ham in Hugel's Enumerat. 

 p. 59.no. 198. 



Pappus scepius deficiens; nunc \-2-setosus. Corollse tubus papilloso-glan- 

 dulosus. Flores albi, lilacini, vel atro-violacei. 



The genus Brachycome is nearly allied to the Daisy, and 

 like it consists of small herbaceous plants, with a nearly flat 

 involucre and radiant flower-heads. It is, however, techni- 

 cally distinguished from the Daisy by the scales of the invo- 

 lucre being membranous, not green and leafy, and by the 

 pappus existing in the form of one or two bristles, and not 

 being 1 altogether deficient. 



Of this genus the greater part consists of little mean- 

 looking flowers altogether unsuited to gardens ; but that 

 which is now figured is evidently one of the handsomest hardy 



* From fipa-^vQ short, and Kopr) hair ; in allusion to the shortness of 

 the pappus. 



