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RoMULE^ (trichonkma) cruciata, Ker-Gawl. "Onion Grass." 

 (Irideae.) 



White flowered specimen. Essendon, Victoria, C. French, 

 Jr., 20/9/1911. 



Senbcio nebrodensis, L. var. glabratus. (Compositae.) 



Coode Island, Victoria, J. R. Tovey and C. French. Jr.. Octo- 

 ber, 1908. 



A native of Southern Europe and Northern Africa. This 

 very variable plant may be regarded as an exotic not yet suffi- 

 ciently established to be considered naturalised. 



SE^'ECIO PTBROPHORUf?, DC. var. verus. "Rough Senecio." 

 (Compositae.) 



Railway Reserve, North Melbourne, J.- R. Tovey and C. 

 French, Jr., March, 1909 ; P. R. St. John, April, 1909. 



A native of South Africa, now introduced into Victoria, but 

 not yet sufficiently established to be considered naturalised. 



Stera, Ewart. New genus. (Compositae.) 



Involucres cylindrical, bracts imbricate in several rows, outer 

 shorter and comparatively broader than inner. Receptacle very 

 small. Florets few, 2-5 in each head, hermaphrodite or uni- 

 sexual, in the latter case the florets contain abortive stamens. 

 Florets all tubular cylindrical, with five teeth scarcely spread- 

 ing, somewhat swollen towards tip when in bud. Style lobes 

 slightly wider than style itself, about same width throughout, 

 obtuse, slightly thickened, papillose on back. Style glabrous. 

 Achenes from -|-2 lines long. 



Pappus of numerous bristles barbed towards tip, but smooth 

 lit base, in several rows, yellowish in colour. 



Shrubby plants with simple alternate, sessile leaves covered 

 with woolly hairs. Heads solitary and terminal on short 

 branches. 



