et € e 
t obtuse, trans 
The 
fn is a 2086 abundant and most varied in S. America. Of the four Australian cag 
; Sei N Chili, another ra to New Z Zealaud, the remaining two appea 
Actinotus. | UVI. UMBELLIFERX, 369 
Peduncles long, in the upper almost -— part of the stem, vearing each a 
ense umbel, with an involucre of 6 to 10 or more linear-lanceolate 
Disk-lobes scarcely distinct from the conical base séi ES E pow 
gre e 
thosia rhomboidea, Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 1849, ii. 
mmond, 4th Coll. 134.— The structure of gt flower and fruit, 
hosia, 
W. Australia, Dru 
. 8$ well as the mee are entirely idée of Actinotus, not of Xant 
l OR 
more or he covered with long soft hairs. Leave idest obovate- gr 
late or orbicular, entire or coarsely ee thick, iade d in. long, on a 
petiole usually shorter. Peduncles 3 to 13 n. long, ies a small head or 
or rarely 1^ or 9 of the outer one sometimes baran. x-lim 
l r?). its 
tals none ( 
long. Ser erte Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 470, and 
Fl. Tasm ; H. affinis, H. tidnin and H. sufocata, Hook. f. 
in Hook, ën deg e 471. 
Tasmania. Mount Fatigue, Recherche Bay, at an elevation of 4000 ft., Gunn. 
1. A. glomeratus, 7. Erect and more or less clothed with soft 
poo ^ G10 a Benth. 
| hairs, with wiry branches, about 6 to 8 in. high. Leaves solitary, or 2 or 3 
from the same node , deeply 3-partite, with linear entire or 2- or 
Deh with 5 acuminate lobes. Petals none. Disk sca reely any in the males, 
the abortive style elavate and hairy, in 2 — 2 short styles on a large 
‘onteal disk or base. Fruit about n line 
Ww. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st Coll. ; ; King George's Sound, Oldfield. 
8. ERYNGIUM, Linn. 
i orr 
ie bud. Disk with a thick raised margin re the SES Fruit 
Loo or ovoid, scarcely compressed, the ribs inconspicuous, without 
phore deciduous.—Herbs with prickly leaves and involucres. 
"itid and TC gon Calyx-tube covered with transparent, aiaiusts 
Tanspare ales 
t, flat or vesicular se 
genus is spread over the Erw r part of the warm and bp ira regions of the globe, 
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