474 LXII. COMPOSITA. [Olearia. 
N. S. Wales. Bargo Brush, Backhouse; also near Portland in Victoria, Rodertson. 
The species only differs from O. ste//ulata, var. quercifolia, in the narrow leaves, and 
perhaps in the purple colour of the disk-florets. 
. 19. O. gravis, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 82. — An erect rigid shrub of a few 
feet, more or less hoary or rust-coloured, with a soft or scabrous stellate 
tomentum. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or almost acute, 
irregularly toothed or nearly entire, 1 to 2 in. long, rugose or almost bullate, 
usually hoary above and more densely tomentose underneath. Flower-heads 
rather large, in a simple terminal corymb. Involucre above 4 in. diameter, 
the bracts shorter than the disk, almost acute, the outer ones nearly as long 
as the inner. Anthers not auriculate. Style-appendages lanceolate. Achenes 
glabrous, rather long and somewhat compressed, but with very prominent 
ribs. Pappus with a distinct external series of short bristles.—Aster gravis, 
F. Muell. Le 
N.S. Wales. Near Tenterfield, New England, C. Stwart.—Very nearly allied to the 
var. quercifolia of O. stellulata. 
numerous, not much exceeding the involucre. Anthers not auriculate. 
Style-appendages shortly lanceolate. Achenes short, glabrous. Pappus with 
an external series of very short bristles. —A ster Nernstii, F. Muell. |. c. 
Queensland. Near Ipswich, Nernst ; towards Moreton Bay, Leichhardt. 
N. S. Wales. Hastings river, Beck/er ; Richmond river, C. Moore, Fawcett. 
at all.— Eurybia hygrophila, DC. Prod. v. 269. 
Queensland. Stradbrooke Island, Moreton Bay, Fraser. 
22. O. viscidula, Benth. A tall rather slender shrub, more ore 
viscid. Leaves opposite, or rarely alternate, on luxuriant lateral sh s 
linear-lanceolate, acute at both ends, entire mostly 2 to 3 in. loug, silvery 
VOS ada AE Ilate hairs. 
Involucres 
glabrous or viscid-pubescent.  Ray-florets 8 to 10; disk-florets rather co 
numerous.  Anthers not auriculate. Style-appendages shortly lance 
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