476 LXII. COMPOSITE. [Olearia. 
Tasmania. Sandy hills of the N. coast aud islands of Bass's Straits, R. Brown, J. D. 
Hooker im others. 
S. A 
tralia. Sandy em of the coast both on the mainland and Kangaroo Island, R. 
Brown, D Mueller, and other 
W. Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brown ; sandy hills on the S. coast and on the 
west coast to Swan River, Murchison river, Shark’s Bay, Dirk x wo: dën ete, 4. 
Komae SC Drummond, n. 126, 129; Preiss, n. 89,9 2, 93. 
^ Ver e in the degree of woolliness and in the shape of the H The following 
forms, rie as deu “aie appear to pass véry much one into the other, and are all 
uniform i in essential char 
obovata. aves o iem to enneate-oblong, very tomentose on both sides, g LE 
ch Flower-heads small—Zurybia oligantha, DC. Prod. v. 266; E. brachyglossa, DC. 
l.c. 265 (with glabrous achenes) ; Æ. candi eer? Steetz in Pl. Preiss. i. 418. i SC 
the W. coast, aped wan isis er to Shark's Bay. 
Ze normalis. Lea ow-linear, mostly under $ in. Florets rarely more than 10 in 
e head. OEREN ee DC. Prod. v. 266 ; Steetz in Pl. Preiss. i. 417 ; E capitel- 
lata, DC. Le: E. Dampieri, UC. Le, (with longer very narrow leaves).— —The commonest 
Am 5 MEA coast. 
28. e eem linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly above 3 in. Florets usually 10 
GEN in th head: — Eurybia linearifolia, DC. Prod. v. 266.— Occasionally bot®on the 8. il 
T revoluta, P Muell. Herb. An erect, much-branched shrub, 
with the habit and foliage of some of the narrow-leaved forms of O. a d 
or of the long-leaved forms of O. ramulosa, the ligula of the ray-florets much 
more developed than in the former, but less so than in the latter species. 
Ray- eck" 
` the moet éxocodin it s style. Disk- Darel 6 to 10, grënn the 
a a Style, achene, ud. pappus of O. axillaris. 
. Australia, CN on ven S. Hutt € Oldfield. 
minor. Leaves small and narrow. Flower-heads sm mall, with 2 or 8 gericht ld, 
P 3 to 5 in the disk. ih ipee s Sound we adjoining districts, Harvey, Oldfie 
6. O. exilifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 69. A bushy shrub of ien 
ft. ps resembling à common forms of O. ramulosa, but with c 
lie gule. "Leaves lin inear, obiuse, with revolute margins, 1 to 2 " 
florets 2 or 3, the ligula scarcely exceeding the style. Disk-forets 3 
longer than the involuere. St tyle, achene, iua pappus of O. axillaris 
ien F. Muell. Le 
ustralia. CET hills towards the Great Bight, Maxwell. ` 
27. O. ramulosa, Benth, A shrub of 3 to 6 ft. , much-branched es 
or less scabrous-pubescent and sometimes slightly Vielen lustered 
NM GE very small and spreading, sometimes reflex ed a ée Ge s long, 
in the varying from obovate or almost aera about 1 line long; 
with a pete of the same length, to bion finest and ee? jm 
