Olearia.) LXII. COMPOSITAE, ; 481 
the end, the larger ones above 4 in. long, but mostly smaller. Pn 
bracts numerous, much imbricate, the inner ones often coloured on the mar- 
gins, Ray-florets 15 to 20, long and narrow; disk-florets numerous. Style- 
We long, with short obtuse appendage Achenes lon g, glabrous. Pappus 
exceeding the involucre, a few of the Geng bristles shorter than the othe ers, 
—Aster magn seien e ein Lie 
C Murray, Darling, and Murrumbidgee, F. Mueller and 
others ; towards Pha: ret B kit 
Victoria. Desert of the N.W. sd Morton, F. Mueller. 
9. O, calcarea, F. Muell. Herb. A compact much-branched shrub, 
more or pe Phitinous, otherwise glabrous. Leaves obovate or broadl 
tineate, thick, more or e toothed, not above 3 in. long in the specimen 
seen, wer-heads solitary, terminal, nearly as large as in O. magniflora. 
Involucre broadly fubito: the inner bracts 7 to S lines lr often coloured. 
tyle-appendages long and pointed. Achenes peak Pappus with a 
lew of the outer bristles rather shorter than the oth 
S. Australia. Towards Cudnaka and banks of the iT. near Mooruudi, F. Muell 
(Herb. P. Mu ueller), The Tr appears to be quite distinct, but requires further daian 
ftom more complete s specimen 
D 
40. O. Muelleri, Benth. A much-branched bushy shrub, more or less 
glutinous, otherwise glabrous. Leaves obovate or broadly cuneate, thick, 
obtuse, entire or toothed, under 4 in. long, narrowed into a petiole. 
Hower-heads s solitary, terminal, ec smaller than in O. magniffora. Invo- 
"Aflorets 8 to 10; disk-florets more numerous. Style- appendages short Bs 
: iu A ora. Auge silky-hair y, much shorter than in the last two 
| m a ed Ze RES with Ares bristles.— Eurybia Muelleri, Sond. in 
| wa, x 
N. 8. wal es. “Dating river, Victorian Expedition; desert of the Murray and Mur- 
bier E Mue 
oria. Avoca river, F. Mueller ; M Dallac. y . N.W. districts, Z. Morton. 
pa Austr alia. South coast, R. Bro n; Flinders’ Rave F. Mueller ; Lake Gairdner, 
i ge; Northern interior, M Douali eats Expedit 
Wi tralia, Drummond, with rather smaller cHuUH ER but apparently not. other- 
4 ise different. 
Kä Stuartii, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 76. Apparently a divarieately- 
E: ed small shrub, densely glandular-viscid, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 
E e leckere or almost linear, obtuse and obtusely toothed, 4 to 1 in. long, 
. Üvoid sty zg a petiole. Flower-heads terminal, shortly pedunculate, quee 
ET E mo st hemispherical. Involucral bracts much imbricate, more acute 
` se) the other species of this section. Achenes slightly hairy. Pappus 
ill Prag pet he Stuartii, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 202 ; Aster Stuartii, 
Zo x v. of Lake Gairdner, M‘Douall Stuart. The species might per: 
We iem to the following section, but t requires further elucidation from more 
: oe decurrens, Benth. A tall shrub, glabrous and n Soen: 
i D. 
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large, solitary, eege, Involucre broadly turbinate, 2 in. diameter, the . 
