488 XLII. COMPOSITA. [ Olearia, 
less hirsute with septate hairs and somewhat glutinous. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, entire or with a few pointed teeth towards the end, nar- 
rowed below the middle, but broad and stem-clasping at the base, 2 to 4 in. 
long. Flower-heads rather large, solitary, on peduncles longer than the 
leaves, with 1 or 2 small bracts. Involucre nearly hemispherical, the bracts 
narrow, acute, the inner ones 4 to 5 lines long, the outer ones shorter. Ray- 
florets numerous; disk-florets not longer than the involucre. Achenes pu- 
bescent. Pappus-bristles nearly equal. — Aster sem? R. Br. Herb. 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Bro 
Var, lanata. Young leaves clothed i a dense white pa ik wool, and mostly quite 
entire. .—Arnhem, N. and S. bays, R. 
This species is certainly pi jede in asf characters to 0. "ed i the aspect of 
the specimens is very different, and the stations of the two are widely di 
32:0, ciliata, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 19. An undershrub or small shrub, 
acute or almost Ste mostly $ yy KC d above ] in. "Du 
the margins revolute and usually Js CR glabrous or rarely scabrous- 
pubescent. Flower-heads rather large, on terminal peduncles, often 4 or 5 
m, long. Involuere hemispherical, the bracts narrow, acute, glabrous of 
Style-appendages sho; Achenes glabrous or silky-pubescent. Pappus- 
bristles nearly equal, with occasionally a few outer very e ones.— Eurybia 
KA cut. u Hueg. Enum. 58 ; Steetz in Pl. Pre . 418; Hook. 
F L 180; Aster Huegelii, F. Muell. Fragm. v. o. 
Zë Murray desert, F. averti Wimmera, Dallachy ; Mount Abrupt, Vi 
o Wilson's SUE E Mus elle 
asmania. sk river, Gunn ; 
ustralia. 5. coast, R. Br jee Sapir Be sae Gulf, ete, F Mueller 
gûd others, ef? 
W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, 2. Brow: T 
Drummond, n. 19, 5th Coll. n "315; Preiss, n. 76, 11, 18 18 y ; Cap e Naturaliste, A, 
Var. hispida. Leaves very hispid, th n » toothed.—Hake’s 
s. Anst nlia ri Mueller. ery hispid, the wer? ones occasionally "A 
P squamifolia, V. Muell. Leaves densely crowded, 1 to 2 lines long, entire 0 
lobed. Flower-heads much smaller.—Kangaroo Island, Waterhcuse. 
12. CELMISIA, Cass. 
] rows, the 
ith 
Involucre broadly hemispherical, the bracts imbricate, in severa 
margins dry or scarious, without herbaceous tips. Receptacle pitted, Disk- 
iiio. Florets of the ray female, in a single row, ligulate, spreading. | 
florets numerous, hermaphrodite, tubular, "5-lobed. Anthers wi tips 
pointed auricles at the base. Style-branches flattened, with rather ge 2 
or appendages, papillose on the back. Achenes slightly compr GE illary 
or 3 prominent nerves on each si s of numerous unequ - "tudin 
bristles Life PN more or less Vnd A Leaves age 
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