492 LXII. COMPOSITA. [ Fitladinia. 
branched, scabrous-pubescent or hirsute. Leaves linear-oblong or cuneate, 
eng "e e lin. long, I when broad stem-clasping at the base, entire or 
cae alls alin a Gogo corym lucre almost hemispherical, 
e bracts numerous, narrow, acute or almost obtuse, the inner ones scarce 
3 lines long, the outer ones shorter. Ray-fl numerous, ome speci- 
first but little longer than the involucre, bat dis ripe jabptn much exceeding 
it. Achenes very flat, with thickened margins and no longitudinal ribs on 
the faces, sprinkled with appressed hairs. — Pappus bristles unequal, scabrous. 
V. hispidula, F. Muell.; A. Meri Proc. Amer. Acad. v. 118; Erigeron Vit- 
tadinia, ch Muell. Fragm. v. 87. 
Queen d, R. Brown ; Bustard € xe Gen = Inlets, Vere and Solander ; rocky 
hills, Cleveland and Noua Ba ays, 4. Cun Vide Bay, Leichhardt ; Gilbert river 
and P Downs, F. Mueller; flats on t ve p reed Mitchell; Very Islands Henne. 
. S. Wales. Port karu and Patersou’s River, R. B 
Gray in Proc. Amer. per 18. E pue 
pappus, EE SE revolute so as to appear shorter ; disk-florets fewer, 
longer than the involucre. Achenes very flat, with thickened margins, Ma 
out | any or with: a dios short rib on their faces, sprinkled with apprese 
hairs. ad rather E, —Lurybiopsis macrorrhiza, . Prod. v. 2 
N. Aus Brunswick Bay and Prince Regent’s Harbour, N.W. coast, 4 ër? 
e Lo Hill "f Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; islands of the 
9 Jarpentari , 
and. Broad Sound, R. Brown, apparently the same species, although with 
rather longer leaves. 
14. PODOCOMA, Less.; R. Br. 
e odopappus, Hook. et Arn. ; ; Asteropsis, Less. ? ; Ixiochlamys, F. ie? 7; 
Involucre broadly ovoid or E GNE the bracts imbricate 
several 
rows, narrow, acute. Receptacle without scales. Florets of the ray iva 
sometimes almost subulate. Achenes short, flat, produced into a long E 
short slender beak. Pappus of numerous capillary bristles.— 
- Leaves alternate. Flower-heads large, terminal, solitary, or very 
- eorymbose, th 
Besides the A dree Species, which is endemic, there are three from extratr Guer? eo y 
bes Notwithstanding the confusion ari sing from Lessing’s having escribe Geer 
florets as ].seriate, His scems little reason to doubt that Erigeron hieracifolium, 
