Calotis.) LXII. COMPOSITAE. 501 
e ron usually gestos. wiet radical, narrow 
itg e t le 
afless. Fruiting heads small . - T. C. scapigera. 
Radical leaves guae. nu pinnatifi or e segments. Tn- 
rer bracts few, bro 8. C. anthemoides. 
Stems numerous, erect, Get? headed, the “radical leaves decayed 
betore ore flowering. Flower-heads small.  Involueral bracts 
rrow. 
Upper le eaves linear. Pappus orgs than the achenes. Fruit- 
ing-heads nearly 3 lines diam 9. C. lappulacea. 
Upper leaves small, cuneate. medi shorter than the achenes. 
Fruiting-heads not 2 lines diameter 10. C. microcephala. 
Achenes winged. Pappus short or of ga, fine awns. Perennial with 
slender branching stems . . Ae noida x . « © LL C. breviseta. 
Small annuals. 
Ray white. Achenes completely covered with iong intricate or 
plumose hairs . . 12. C. plumulifera. 
Ray purple. Acheues shortly hiveute "with eint win gs $13; C. porphyroglossa. 
Ray gg Achenes mM geile the n aer shortly 
ciliate . . 14. C. pterosperma. 
p IV. Cheiroloma.—Ray-florets scarcely exceeding the pappus. Disk-florets 
fertile. Pappus consisting of several unequal awns, alternating with very short, entire or 
lobed bristles or scales 
tm not ginge cue e lt do voe oos AS C Mp 
on I. EucarorIS.— Pappus €— of rigid barbed awns and 
i Bos scales. Perennials with leafy st 
l. C. de ntex, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. under n. 504. A perennial, n 
sei d or branched Salm or decumbent Tere attaining sometim 
Or 3 ft., se rous-pubescent or hispid. Leaves linear, lanceolate or de 
ova 
e 3 broad truncate scales, almost united into a fringed cup, and 1 or more, 
sequently 2 rigid bristles or awns, barbed at the end only.— DC. Prod. v. 
E " E Burdekin river, F. Mueller; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, Leichhardt, 
: SCH Port Jackson to he Blue Mountains, R.. Brown and others; New 
. d, hf SH Macleay and Clarence rivers, Beckler ; ; head of the Gwydir, Leich- 
ZB : C. cuneifolia, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 504. An erect or spreading 
ching perennial, rarely attaining 1 ft., more or less hoary, scabrous- 
bescent or hirsute. Leaves oblong, ee or spathulate, sometimes 
: dilated Bier, coarsely toothed, narrowed into a short or long petiole 
de into stem-clasping auricles. Flower-heads —À becoming 
Cd When in fruit, on terminal peduncles.  Involucral bracts oval, oblong 
fot "Hee about 2 lines long. Ray-florets long and narrow. Achenes 
mem ovate. Pappus of 3 rigid barbed bristles or awns, and 2 broad 
branous truncate scales, quite distinct, and sometimes a third smaller 
