594 LXII. COMPOSITAE. [ Rutidosis. 
1ét., usually glabrous, except a little loose wool near the base. Leaves narrow- 
linear with revolute margins, or the lower ones lanceolate an nd flat. Invo- 
lucres broadly hemispherical, 2 to 2 in. diameter, the bracts not ciliate and = 
broad claws longer in proportion than in the other species. Achenes papil- 
lose. Pappus of 10 to 15 narrow- gët ciliate almost plumose scales. 
e, R. Brown, Leichhardé. 
Vi beta ness i io gegen Stee Ro bertson ; geg Station Du Pu 
The species is allied in habit to R. leiolepis, in the pappus to R. Murchiso 
3. R. Brownii, Benth. An erect rather slender branching vg of 
$ to 1} ft., more or less covered with cottony wool. Leaves lanceolate or 
Lider: “decurtent on the stem, silky-cottony underneath, becoming glabrous 
ve. Peduncles terminal, long and ee? bearing a single small b 
Invoiucre broadly hemispherical, not above 3 lines diameter, the ir x 
scarious, the shining straw-coloured tips of the inner ones not exceeding 
the florets. Achenes papillose. Pappus-scales n longer than the achene, 
deeply divided into bristle-like lobes 
ustralia. x lands of the Gulf of Pty Sie 4 R. Brown. 
Ape Endeavour river, Banks and Solan 
4. lichrysoides, DC. Prod. vi 159. A perennial with a pos 
E Gin and erect brenebing stems of 1 to 2 ft., cottony-white as we 
: = ? n. 
as the bees Leaves linear or the lower ones oblong-spathulate, i € 
long, or the upper ones smaller, obtuse or with callous points, not Gee! 
cal, iu 
Hower heads on terminal peduncles. Involuere broadly enaner" eg 
some specimens all under 1 in. diameter, in others larger, the bracts 
g. 
Achenes ee. Pappus of 5 to 7 spathulate per about a 
long as the achene.—R. auricoma, F. Muell. in Linnea, xxv. oh 
N.S. Wales. Wet es? Leta ig gef Cunningham ; Macqu uarrie — 
from the Lachlan and Darling nue er Range, Victorian an 
Vicario. Murray river, T. pi» [Win obs. Dallachy Creek and Wills 
S. Australia. Cudnaka and Minde range, F. Mueller ooper's Ore 
Creek (with narrower and less ciliate involucral bracts), Howitt. D Erpedition. 
olly- 
5. R. leucantha, F. Muell. Fragm. i. Ereet, ppp 
tomentose, 1 to 2 ft. high and perhaps SEH “although with a + decurrenty ` 
woody base. Leaves lanceolate or the upper ones linear, no 
losing the wool on the upper side. Flower-heads on long Oe 
the size and shape of those of R. helichrysoides, but the involucra landular. 
ciliate and the florets white rather more slender g 
a 
Gen of about 10 cuneate scales, HOS denticulate at the end. 
Austr Mackenzie river, F. Mue npo 
6. R, Murchisonii, F. Mue E Sage i. 84. Erect WEE ft. id 4 
father slender, slightly itis oiai the specimens Un "aller tha? Sé 
aves linear, not decurrent. Flower-heads on long peduncles, diameleh — 
in R. helichrysoides. | Involueres broadly hemispherical, rarely AN b- toothed — 
the laminæ of the bracts ovate, scarcely ciliate. boty ye P^ lanceolate — 
Anthers not exserted. Achenes papillose. Pappus et 3 
acute, ciliate scales. 
