606 LXI. COMPOSITA. [.Podolepis. 
lamine of "the involueral bracts laiar in Kee and the claws of 
inner ones quite smooth, not glandular. Ray-florets as in P. gracilis ie ate, 
entire, and apparertly pu rple or pink. Pappus-bristles usually, bu 
always, slightly thickened upwards. ` 
. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, A. Cunningham ; and thence 
58. 
Eé sed ipu fcd the specimens dkely to -— € gier A. ` to been dën) 
f P specimen wa er, 
n pon "Sees i diis pl Preiss. i. i. 463, rom wiikey h ka senn en tech i A said 
R. gracilis. 
9. An erect, 
8. P. gracilis, Grah. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. v. 91 ; 
labrous, paniculately- branched annual, often exceeding 1 ft. Leaves linear 
rather I s hemispherical, when fully out $ to ¢ A a 
the bracts numerous, their laminæ broad, obtuse, smooth, the lowe 
463; Stylolepis. gracilis, Lui. in » Linen, y. 385. 
Sage es, Swan River, SE? 51, 56; Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 327; Tone 
river, Wasweil; Marchison river, Oldfield. 57 appa 
. filifor: fern I in s Preiss. i. w from Woodman’s Point, Aaen ` Sharks 
to be a slender starved stat = P. gracilis. P. auriculata, DC. Prod. e? ase 
Bay, Gandichaud, which e not seen, may be a grey n of P. gracilis, Wi 
a. 
tout 
ta, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 57. & 208. a rather ore ota 
KS 
and 
cies 
heads at least as large a as "ih P. acuminata, ei the due as H e > 
yellow, those of the ray larger, ligulate or irregular, 3- or 4- SC erg 
lucres 1 to 14 in. diameter, the E? ge scarious laminze of the PI. Preis 
and always transversely wrinkle d.—DC. Prod. vi. 162 ; Steetz in 
i. 4625 Regel, Gartenfl. t. 320 litt. 
Victoria. he era, Dallachy ; Eft of the Glenelg river, F. sier f . Mueller, 
. Australi a. ‘alee plains, ete., around St. Vincent's “and Spencer's 
Whittaker, and other. ts, R. Brown, Labil- 
W. Australia. King George's Sound and neighbouring ët? and others; es 
lardi?re, Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 179, 5th Coll. n. 388, Preiss, n. 
ward to Ca ell. 
n e Arid, Marw f to l fk, 
0. P. Lessoni, Benth. reg erect branching praep ep ceolate, 
loosely woolly or at length glabrous. Leaves small, from ova 
‘form, Jm: 
stem-clasping and sometimes slightly decurrent. Peduncles merous i : 
lucres hemispherical, about 4 lines diameter, the very num * 
thinly scarious bracts broadly ovate, obtuse or almost acute, 
