618 LXII. COMPOSITE. [ Helichrysum. 
mose at the end.—Argyrophanes Behrii, Schlecht. Linnæa, xx. 596; Chry- 
socephalum Hopes Sond. in Linnæa, xxv. 517. 
Vi In the mpians, Wilhelmi ; Mount panne Robertson ; Wimmera, 
ee (vith Se e coloured heads 
S. A a. uth coast, Barter ; between Gawler and Light "ae EM from ai 
Murray zg St eg E s Gulf, common ; also near Spencer’s Gulf, F. Mue 
scorpioides, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 45. t. 191. Stems from 
. H. 
a Vd: tufted or decumbent and shortly branching base, ascending or 
erect, Meter ane? ED exceeding 1 ft. and rather weak, sometimes 
s 
and gradually contracted into the claw, the innermost smaller. Florets ex- 
ceedingly numerou us, more t an -— as long as the involucre. Achenes gla- 
rous. Pappus-bri merous, slender, shortly and often sparingly 
barbellate E the m DC. Prod. ea ne . Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 211; 
Gnaph cp scorpioides, Poir. Dict. ii. ; Helichrysum buphthalmoides, 
Sieb. PI. ; H. Gunnii, Hook. f. in Hook icr 
QM S. Wiles Piri déén to the Bide Mo untai ins, R > Ld n. 333, and 
rthward to Macleay and Clarence rivers, tho interior in a y 
tri Ces towards Bathurst, Fraser, A. Cuun me $ haan’ to Twofold Bay, +- 
er. 
Victoria. In cool hilly E from the Glenelg to Gipps’ Land, F. Mueller, Robert- 
son, and others ; Kierche Dallach ing t 
asmania. xis — t thronghout the island, especially in moist pastures, ascending t0 
4000 ft., J. D. Hoo. 
um Australia. WS Bay, Bugle ranges, F. Mueller ; Onkaparinga river, Whit- 
1. H. rutidolepis, a Prod.vi.194. A decumbent or loosely aed 
perennial, almost woody a the base, with a little loose dec iduou no t 
Leaves oblong, lanceolate sedi acute or mucronate, mostly narrowed be 
low the middle, but debis at the base, to nearly 2 in. long. Flower 
heads solitary on almost leafless peduncles. Involuere hemispherical, not ex 
s 
ceeding 3 in. diameter and often smaller, the bracts spreading in many € 
a 
hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous. Pappus-bristles minute ely serru 
simple at the base, more distinctly but Hity pibe towards the 
—H. erosum, Schlecht. Linnzea, xx. 595. ud 
N. S. Wales. Pastures about Camden and Argyle county, 4. Cunningham ; Bat 
Clowes ; Blue Mountains, 
Victoria. Nea + Méllonni r. Mueller ; Wendu vale, Robertson 
nd Torrens river, P. Mani ller d ; 
F. Mueller now considers this as a x "nig of H. scorpioides, to which it is certainly neatly 
