Helichrysum.) LXII. COMPOSIT®. 627 
nearly 30, very few of them female. Achenes glabrous. Pappus-bristles 
hot numerous, thickened and denticulate towar xis the end.— Steetz in Pl, 
Preiss. i. 470; H. gracile, DC. Prod. vi. 181. 
W.A vien S Ke Ger s Sound jen E districts, R. Brown, A. Cunnin SE 
ham, and others S, Preiss, n. 96 ; n River and Flinders Range, Drummo nd, n. 112, 
Ze ld, and shite and (with pink Sein iiid aic leaves) Drummond, Ath Coll. e $32; 
i Clarke, and other 
27. H. cordatum, DC. Prod. vi. 180. An undershrub with long 
: iau tee or almo st climbing branches, closely covered with white 
. €ottony wool, Leàves petiolate, the lower ones cordate-ovate, 1 to 2 in. long. 
` e their wool on the upper side, densely cottony underneath, the upper 
. ones few and small. Flower-heads small and numerous, in mu compact 
j few of the outér ones female. Achenes glabrous or papillose. Pappus- 
— bristles scarcely thickened upwards.— Steetz in Pl. Preiss. i. 469. 
| W. Australia. Kin ng bud s Sound, A. Brown and SOM thence to Swan River, 
à 4 near "the sea, Drummond, n. 168, Preiss, fi. 29. and many others, covering pe hills 
it the entrance to Swan River, Pear There are ege d few small scales on the 
receptacle. 
. 28. H. obova atum, DC. Prod. vi. 180. Stems (from a woody base ?) 
Weak, branching, reclining or flexuose, woolly-white when young, at length 
gy rous. Lesiós on slender petioles, obovate, $ to 1 in. long, thin and flat, 
imer ones with very small or scarcely any s rious es eading tips. Florets 
about 20, Achenes glabrous. Pappus- bristles scarcely t thickened upwards. 
u n. ii. 89. 
R.S Wales. Rocky slopes on the Hastings river, 4. Cunningham, Clarence river, 
Bertier. 
29. H Bidwillii, Benth. Stems weak, straggling or flexuose, with 
More or less of a deciduous eottony wool, Leaves on slender er ovate 
E ovate-elliptical, AK acute, $ to 1 in. long, flat and thin, glabrous or 
cotton Y-White, . es cially underneath. Flower-heads small, in Leet rather 
S compact panicles aai leafy branches. Involucre broadly campanu- 
hte, abou 2 lines long, glabrous or very thinly woolly, the braets rather 
pus scarious, appressed, the inner ones with very small slightly spread- 
te or jagge tips. Florets about 20 or rather more, a few outer ones 
tle Achenes glabrous. Pappus-bristles serrulate, but scarcely thickened 
ards, 
CR d. Wide Ce, Bidwill. 
Wales. Mac iver, Beckler. 
With bad t Hie hs ru H. obovatum, this SS the inflorescence and involucres of 
a ag Becklerii, F. Muell. Herb. A shrub (or ento» ?) with 
