628 LXII. COMPOSITA, [ Helichrysum. 
ay roa ly ca mpanulate, nearly 3 lin Ween er, de men rather nu- 
merous, scarious, loosely appressed, Come spreading tips. Florets above 
20, several of the outer ones female. Achenés papillose-pubescent or gla- 
brous.  Fappus-bristles serrulate, but scarcely thickened upwards.— 0co- 
thamnus Becklerii, F. Muell. Fragm. i . 183 
N. S. Wales, F. Bauer; Hastings river, Fraser, Leichhardt, Beckler. 
31. H. diotophyllum, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 150. A shrub with vir- 
gate rather slender branches, covered with a loose cottony W wool. Leaves 
almost scale-like, erect, Eaesg lanceolate, i to 2 lines long, ea with revo- 
SC 
broadly c Ce or almost globular, about 2 lines diameter, slightly 
woolly at the base, the bracts numerous, scarious, appressed, without spread- 
ing ae Achenes shortly hirsute. Pappus-bristles few, barbellate towards 
e en 
=. 8. Wal Dogwood Creek, Leichhardt. With the ra nearly of H. haccha- 
roides, this has the inflorence and involueres nearly of H. Be cler 
52 diosmifolium, Less. in Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. An erect 
SC said to attain sometimes 20 ft., the branchlets ege: es SC 
ints 
sius CH E iin, „the margins revante e Pe dëss g 
20. a few outer ones sometimes female. Achenes KLS or papillos z 
Pappus-bristles veritate but scarcely thickened upw ards.—Metalasia romt 
rinifolia, Sieb. Pl. Exs.; Ozothamnus diosmifolius, DC. Prod. vi. 166. 
ueens 
e Se SE net rive river, nda Do — ee vie EE 342, and 
Fl. Mizt. n. 515, and others ; ype aud Maeqvarrie rivers, A. Cunningham ; New Bug ü 
e C. or Macleay, Hastings, and Clarence rivers, Beckler ; Richmond rivet, 
33. H. ee Bent A tall heath-like shrub, the branches pe 
the leaves 
th. 
tose and marked with raised glabrous lines, decurrent from it 
persistent after they have fallen. Leaves linear, obtuse retuse OF ite or 
curved points, the margins decurrent, glabrous or scabrous above, V 
tomentose underneath, adiad small and numerous, ptuse, 
bracts © 
‘tips. Florets about 10 to 12, 1 to 3 of the outer ones sometim d denticù- —| 
Achenes glabrous or papillose. — Pappus-bris:les few, thickened an SS: 
late upwards, only 1 or 2 or entirely wanting to the female flore 
