O —— 
: heads, the dera) tips of the bracts sometimes 
| & Gray in ook. Kew Journ. iv. 267. 
Helipterum.) LXIL. COMPOSITAE. 647. 
heads, 8 to 10 in the larger ones, all hermaphrodite. page densely silky- 
illous. Pappus of 20 or more equally plumose bristles. — Xyridanthe 
stricta, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 23; Pteropogon feireg F. Muell. in 
Linnea, xxv. 413 
N. S. Wal Darling river, Herb. F. Mueller ; nas mountains, Victorian Ex- 
eg between Stokes Range ues Cooper's Creek, Whee 
aka, ler. 
Ww. emet Aren River, Drummond, lst Coll. 
r, in R abb. Exped. 14, unites this with H. polygalifoliwn, of oe it has 
F. Mueller, ep. B 
nearly the foliage, but the BOE and pappus appear to me to be very differe 
21. FI. corymbiflorum, een in Linnea, xxi. 448. An erect 
Boly-white- corymbose annual, of 3 to 1 ft. Leaves pute or lanceolate, 
mostly obtuse, soft, the — es few and small. Flower-heads, in the 
original form, in a rather loo rminal leafless corymb, wit th a few small 
all feier it but some of the central ones cs sterile. Sëtzer 
densely SNE Pappus of about 15 to 20 plumose bristles.—Sond. in 
nea, 519. 
N.S. Lachlan, Darling, and Murray rivers, dris and other Expeditions. 
had 20 s. 
Victoria. Avoca river, E Mueller ; Wimmera, Dallac 
;S. Australia. Fiedler's Section, Behr ; near Gawler Toes, Holdfast Bay, F. Mueller. 
Var. ? microglossa, F. Muell. Herb. Dwarf, much branched, "T woolly and only 2 D $ 
in, high. Inflo orescence com w^ and leafy, scarcely corym ac Tovolucres on vate 
peduncles o. or almost sessile, narrow, about 24 lines fe the g laminee very smal 
j ete moun eem Victorian n Espedition. Goes becht approaching in habit 
— the H. 
22. H. pygmeeum, Benth. An annual, branching from the base, diffuse 
or ele 2 to 4 in. high, slightly woolly or at length glabrous. Leaves 
w-linear, almost filiform. Flower-heads not very numerous, sessile in 
E" wins leafy corymbs or clusters. METUS m bout 4 lines 
half in the centre sterile, ; the corolla very sle nder. Achenes pepe silky- 
b ogon 
Villous. Pappus of numerous plumose bristles.—Pter meng, 
. Prod. vi. 245; A. Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 267 ; Ki australis, Nees in 
Linnea, xvi. 223. 
Victoria. Wimmera and Murray river, Dallachy. 
S. ze du Flinders Range, Cudnaka, towards Lake Torrens, F. Mueller. 
M labrous, with rather smaller flower- 
ar. occidentale. Usually, but not always so. ei lie? Ee d 
ipata; Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 175. 
23, H. spicatum, F. Muell. Herb. Said to be annual, but the baso 
; at S. Wales. Molle’s Plains, A. Cunningham, Fraser ; Darling and Lachlan rivers, 
— Durkitt, . 
Ld 
