Gnaphalium.]} LXII. COMPOSITA, 655 
Victoria. Australian Alps, at an elevation of 4000 to £909 Me F. Mueller 
c quem nia. Table mountain, Derwent river , R. Bro estern mountains, Law- 
rence. Re 
The species is allied on the one hand to G. collinum, ou the other to the European G. 
E 
purpureum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. vi. 232. An annual or peren- 
" of short duration. " Stems simple or branching from the base, ascending 
or erect, 6 in. to 1 ft. high. Leaves mostly petiolate and spathulate, e e? 
upper ones rarely linear, cottony-white on both sides as well as the s 
Flower-heads in short dense clusters in the axils of the upper frases the 
cdm clusters pis, the upper ones forming a terminal leafy spike. Invo- 
luere about 2 lines long, the bracts oblong-linear, scarious but ear ofa | 
dirty white or pale brown. Female florets very numerous, with 2 or 3 her- 
maphrodite ones in the centre. Pappus-bristles slightly scabrous, Ser? 
in a ring at the bas 
Dakss Bris bán e river, Moreton Bay, Leichhardt, F. Mueller, Hen 
. 8. es. Incultivated places, Port Jackson, R. Brown ; common about Sydney, 
Woolls. 
This appears to be a N. American species, now spread over many parts of the Old World, 
and probably Statiste into Australia since its settlement. 
indicum, Linz. ; ; DC. £s vi.931. A devient sending 
very numerous, with 2 or 3 hermaphrodite ones in the centre. Pappus- 
bristles numerous, cohering in a ring at the base.—G. miliacum, Raddi; 
Le 
gietenedesic- Upper Roper and Alligator _ = ree 
S. Wales. Darling river, Victorian Exp 
Victoria Near Station Peak, Herd. F. Mu Kg 
The species is conimon in India, extending water o the Nile and eastward to the Ma- 
-layan pédale and China. F. Mueller, Fragm. v. 149, unites it wit purpureum ; 
théy appear to me, bred e be always eat distinguished, the G. indicum being of the 
d ini the G. p aeta of American origin. The deed eem are S 
Tasm. i. D t. 62 B. A little fie erect, rire 
: above 3 in. dede and often not above 1 in. , densely cottony-white. Ze 
florets ver h h hrodite ones in the centre. Pappus- 
y Pur oup with 2 to 4 — rodi 
bristles quite free.— G. sericeum, Turez. in Bull. Mose, 1851, ii. 83. 
N.S. ze les. Twofold Bay, F. ka 
Victoria. ` Near Melbourne, Brighton, F. yu 
Tasmania. Circular Head, George Town, Gunn 
