662 LXII. COMPOSITA. Sawis, 
neuter, ligulate. Disk-florets tubular, hermaphrodite, 5-toothed. Anthers 
obtuse at the base, the upper portion n of the filament often thickened. Style- 
branches truncate, usually bearing a tuft of minute hairs and very rarely a 
short obtuse appendage. Achenes striate or angul Pappus of numerous 
simple scabrous or denticulate bristles. Hatha or very rarely shrubs, gla- 
brous-pubescent or clothed with cottony wool. Leaves alternate, entire or 
divided, often rather thick. Flower-heads terminal; solitary, corymbose or 
paniculate. Florets usually yellow, rarely purple or white. 
The largest genns among Composite, and ranging nearly over the whole world, although 
ose individual species are often very local. Of the 28 Australian species 1 only exte nds to 
land, the others are all endemic. The rays are yellow in all of ien excep! 
8. aeons 
Series I. Radiati.—Flower-heads radiate. 
Erect leafy annuals. 
Flower-heads few, large. Involucres band campanulate. 
L igule of the ray longer than the involuc x 
Leaves entire. Involucral bracts united ve the middle. 1. S. Gregori. 
Leaves pinnatifid with toothed lobes. Involucral bracts s 
united at the base only . 2. S. platylepis. 
agro — Involucres eylindrical. Ligulæ ‘of the 
very small and rolled bac 
Say: ort 3, white (or Weg? 9. Disk-florets under 10 . 19. S. Zeucoglossus. 
= Dei s 60 SS very small, yellow. Disk-florets 
. 20. S. drachyglossus. 
Tufted o or de creeping perennials with leaves chiefly radical. 
wer-Stems or scapes e ee L or rarely 3 to 5 heads. 
enden broad. Rays ec? reading, 
ves ovate, not cordate, nearly e EUR or mari- 
above 3. S. papillosus. 
Leaves ovate, a b o wool " 
Sie e cord ié, nearly entire, gla rous or y A. 8. primulifolins. 
Pees linear or oblong, entire crenate distantly toothed or à 
pinnatifi 5. S. pectinatus. 
Maritime much-branched spreading undershrub. in mostly 
toothed. Involucres broad. Rays long spreadin 6. S. spathulatus. 
Glabrous erect shrubs (or in the first two species WE ?). 
. Flower-heads few, large. Involueres broad. Ray 
ves oblong or issue, the upper ones ena 
ing. Flow meluding the ray) nearly 3 in 
m hik: megaglossus. 
Leaves obovate, the upper ones i lanceolate, elrdide inr ieulite 
at the € base. Flower-heads (including the ray) under : 
del uu ut. 8. S. magnificus. 
: smaller, corymbose. Tavolucies 'enmpanulate. 
Ligule scarcely longer than the involucre. 
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9. S. insularis. 
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Herbaceous erect perennials (sometimes woody at the base). 
wer-heads corymbose or paniculate, few or numerous. 
ae s large or middle-sized. Involucres campanulate, 
lines ssd Ligulæ longer than the involucre. 
; Disk-florete ts numerous, BT 
Leaves twice pinnate with filiform eng Te 15. Sapulo, 
Leaves linear, e oothed or pinnatifi h 
Flower ie) SE the ray above HE in. diameter. . 11. S. macranthus- 
