Senecio. | LXII. COMPOSITE. 665 
headed, from a few in. to 1 ft. high, with a few leaves smaller and more acute 
than the radical ones. Flower-heads rather large. Involucre broadly cam- 
poss the bracts often shortly united at the base, with a few small outer 
ay-florets 15 to 20 or even more, lon g and spreading ; disk-florets 
"mm numerous, not exceeding the involucre. each: glabrous.— Hook. 
Fl. Tasm. i. 222. 
im Mount Cobberas and Baw-Baw mountains, at an elevation of 6000 ft., F. 
Ae 
. Table EOD. Derwent river, R. Brown ; Mount Wellington, Gunz ; 
Ka (geom e Oldfield. 
* Var. irte Regen bie rather gent : yA 5 d i : am bine 
corymb.—S. /eptocarpus, DC. Prod. vi. 372 ; SE 64 (represe 
E? an OCH large-leaved specimen). beet Wallington, ye Siet Sorrel, pos 
gan unt Lapeyrouse, Oldfield. 
6. S. spathulatus, 4. Rich. pite, Astrol. 125. Diffuse and much- 
branched, said to be suffrutioobe. Leaves from narrow-oblong to almost ob- 
ES irregularly toothed or crenate, de low wer ones narrow wed i into a petiole, 
the others stem-clasping and often auriculate, all rather thick and fleshy, 
dri $ to 14 in. long. Flower-heads rather large, in an irregular leafy 
corymb. Involucre campanulate, the bracts about 4 lines long, with a few 
very small outer ones. Ray-florets about 12 to 20, the ligule long and 
spreading. Disk-florets numerous, exceeding the involucre. Ac henes , quite 
glabrous in some specimens, pubescent i in others.— DC. Prod. vi. 373 ; Hook. 
f. Fl. Tasm. i. 222 
N. S. Wal Sandy seashores, Fes Jackson, R. Brown ; Bondee Bay, Leichhardt, 
R. Qoninghon $ > (with pubescent achen 
it Pers of Snowy Ge? E) Mueller yes Aper achenes). 
King's Island, Woo nn; Macquarrie Harbour, 
e S ; etin of iier mit seng? (with sien achenes 
S. anacampserotis, DC. Prod. vi. 374, from Port Jackson, Fraser, Sec? from the descrip- 
tion, to be the same species 
S. m TEON F. Muell. in Linnea, xxv. 419. An erect much- 
"sche glabrous and glaucous shrub (or undershrub P). Leaves oblong or 
ithou 
small outer ones. Pits of the receptacle with jagged margins, often produced 
into short points or scales. Ray- tig 15 to 20, the ligule spreading to a 
diameter of nearly 3 in. Disk-fiorets numerous, not exceeding the involucre. 
cage glabrous, ke minutely serrulate.—Sond. in Linnea, 
527. 
A Australia. Barren hills near the Burra mines and rocks on the Broughton river, 
F. Mueller. 
; S. magnificus, F. Muell. in Linnea, xxv. 418. An erect glabrous and 
ion shrub (or undershrub?). Lower leaves obovate- oblong, coarsely 
and acutely toothed, narrowed at the base, the upper ones la nceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, deeply cordate-auriculate, stem-clasping and sometimes slightly de- 
