174 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Composites. 
4. Eurybia myrsinoides (Nees, Ast. 146) j ramis gracilibus, foliis subtus paniculisque tornento 
appresso argenteo obtectis, foliis obovato-oblongis oblongo-lanceolatisve obtusis acutisve coriaceis argute 
denticulatis, paniculis oligo-(l-3)-cephalis interdum foliis vix longioribus, capitulis angustis pauci-(4-6)- 
floris, pappi setis extimis paucis brevibus, acheniis glaberrimis.— DC. Prodr. v. 268. Aster myrsinoides, 
Lab. Nov. Holl. ii. 53. t. 20.2. (Gwnn, 261. •) 
Hab. Hobarton, Chilton, Surrey Hills, 2000 feet, Gunn.~~ (Fl. Jan., Feb.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Rhizome creeping, sending up here and there a few slender stems, 2 feet high, sparingly brauched. Branches, 
under side of leaves, petioles, and panicles covered with a silvery tomentum. Leaves always smaller than in E. 
embescens, but equally variable in form, much less toothed. Panicles of few (one to three) heads, generally short, 
sometimes not longer than the leaves. Heads very narrow, few-flowered. 
\ (DC. Prodr. v. 267) ; ramulis petiolis foliis subtus paniculisque tomento 
appresso albido v. rufescente dense obtectis, foliis obovatis elliptico-ovatis oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve 
obtusis acutis acurninatisve integerrimis coriaceis, paniculis oligocephalis nutantibus, pedicellis filiformibus 
elongatis, capitulis late obconicis 6-12-floris, pappi setis uniseriatis subcequalib us, acheniis elongatis sericeis. 
{Gnnn, 280, 1140, 1142.) 
Hab. Alpine situations : Mount Wellington, Middlesex Plains, Lake St. Clair, etc., Gunn.—(FL Feb.) 
very beautiful plant, with pure white rays to the flowers, and dark green, shining foliage, usually dwarf, but 
mes reaching 2 or 3 feet in height ; like its congeners its leaves are extremely variable in size and shape. 
Branches, petioles, under surface of leaves and panicles, covered with appressed, whitish, or dull, pale, red-brown 
tomentum. Leaves 1 or 2 inches long, broadly-obovate, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, blunt, acute or 
acuminate, margins always quite entire. Panicles axillary, few-flowered, drooping. Heads one to six, on very long, 
filiform pedicels, broadly-obconical, with six to twelve flowers. Achmia silky, slender. 
6. Eurybia alpina (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 106) ; fruticosa, ramis erectis petiolis foliis 
subtus paniculisque appresse brunneo-totnentosis, foliis elliptico-ovatis obtusis integerrimis, pedunculis axil- 
laris unifloris validis folio sufcequilongis, involucri campanulati squamis plurimis imbricatis, acheniis 
glaberrimis. {Gun*, 280.) (Tab. XLII. A.) 
Hab. Alpine regions, elev. 3-4000 feet: Mount Wellington and Western Mountains Fraser Law- 
reuce, Gwm.—CEl Jan.) (v. v.) 
A small shrub, very nearly allied to E. persoonhides, but quite different ; easily recognized by the broad, 
elhptic-ovate leaves (which however are probably very variable in form, etc.), covered beneath, as are the petioles, 
branches, and panicles, with dense, brown, appressed tomentum, and by the solitary, stout, axillary peduncles, 
tearing a single broad capitulum, with many closely-imbricated involucral scales, and glabrous achenia.— Plate 
XLII. A. Fig. 1, floret of ray ; 2, its stigmas ; 3, hair of pappus ; 4, floret of disc ; 5, its stamen ; 6, its stigmas : 
— all magnified. 
. obcordata (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 108) ; ramulis brevibus petiolis foliis sub- 
tus paniculisque appresse subsericeo-tomentosis, foliis brevissime petiolatis cuneato-obcordatis apice obtuse 
3-4-dentatis, pedunculis validis axillaribus solitariis monocephalis folio brevioribus, involucri obconici 
squamis tomentosis, acheniis glabratis pappo rufescente copioso. {Gutm, 424.) (Tab. XLII £ ) 
Hab. Lofty mountains, 3-4000 feet: summit of Mount Wellington, Lake Arthur, Middlesex Plains, 
, Gvnn.— (Fl. Dec.) (». v.) 
-V small shrub, about 2 feet high, with a strong musky odour, verv nearly allied to E. alpina but at once 
