Composite.'] FLORA OF TASMANIA 
apice albis breviter radiantibus.— Gnaphalium catipes, DC. Prodr. vi. 236*. Antcnnnria nul.igena. F. 
Mueller. {Gunn, 322.) (Tab. LXI. A.) 
Hab. Bare rocks on the summits of the loftiest mountains, Gunn.— I 
Distrib. Cobboras Mountain, Victoria, elev. GOOO feet, Mueller. 
A very remarkable little plant, forming large tafta of a silvery white colour, the foliage, which densely covers 
the whole plant, being uniformly clothed with an appressed tomentum.— Stems 2-6 inches long, very much branched 
Leaves spreading and recurved, sessile or contracted into a broad petiole, obovate or spathulate. Hunt or NtttM \ 
their margins flat. Capitula sessile. Involucral scales blunt; outer tipped with white; inner long 
below the middle to the apex.— The leaves of Mueller's specimens are longer, and son 
LW.A. Fig. 1, flower of the circumference: 2. the same, with the pappus removed; 8, (lower of ditO; I. bahr oi 
pappus; 5, arms of its style : — all magnified. 
Gen. XXII. PTERYGOPAPPUS, llook.fl. 
Capitidum sxih-G-fiorum;f oribusezteriorib?istemme\s, anguste tubulosis, imrqualiter 3-dcntatis ; ityn 
ramis brevibus, insequalibus ; interioribus masculis, obtuse 6-dflHtfttUj antAeriibta biarwtafa 
discoideo, bilobo. Involucri squamre vix 2-seriatre, oblongs, valde conarea\ 
planum, nudum. Achenium, obconico-oblongum, obscure 1-gonum, supcrnc cili.it u 
planse, lineari-spathulatre, distiche phuno*B.--Herba alpima, mmecjfbr 
pulvinjformis; radicibus crasse fibrosis ; caulibus eompa 
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supra medium ulrutgme barbalis ; capitulis sot torus, ten 
anthesin elongato, rigido ; involucri Mp 
1. Pterygopappus Lawrencii (Hook. til. m Lond. Jouxn. Bot vi. L20) 
Hab. On the summits of all the mountains, forming large, pulvinatc masses, similar to, and growing 
along with, Scleroleima and Oreobolus, etc., Lavrenee, Gunn, etc— (FL Dec, Jan.) (v. v.) 
An exceedingly curious, moss-like, tufted plant, very much rambling SdenUm* in habit, b I 
once bv the shorter, broader leaves, with villous hairs on their NDr&ees. > 
compacted, emitting stout fibrous roots, closely ( 
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i broad, membranous, sheathin< 
which is acuminated, and furnished at the base on I 
solitary, terminal, shortly peduncled, veiy inconsph 
shorter than the flowers. Receptacle naked. Floicen 
male, tubular, five-toothed. Achenia compressed or 
four to six flat-feathered scales, as long as the cor 
peduncle, and capitulum : 2 and :>. !■ 
Gen. XXIII. LKlTOlillYNClH S. / 
Capitulum multiflorum, homogamum. Involucri squamae multisenales, lmbnca 
sicca, scarios*. Receptee*!** planum, ebracteolatum. Corolla tubulosa, 5-de 
capitellati. Achenium compressum, gracile, brevissime v. longius rostratum Pap 
eoncretae, scab».-Herb* graciles ; ramts aeemA *&**> «** «**, «*** scar 
