Composites.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 217 
Var. a; spithamsea, foliis radicalibus caulinis diverts nempe latioribus utrinquo lanatis, caulibus sim- 
plicibus. 
Yar. /3; omnia var. a, sed foliis angustioribus superne glaberrimis subtus niveo- v. argenteo-toim-n- 
Var. 7; pedalis et ultra, ramis ramulosis proliferisve, foliis omnibus ingostioribus, -1> 
teolis 1-2-involucratis. — Ad G. involucraturn acccdit. 
Hab. Dry pastures, etc., but not very common.— (Fl. Nov.) [9. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
This usually presents the appearance of a very distinct species, and may always be distingue!; 
vohtcratum by the broad involucres, which have more numerous florets, and paler, broader seal, s ; also hy then 
being very few and short bracts below the heads, or more generally none. The common stat, of I 
tufted herb, a span high, with numerous radical, petiolate leaves, and simple, sparingly haly. «>■ 
var. y has tall, leafy, branched stems, a foot high, and very narrow haves, resembling x 
in habit and appeaMnoe.— Radical leaves 1-3 inches long, linear-oblong or spathnlate, sharp or ..; 
or sparingly woolly above, densely woolly below or covered with apprised, silvery t omentum; caul I 
rower, sharp. Capitula clustered into rounded, terminal or axfiiaiy, dense masses, | . incn au 
receptacle. — In the form of the involucres 
and the densely-packed inflorescence not pre 
4. Gnaphalium alpigenum (Ma 
bus gracilibus ascendentibus, foliis longe 
densissime albo-lanatis, capitulis capitatu 
albo bracteatis, involucro ut in G. mvon 
Hab. Western Mountains and Mid( 
Distrib. Australian Alps, elev. BOC 
pn t 
which is not howe 
broad, elliptic leave 
r longer petioles, as also t 
-Plate I.XII.^. Fig. 1, 
(Hook. fil. in Lond. Jou 
laxe albido-tomentosum, caulibus e radice pluribus brevibus 
linearibus flexuosis obtusis sensim dilatatis, corymbo dense. 
squamis stramineis fuscisve basi bracteatis, I 
xxiv. 110, ,/ 
Hab. Circular Head and Georgetown, 6 
Distrtb. South coast of Australia, from A * 
A verv , 
Corymbs veiy large for so small a plant, der 
™>r* small, with hvaline, yellowish scales.- 
nxun? Planchoni (Hook, fil.) J cmspitosum, depressum, lana molli appresso 
brevibus gracilibus dense foliosis, foliis dense imbricatis patentibus obovato-spathula 
