Brunoniacea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
brid leaves, corymbs much longer than the have-, ami pobaMUlt, ( dan.lular aehema. I fad hou< \<r 
characters are insufficient to distinguish the two, as my description of the Tasmanian pltt 
Eurybia ericoides (p. 180).— This, according to Sonder, is not the plant of Snvtz, hut is a new specie! 
by the former author as E. Hookeri. 
Eurybia scabra (Benth. En. PL Hiigel. ; Sonder, in Linnm, xxv. 457) 
found by Bauer, and preserved in the Vienna Herbarium, but I have seen no specimens. 
Eurybiopsis scabrida and E. gracilis {see pp. 181, 182), under Vittadinia scabra and cuneaia, ar 
ferred by Sonder to forms of Eurybiopsis Hookeri, Muell. MSS., along with Eurybia cuneifolia (Walpers i 
xiv. 316), Aster Behrii (Schldl. in Linna*, xxi. 446). 
Brachycome pumila, Walp. (p. 186), is referred by Sonder to Lagenophora latifolia, H.f 
Cotula australis, H.f. (p. 191), add to the synonyms Pleiogyne australis, Carl Koch, in BchldL I 
Bot. Zeit. i. 40 ; Sonder, in Linnfea, xxv. 484. 
Leptinella longipes, H.f. (p. 193), is Pleiogyne reptans, C. Koch, 1. c, and Strottfff 
En. PI. Hug. 60, according to Sonder. 
Leptinella intricata, var. /?. multifida, H.f. (p. 194).— This is Pleiogyn, r„uUn 
Raoulia catipes, for Tab. LXI. A., read LVIII. A. 
Pterygopappus Lawrencii, for Tab. LXI. B., read LVIII. B. 
Xat. Ord. XLIII. BRUXONIACEiE. 
Gen. I. BRUNONIA, Sm. 
Capitnlum mvolucratum. Calyx 5-fitlus, I-bractcatus, laeiiiiis phimosis. ' 
dibuliformis ; limbo 5-partito, laciniis 2 superioribus altius ilivisis. Stamina "•>, hypogyna. 
natse. Ovarium monospermum. Stigmatis indusium bivalve. Frndw utriculus, calycis 
inclusus. Semen erectum, exalbuminosum. — Herba? ta >'pigem ; fc 
spathdati* . 
corolla azurea, marcescerts. 
1. Brunonia australis (Br. Prodr. 590) ; foliis undique scapisque infra patentim 
lobis longitudinaliter plumosis apice acutis.— Smith in Linn. Trans, x. I. 2h. (Gioih, 100.) 
Hab. Common in dry pastures in several parts of the Colony, but local, as at Laune 
etc.— (Fl. Oct., Nov.) 
Distrib. Extratropical Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and S- 
Of this genus, the only one of the Natural Order to which it beloni 
liar to Au-; "" ; ' hiver Am 
allied to Composite and Goodenovia, differing much from both. The onH I 
villous or silky herb, with spathulate. radical leaves, slend 
azure blue (rarely white) flowers.— Leaves 2-4 inches bug, i 
Heads hemispherical, as large as a nut, Iobed; outer bracts or ittVofoa 
with a separate bract Uke the outer ones. Flowers each with five scarious bractkts. Lalyx-iwoe \< 
its five lobes very narrow, feathery, with long, silky hairs. Coroii* funiuMiapt d, w i 
silky externally, and five linear-oblong, spreading, unequal lobes. Stamens five, hypogynous, with o 
Ovary one-celled, with one erect, anatropous ovule. Style cylindrical. Stigma a mime- 
at the base of a two-lipped cup. Fruit a utriculus, surrounded by the hardened calyx-tube, which fa 
