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Composites. — Helichrysum Mellorianuin, sp. nova. Herba 

 parva annua lanato-tomentosa (involucris exceptis), foliis 

 linearibus marginibus revolutis, supremis lanceolatis, 

 capitulis stipitatis 7-10 in glomerulum terminal em aggre- 

 gatis, bracteis scariosis flavis appressis longe ciliatis, 

 interioribus unguiculatis, floribus foemineis marginalibus 

 8-12, bisexualibus 30-35, achseniis oblongis glabris, pappi 

 seta solitaria ascendenti snperne plumosa-penicillata. 



Gawler Ranges, Eyre Peninsula (S. A. White, September, 

 1912). The species is dedicated to Mrs. J. F. Mellor, of 

 Pulham, and Mr. J. W. Mellor, who have both made valuable 

 botanical collections. This little plant, with beautiful golden 

 flowerheads, belongs to the section Ghrysocephalum, but the 

 heads are more densely clustered than in the other species of 

 that section, and the single pappus bristle is peculiar. 

 (Plate iv.) 



Ang^ianthus Whitei, sp. nova. Planta ramosa, ramulis 

 tenuibus rigidis glabratis, foliis angusto-linearibus sub- 

 lanatis, capitulo generali gioboso laxe lanato, ejus bracteis 

 numerosis linearibus vel cuneatis mediane herbaceis infra 

 late scarioso-marginatis flores superantibus, receptaculo 

 cylindraceo, capitulis partialibus 1-2-floris, bracteis ssepius 

 7, 4 exterioribus (cum una subtendente) scariosis concavis 

 mediane rigidis plus minus lanato-ciliatis, 2 interioribus 

 planis flores involventibus, pappo minuto subplumoso 

 caduco, setis 8-12 flexuosis, barbellis distantibus instructis, 

 basi in annulum coalitis. 



"Corunna" Station, Eyre Peninsula, August, 1912. 

 Named after the collector, Captain S. A. White. It is pro- 

 bably a small, slender annual, but the specimens show no roots. 

 In pappus it is perhaps nearer to Galocefhcolus, but in other 

 respects it appears to belong to Angianthus. (Plate iv.) 



Qriffithia, gen. novum. Involucri bracteae pluriseriatse, 

 scariosse ; receptaculum nudum ; flores tubulosi ; antherae 

 ecaudatae ; styli rami subteretes, truncati ; pappi setse a 

 basi plumosae; folia opposita. 



Named after Mr. H. H. D. Griffith, the discoverer of 

 several new species in South Australia. The flowerheads of the 

 species described below have most of the characteristics of 

 Helipterum, but the tail-less anthers and the regularly opposite 

 leaves necessitate the creation of a new genus, whose exact 

 position among the tribes of the Composite family is uncertain. 



<j. helipteroides, sp. nova. Herba annua parvula rigida, 

 caule erecto trichotomo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi 



