THE TASMANIAN FLORA. '75 



■' 6. O. PINIFOLIA, Benth. A shrub, usually about 5 feet high. Leaves alter- 

 Jiate, numerous, narrow, linear, rigid, and pungent, margins > closely revolute, 

 uvostly 1-1| inch long. Flowers mostly solitary, on long stalks arising 



from the leaf axils. Florets rather numerous, generally 8 or 10 in the ray. 



Achenes long, narrow, and smooth. Aster pmifuliux,'W.Y.'iJi..; Euryhia pinifolia, 



Hook. ' 



On the summits of Mounts Wellington, Uundas, La Perouse, Sorell, Field, &c. 



FLJan.-Feb. , ,; , 



7. O. LEDiFOLiA, Benth. . A spreading shrub, usually 3-4 feet high. Leaves 

 very numerous, blunt, longitudinally concave, linear, with closely revolute 

 margins, |-1 inch long. Flowers stalked, mostly solitary in the terminal axils, 

 numerous. Florets rather numerous, those of the ray usually 8-10. Achenes 

 smooth. Aster ledifolius, F. v. M. ; Euryhia ledifolia. Hook. 



Distribution similar to the last. Fl. Jan. -Feb. 



8. 0. STELLULATA, D. C. A very variable shrub, fi-om 2-10 feet high.' ,The 

 young parts, branches, and under surfaces of the leaves covered with stellate 

 hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong to lanceolate, margin more or less obtusely 

 toothed, |-4 inches long, upper surface (except when young) smooth and 

 reticulated, undef surface silvery- white. Flowers numerous, in leafy panicles 

 or terminating lateral branchlets. Florets numerous, those of the ray mostly 



8-12. Achenes hairy. Aster stellulalus, F. v. M. ; Euryhia fulvida, Hook. ; 

 Euryhia glinniana, Hook. 



Very common ; also throughout Eastern Australia. Fl. Sept.-Feb. 



Amongst its numerous varieties the following deserve special mention : — 



Var. lirafa. Leaves lanceolate, 2-5 inches long. Euryhia lirata, Hook. 



Vai'. quercifolia. Leaves oblong, entire or obtusely toothed, 1-3 inches 

 long, very scabrous above, often rufous beneath. 



9. O. AXILLARIS, F. V. M. A shrub of from 2-6' feet, grey from dense covering 

 of woolly hair. Leaves mostly li'near with recurved margins, but sometimes 

 mnch broader, j-| inch long. Flowers few, sessile in the axils, and shorter than 

 the leaves. Florets not numerous, the straps of the I'ay-florets very short. Aster 

 -axillaris, F. v. M. ; Euryhia lineari folia, Hook. 



On the North Coast and Islands of Bass Straits. Found on sea-coast 

 throughout the greater part of Australia. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



10. 0. RAMULOSA, Benth. A small, variable, viscid, twiggy shrub, seldom 

 ■ exceeding 3 feet. Leaves numerous, linear to oblong, margins revolute, 2-6 



lines, upper surface scabrous or smooth, lower more or less woolly, acute or 

 nearly so. Flowers numerous, variable in size and colour, from 3-6 lines 

 diameter, and blue and white to yellow and white, usually terminal or terminating 

 short lateral branches, but rarely flowers on simple ^ or branched peduncles 

 ■clothed only with small bracts. Ray-florets mostly 6-10. Achenes short, 

 slightly compressed, striate or 4-angled. Aster ramulo-sus, F- v. M. ; Euryhia 

 ramulosa, H. 



Very common ; also South-East Australia. Fl. Nov. -Feb. 



11. 0. FLOEIBONDA, Benth. Very similar to the last. Leaves and flowers 

 much smallei'. The ray-florets usually about .^. Aster jloruhntus, F. v. M. ; 

 Euryhia fiorihunda, H. 



Very common in damp situations ; also South and East Australia. Fl. 

 'Oct.-Jan. 



1:^. 0, LEPiDOPHYLLA, Bciith . A small, much-branched shrub, 2-5 feet. All 

 .^>nt the upper surfaces of the leaves white, with copious tomentunu Leaves 



