76 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



minute, clustered, convex, reflexed. Flowers and fruit very close to O'.ramulosa^ 

 Aster lepidophyllus, F. v. M. ; hkiryUa lepidophylla, H. 



Found in many situations on tlie coast, and also on the summit of most 

 mountains ; also throughout South-Eastern Australia. Fl. Jan.-Mar. 



13. 0, GLTJTiNOSA, Benth. A shrub seldom exceeding 5 feet. Leaves naiTow,, 

 linear, but flat, the margins only slightly recurved, |-1| inch long. Flowers-, 

 few together, in short terminal, or apparently lateral, corymbs. Ray-florets, 6-10. 

 Aater glutescens, F. v. M., Euryhia linifolia, Hook., A. orarius, ¥. v. M., 

 included. 



North Coast and Bass Straits. It also oocars in Victoria and South Australia.. 

 Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



14. 0. HOOKERi, Benth. A small, erect shrub, glutinous, and almost or quite- 

 glabrous. Leaves linear, curved, blunt, mostly about 2 lines long, the under 

 surface smooth or nearly so. Flowers few, sessile, and terminal. Ray-florets, 

 mostly 6 or 8, usually tinged with blue. Achene short, hairy. Pappus pink. 

 Eurybia ericoides, Hook. 



Bellerive, Glenorchy, &c., mostly on dry hills ; Great Swanport. It occurs also- 

 in Victoria. Fl. Dec. 



15. 0. ULANDULOSA, Benth. A shrub seldom exceeding 5 feet. Leaves narrow- 

 linear, the margins so closely involute that they appear oylindric, mostly 1-1| 

 inch long. Flowers few or many, in terminal loose corymbs. Ray-floretl5 

 usually 12-15. Achenes small, silky. Aster glandulosus, F. v. M. ; Euryhm 

 glandulosa. Hook. 



Common in marshy places and on river-banks. It occurs throughout South- 

 Eastern Australia. Fl. Dec.-Feb. 



16. 0. oiLiATA, F. V. M. A small under-shrub, not exceeding 1 foot, Leaves, 

 linear, the margins revolute and usually ciliate, \-\ inch long. Flowers solitary, 

 on long terminal penduncles. Ray-florets numerous. Achenes smooth or 

 silky. Aster huegelii, F. v. M. ; Eurybia ciliata, Hook. 



Sorell Creek, South Esk River, Swanport ; also throughout Southern. 

 Australia. Fl. Jan. 



2. CELMISIA, Cass. 



Flowers broad. Bracts imbricate, in several rows, the margins dry or scarious.. 

 Ray-florets in a single row. Disk-florets numerous, tubular. Achenes slightly 

 compressed, with 2 or 3 prominent nerves on each side. Pappus of numerous 

 unequal capillary bristles. Herbs with radical leaves and solitary flowers. 



The genus does not differ essentially from Aster, and occurs only in New 

 Zealand and Australia. 



C. LONGifOLiA, D. C. Herbaceous perennial, covered with loose, white, silky 

 hairs. Leaves mostlv radical, linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-12 inches long, acute,, 

 base broad and sheathing. I'lower-stem 1-1^ foot long. Flower solitary, 1-2 

 inches in diameter. Ray -florets very numerous, white, but tipped with pink or 

 pale purple. Achenes \ inch lony, linear, silky. Aster celmisia, F. v. M. 



Very common in damp alpine situations. It occurs also in New South Walea 

 and Victoria, and is common in New Zealand. Fl. Jan. 



3. VITTADINIA. 



Bracts imbricate, in several rows, the margins dry or scarious. Ray-florets- 

 relatively numerous, in more than one row, strap-shaped in all Australian 

 species. Disk-florets less numerous, tubular. Achenes narrow, compressed, or 

 flat. Pappus of numerous capillary bristles. 



A genus confined to the Southern Hemisphere, but of -wide distribujtion. It. 

 is intermediate in character between Olearia and Erigeron. 



