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V. AUSTEALis, D. C Herbaceous, witli a woody base, about 1 foot high, 

 ascending and diffuse. Leaves from obovate to almost linear, alternate, margin 

 entire or coarsely 8-toothed, mostly irom ^-1 inch long. Flowers solitary, 

 terminal, about | inch diameter. Ray-floret's narrow, short, blue. Disk-florets 

 longer than those of the ray, yellow. Aohenes long, linear, longitudinally 

 striate. Vittadinia scabra and V. cuneata, Hook. 



Very common in many dry situations. It oocui-s throughout Australia, and is 

 a native also of New Zealand. Fl. Oct.-Feb. 



4. ERIGERON. 



Bracts numerous, narrow. Receptacle flat or convex Ray-florets very 

 numerous, in 2 or more rows, the straps very narrow. Disk-florets numerous, 

 tubular. Achenes flattened. . Pappus of numerous capillary bristles. 



A genus of most extensive distribution, but principally of the Northern 

 Hemisphere. Veiy closely allied to A ster. 



E. PAPPOCHEOMA, Lah. A very variable, tufted herb. Leaves mostly radical, 

 linear-spathulate to obovate, entire, or with few obtuse teeth, from hairy on both 

 surfaces to glabrous, j-lf inch long. Flower solitary, stalk |-4 inches long. 

 Ray-florets very numerous and narrow, and hardly exceeding the involucre, pink 

 to white. 



Very common on mountain-tops, decending to the coast on the west'; also 

 Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. Nov.-Feb. 



Very variable, but quite indivisible into distinct varieties. All the forms 

 noted in Hook. " Flora Tasmanise," and described as species, E. 

 tasmanicus, yunnii, and stellatus are here included. 



5. LAGENOPHORA. 



Bracts nearly equal, margins scarious. Receptacle convex. Ray-florets 

 numerous, strap-shaped, but sometimes very short Disk-floi'ets numerous and 

 tubular. Achenes somewhat flattened, and, except in L. emphysofw, contracted 

 into a beak above. Pappus none. Tufted herbs. 



The genus contains but few species, and extends from Eastern Asia to New 

 Zealand. 



Flowers with conspicuous spreading ray-florets ... 1. L. biUardieri. 

 Flowers with very short rays. 



Fruit beaked ... ... 2. L. huegelii. 



Fruit without beak ... ... ... ... ... 'd. L. emphysoyus. 



1. L. BiiiLAEDiEEi, D. C. Leaves radical, obvate to spathulate, coarsely 

 toothed, |-3 inches long, more or less hairy. Flower-stem slender, 2-6 inches 

 lono-. Flower solitary, ^-\ inch diameter. Bracts acute. Ray-florets pale blue, 

 slightly exceeding the involucre. Achenes flat, smooth, beak short and curved. 

 L. latifolia, H., included. 



Very common; also from Tasmania to South 'and East Asia. Fl. Sept. -Jan. 



Var. montana. Generally smaller and glabrous. L. montana, H. 



2. L. HUEGELII, a. The Tasmanian plant possibly differs from the type. 

 Similar to the last, only the bracts obtuse. Straps of the ray-flowers very short 

 and curved. Achenes flat, glandular on the margin, the beak well-developed and 

 curved. L. gunniana,TL. 



Very common in pastures; also throughout Southern Australia. Fl. 

 Nov. -Dec. 



3. L. EMPHTSOPUS, H. Smaller than the last, usually glabrous. Leaves 

 • oblong-spathulate, obtusely toothed, ^-1^ inch long. Stem rather short to 2 



