78 THE I TASMANIAN FLOl^A. 



mches. Flowers ^ inch diameter. Bracts very obtuse, Jtay.-florets very «h.ort,. 

 concave. Achenes rather flattened, smooth, without a beak. Solenogyne 



emphysopus, F. v. M. j, t -e<i 



Very common in pastures also Southern and Eastern Australia.; IL. 



Jan. -Mar. 



6. BRACHYCOME. 



Bracts in 2 rows, nearly equal, soarious on the margin. Ray -florets numerous, 

 in a single row, well-developed. Disk-florets numerous, tubular. Achenes 

 flattened, sometimes greatly so, and winged. Pappus of few short scales or 

 quite obsolete. Composed of herbs, with solitary pedunculate flowers.. 

 Ray-florets purple or white. Disk-florets yellow. 



The genua is purely Australian and New Zealand. 



i. Leaves confined to a radical rosette. 



Leaves obovate, 1-3 inches long 



Leaves linear, 3-10 inches 

 Some leaves on the stem 

 ii. Leaves very deeply lobed ... 



Leaves lobed, flowers 1-1| inch diameter 

 Leaves toothed or entire ... 

 iii. Fruit winged, leaves usually toothed towards the 

 end ... 

 Fruit not winged, leaves usually entire 

 iv. Glabrous or nearly so 



Minutely hairy all over 

 V. Peduncle leafless 



Peduncle leafy, continuous with main stem 



4. S. decipiens. 



5. S. cai'diocarpa,. 

 ii. 



8. B. cilinris. 



1. B. divcrsifolia. 



in. 



IV. 

 V. 



6. B. scapi/ormis^ 



7. B. stricta. 



2. B. radicans. 



3. B. angustifolia. 



1. B. DiTERSiFOLiA, Fisch. A tall, much-branched perennial, or rarely simple- 

 and smaller, often 2 feet high. Leaves varying from spathulate and toothed to 

 divided into numerous linear segments. Flowers about 1^ inch diameter. 

 Ray-florets white, numerous. Achenes oblong, thick, longitudinally furrowed- 

 Pappus of short bristles. 



Very common in grassy pastures ; also throughout South-Eastern Australia. 

 Fl. Nov.-Deo. 



2. B. RADICANS, Steelz. A small tufted perrennial^ emitting creeping stolons. 

 Leaves radical and distributed on the stolons, linear, but often with a few lobes, 

 1 to 3 inches long. Flower on a slender stalk, usually 3-4 inches long, but 

 variable, about | inch in diameter. Ray-florets white. Achenes thick, striate, 

 margin thick, crenate. Pappus of very short stiff bristles. 



Damp places. South Esk River, Clydevale, Marlborough, Brighton, (fee ; also, 

 in Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. Nov. -Jan. 



3. B. ANGDSTiFOLiA, CuHTi. Decumbent and ascending, sometimes stolon- 

 iferous. Leaves very variable, from nearly, filiform to spathulate, with a. 

 long stalk, 1-4 inches long, mostly entire. Flowers ^ inch diameter, white or 

 tinged with blue. Achenes obovate, compressed, usually covered with glands, 

 more, especially on the thick obtuse margin. Pappus minute, irregular, or none.. 

 B. grmninea, F. v. M., Paquerinn oraminea, H., and B. pwvula, H., included. 

 Tasmanian plants are variable, and not sortable into these forms. 



Very common in wet places, chiefiy on the coast; also in Southern and 

 Eastern Australia.,-. Fl. Nov.- Jan. 



4. B. DECIPIENS, Hooh. A small tufted perennial. Leaves all radical, 

 spreading, obovate, usually coarsely obtusely toothed, 1-3 inches long- 

 Flowers nearly 1 inch diameter, on a long simple stem, or sometimes with 1. 



