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shorter than the involucre. Achenes linear, usually smooth. Pappus bristles 

 cohering at the base, almost plumose. U. lucidum, Hehck. 



Very common ; chiefly on sea-coast and marshy situations. Found throughout 

 Australia. Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



Var. albidum, D. C. A variety with white, rather narrower involucral 

 bracts, but with the same achenes and pappus. H. papillosum, Hook. 



5. H. LEUCOPSIDIDM, D. C. Usually a rather tall, slender perennial or more 

 ■or less decumbent, stems about 1 foot, slightly and loosely woolly. Leaves 

 mostly linear, sometimes broader, margins recurved but sinuate, upper surface 

 rough but green, under surface white, mostly about If inch long, freely 

 scattered along the stems. Flowers large, terminal, solitary, about 1^ inch 

 diameter. Bracts very numerous, linear-lanceolate, acute, satiny. Florets very 

 numerous, much shortej- than the involucre. Achenes smooth. Pappus bristles 

 slightly barbellate. 



Gould's Country, North Coast, Bass Straits ; also throughout the coastal parts 

 of extra-tropical Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



6. H. miltjIGAni, Hook. A small, tufted perennial, with simple, erect, 

 woolly-white stems, aboat 6 inches high. Leaves mostly at the base, the lowest 

 stalked, ovate, flat, gradually becoming lanceolate above. Flower-heads terminal, 

 solitary, IJ inch diameter. Bracts numerous, broad, white or tinged with pink 

 or straw. Florets numerous, much shorter than the involucre. Achenes and 

 pappus similar to those of S. bracteatum, of which plant this is doubtless but an 

 alpine form. 



Mount Sorell, Mount La Perouse, Adamson Peak, &c. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



7. H. OBTUSIFOLIUM, F. V. M. et Sond. A small, erect, branched under-shrub. 

 Leaves linear, with more or less revolute margins, white beneath, |-J inch long. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary or few, in a loose panicle, f-| inch. Bracts broadly 

 lanceolate, the outer ones tinted with brown, inner ones white. Florets 

 numerous, much shorter than the involucre. Achenes smooth or papillose. 

 Bristles strongly barbellate. JI. spiceri, F. v. M., included. 



Huonville, Longley, Bass Straits ; also extra-tropical Australia. Fl. 

 JNov.-Dec. 



8. H. APicuLATDM, D. C A sub-erect perennial, several simple stems arising 

 from a persistent base, 1-2 feet high, and together with the leaves clothed with 

 close white tomentum. Leaves scattered, mostly spathulate to lanceolate, 1-2 

 inches long. Flowers many, clustered at the ends of the stems, mostly |-| inch 

 diameter. Bracts small, numerous, lanceolate, not much exceeding the florets, 

 bright yellow, or sometimes the outer ones bi-own, mostly woolly or ciliate. 

 Achenes smooth or slightly scabrid. Pappus bristles few, strongly denticulate, 

 almost plumose. 



Very common. Common throughout Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



9. H. SEMIPAPEOSUM, D. C. A sub-erect perennial, many simple branches arising 

 from a persistent base, together with the under surfaces of the leaves covered 

 with close white tomentum. Leaves scattered, numerous, narrow-linear, mostly 

 about 1 inch long. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal clusters, j inch 

 diameter. Bracts small, nuraerous, more or less woolly, hardly or not at all 

 exceeding the florets. Achenes smooth. Pappus bristles few, slightly denticulate 

 below, almost plumose towards the point. 



Common. Probably similar distribution to the last. Fl. spring and summer. 



Though this and H. apiculatum are thoroughly distinct when typical 

 plants are examined, they are so clearly connected by varieties that this 

 becomes doubtfully distinct as a species. 



