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THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



the inner ones witlioat wliite spreading tips. Florets not numerous. 

 Selichrysum obnordatum, Benth 



Common about Hobart ; also in N"ew South Wales and Victoria. Fl. Deo. 



11. (). HOOKEEi, Hook. A small, erect, rather stiff, much-branched shrub. 

 Leaves scale-like, -1-1 line long, ovate, erect, and closely pressed with the upper 

 surfaces against the stem, margin closely recurved against the lower surface so 

 as to almost conceal it. Flowers in small dense clusters at the ends of the 

 branches. Bracts few, outer ones marked with brown or red, the inner with 

 white tips. Heliclirysum bacchar aides, Benth. 



Very common on mountains. It occurs also in Victoria and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Jan.-Feb. 



12. O. SCUTELLIFOLIUS, -ffooA. A small, erect shrub. Covered, except the upper 

 surfaces of the leaves, with dense white tomentum. Leaves scale-like, about j 

 line long, closely reflexed so that the lower surface is pressed against the stem, 

 distant from one another. Flowers few together, in small close heads at the 

 ends of lateral branchlets. Bracts few, pale, woolly, the inner with small, but not 

 spreading, white tips. Florets usually about 10-12. Helirhrysum scutellifoliam, 

 Benth. 



Port Arthar, George's Bay. Riverton, track from New Norfolk to Huon, &c. 

 Fl. Nov. 



1.3. 0. LYCOPODIOIDES, Hooh. An erect shrub, slightly branched, the branchlets 

 arising from under the old clusters of flowers. Leaves about 2 lines or under, 

 oblong to almost linear, erect, concave above. Flowers in dense terminal heads 

 or clusters. Bracts numerous, marked with brown or purple, the inner without 

 spreading tips. Florets numerous. Selichrysum lycopodioides^ Benth. 



Swanport, Prosser River, Kelvedon. Fl. Oct. 



14. 0. SBLAGINOIDES, Hook. A Spreading, much-branched nnder-shrub, 

 seldom above 1 foot high. Leaves about 1 line long, oblong, thick, spreading, 

 base decurrent. Flowers in small, dense, terminal clusters. Bracts few, pale 

 brown, the inner with short, white, spreading tips. Florets about 10. 

 JUelichrysum selaginoides, Benth. 



Mountains near Lake Crescent. Fl. Dec. 



24. RAOULIA. 



Bracts unequal, in several rows, scarious, the lips of the innfer ones sometimes 

 white and spreading. Receptacle without scales. Florets not numeroas, some 

 outer ones with long tubular corollas and no stamens, the inner ones with 

 shorter tubular corollas and often sterile. Small tufted perennials. 



The genus is distribated throughout southern cool climates, and is very 

 closely allied to Gnaphalium. 



Bracts without white tips ... •• ... ... 1. M. planchoni. 



Bracts with obtuse white tips. 



Leaves obcordate, white ... ... ... ... 2. S. catipes. 



Leaves narrow-obovate, rusty ... . ... ... 3. R. mereditkee. 



1. R. PLANCHONI, H. Densely-tufted perennial, a few inches diameter, 

 covered with white or rusty tomentum. Leaves very numerous, obovate, 2-6 

 lines long. Flower solitary, on a short stalk, involucre 2-3 lines long. Bracts 

 narrow, brown, acute, spreading after the fall of the fruit. Gnaphalium 

 'planchoni, H. ; Antennaria planchoni, F. v. M. 



Mounts Wellington, Dundas, Ben Lomond, Olympus, &c. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



2. li. CATii'ES, S. Very similar to the last, only silvery-white. Leaves 

 mostly obcordate. Flowers terminal, sessile or nearly so, about 2 lines long. 



