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Bracts obtuse, the inner ones with conspicuously white tips, but not spreading. 

 Antennaria nubigena, P. v. M. ; Leoniopodium catipex, P. v. M. 



On most mountain-tops, but not common in the south ; also in Victoria and 

 New South Wales. Fl. Dec. 



3. R. MEEBDITHJ!, F. V. M. Tuftsd, the stems 1-2 inches long, usually erect 

 and densely massed. Leaves oblong, often very narrow, rusty, 1-2 lines long. 

 Flowers solitary, sessile, or on fairly long stalks. Bracts naiTOw obtuse, the 

 white tips long and spreading. Leoniopodium meredithcB, F. v. M. 



Common on the mountains of the south and west. Fl. Dec. 



25. GNAPHALIDM. 



Bracts unequal, partially or entirely scarious, rarely with spreading tips- 

 Receptacle without scales. Florets seldom numerous, tubular, the greater 

 number without stamens, a few central ones hermaphrodite and barren. Pappus 

 of numerous simple or barbellate bristles. All herbaceous. 



The genus is represented almost throughout the world. It forms the stock 

 from which many adjoining genera are artificially separated. 



Leaves gi'cen above 2. G.japonicum. 



Plant white. 



Leaves filiform, 2-4 lines ... ... ... ... 4. (r. indutum. 



Leaves 1-2 inches. 



Bracts straw-coloured ... ... ... ... \. G. luteo-album. 



Bracts greenish .3. G. alpigenum. 



Bracts red with white tips ... ... ... G. candidissimum. 



1. G. LUTEO-ALBUM, Z). C. Erect, woolly-white, 6 inches to 1 foot. Leaves 

 linear to lanceolate with a broad base, the lower ones broader and stalked. 

 Flowers numerous, in a dense panicle, about 2 lines long. The bracts light brown, 

 shining, obtuse. Florets numerous. 



As widely distributed as the genus. Fl. Nov. -Mar. 



2. G. JAPONICUM, Thunb. Depressed or erect annual or perennial, very 

 variable, 1-12 inches high, the stem and under surfaces of the leaves white. 

 Leaves green above, lanceolate to obovate, margin usually undulate, y-1 inch 

 long. Flowers few to numerous, in dense terminal heads, usually surrounded 

 with a few leaves. Bracts rather narrow, brown, about 2 lines long. Florets 

 few. G. inoolucratum, Forst., and G. coUinum, Lab., included. 



Very common. On the sea-coast assuming a decumbent habit, and perennial. 

 Throughout extra-tropical Australia, and extending from New Zealand to Japan. 

 Fl. spring and summer. 



Var. radicans. Leaves linear, with recurved margins. Generally dwarfed. 

 Flowers often solitary. On mountains, except on the West Coast, 

 where it descends to the sea ; also in Victoria. 



3. G. ALPIGENUM, H. Ascending, 2-6 inches, white, except the uppei' surfaces 

 of the older leaves. Leaves spathulate to obovate, stalked, |-2 inches long. 

 Flowers few or many, in dense terminal heads, subtended by a few leaves. 

 Bracts rather narrow, 1-2 lines long, pale, some green. Florets few. 



About the summit of most mountains; also in Victoria. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



4. G. INDUTUM, H. Small, much-branched, slender, erect or depressed, 2-4 

 inches, woolly-white all over. Leaves very narrow-linear, 1-6 lines. Flowers 

 few or many together, in numerous terminal clusters. Bracts pale, narrow, about 

 1 line long. Florets few. 



Muddy Plains, Circular Head, George Town ; probably in many coastal 

 marshes, but overlooked; also throughout extra-tropioal Australia. PI. Dec. 



