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THE TASMANIAN FLOEA. 



G. CANDiDissiMUM, Lam. Erect, woolly-white, 6-8 inches. Leases, 

 spathulate, 1-2 inches. Flowers small, numerous, in terminal sessile 

 heads. Bracts red with white tips. Introduced and widely spread. 



26. PTBRYGOPAPPUS. 



Bracts few, scarious, equal or nearly so. Receptacle without scales. Florets; 

 few, outer one with very slender corollas and without anthers, inner ones with 

 broader corollas, hermaphrodite and sterile. Pappus of few rather broad,^ flat, 

 barbellate bristles or scales. 



Limited to a single species, endemic in Tasmania. 



P. LAWKENCil, H. Small, densely tufted, forming dense mats. Leaves broadly 

 cordate, imbricate, mncronate, \-\ line long. Flowers solitary, terminal^ sessile, 

 and buried in the leaves or shortly stalked. Bracts \ line long. 



On the summits of most mountains, in sage-coloured patches amongst darker 

 green plants of. similar habit. Fl. Dec- Jan. 



27. BEDFORDIA. 



Differing from Senecio only in the 



I. B. salicina. 

 ... 2. B. linearis. 



Bracts not very numerous, nearly equal, with a few smaller ones at the base, 

 margins scarious. Florets numerous, tubular. Pappus of numerous barbellate, 

 bristles. Shrubs with axillary flowers. 



Limited to the two Australian species, 

 flowers being axillary. 



Flowers clustered 



Flowers solitary, rarely 2 in an axil 



1. B. SALICINA, D. C Tall shrub, 6-15 feet. Leaves broadly lanceolate, 

 stalked, acute, flat, white beneath, 4-6 inches long. Flowers numerous, in- 

 axillary panicles, about 3 lines long. Senecio bedfordii, F. v. M. 



Very common; also in Victoria and New South "Wales. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



2. B. LINEARIS, D. C. Very similar to the last, only smaller. Leaves linear, 

 with recurved margins, |-4 inches long. Flowers usually solitary, never numerous, 

 in the axils, | inch long. Senecio billardieri, F. v. M. Some forms have the- 

 narrow recurved leaves of this with the flowers of the last. 



Common on hills : Bass Straits. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



28. SENECIO. 



Bracts nearly equal, with a few smaller ones at the base. Florets numerous,, 

 yellow outer ones usually strap-shaped, the inner ones tubular, sometimes all 

 tubular. Pappus of very numerous barbellate bristles. 

 A very large genus, of world-wide distribution, 

 i. Outer florets strap-shaped 



Florets all tubular ... ... ... ... ... vii. 



ii. Tree. Leaves linear, thick ... ... ... ... 5. S. centropappm.. 



Leaves broad, stalked, entire ... ... ... ... iii. 



Leaves narrow or divided ... ... ... ... iv. 



iii. Leaf -margin entire ... ... ... ... ... 1. 



Leaf -margin orenate ... ... ... ... ... 2. 



iv. Flowers numerous, in terminal panicles 



Flowers few, often solitary . . . 

 V. Leaves broadly stem-clasping . . . 

 Leaves narrow, entire ... 

 Leaves lobed oi' divided 



S. papillosus. 

 S. primulifolius.. 



V. 



vi. 



7. S. velkyoides. 



8. S. australis. 

 6. S. lautus 



