THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



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vi. Decumbent, leaves linear ... ... ... ... 4. S. s])athvlatus. 



Erect, leaves usually lobed .. . ... ... ... .3. S. pertinatus. 



vii. Erect. Leaves entire ... ... ... ... 9. S. odoratus. 



Decumbent. Leaves lobed ... ... ... S. vulgaris. 



1. S. PAPiLLOSus, F. V. M. Leaves radical, oblong, obtuse, |--| incb, upper 

 surface rough, with small coarse hairs, stalk slender and as long as the lamina. 

 Stem erect, bearing few bracts, 4-8 inches. Flower terminal, solitary, f inch 

 diameter. 



Adamson Peak, Moant La Perouse. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



2. S. PRIMULIFOLIUS, F. V. M. Leaves mostly radical, oblong or ovate-cordate, 

 ■crenate or obscurely toothed, usually coarsely marked with the veins, f-2| inches 

 long, on a stalk longer or shorter than the lamina. Stem often 6-12 inches long, 

 with few bracts. Flowers usually 3 or 4, terminal, f inch diameter, 



Mount La Perouse. PL Dec- Jan. 



3. S. PBCTINATUS, D. C. Perennial, somewhat creeping. Leaves mostly 

 radical at the base of the flower-stem, spathulate, 5-I inch long, pinnately 

 ■.divided into numerous short obtuse lobes. Stem slender, 4-8 inches, with many 

 leafy bracts. Flower terminal, solitary, | inch diameter, orange-yellow. 

 Involucral bracts continuous with the stem bracts, and passing, in a graduated 

 size, to the long inner bracts. 



It occurs on most mountains ; also in Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. 

 Oct.-Feb. 



The species is most variable. The following are marked varieties : — 



Var. ochroleuca. The habit of the type, only the leaves are nearly entire, 

 linear, and the flowers are a pale cream colour. Common on many 

 mountains. 



Var. leptocarpus. Leaves 2-3 inches long, broadly spathulate,. coarsely 

 obtusely toothed. Flowers 3-6, in a loose terminal panicle. Mount 

 Wellington, Hartz Mountain, Mount Sorell, Mount La Perouse. 

 Growing with the type, but maintaining its distinctness. 



Var. pleiocephalus. Tufted, stems numerous. Leaves spathulate and 

 lobed, as in the type, but more dispersed on the stems, about 1 inch long. 

 Stems 6-9 inches. Flowers smaller than in the type, 3-6, in a loose 

 terminal panicle. Ironstone Mountain and western mountains. But 

 for the peculiar outer bracts of the involucre, it would pass for a 

 form of S. lauUis. 



4. S. SPATHULATas, 4. jRJcA. Usually an ascending, much-branched perennial, 

 but sometimes almost shrubby. Leaves linear-spathalate to obovate, coarsely 

 and remotely toothed, stalked to stem-clasping, rather thick, mostly f-lA inch 

 long. Flowers few, rather large, on long leafy stalks. Ray-florets 12-20, bright 

 yellow, spreading. 



In many places on the coast. It also occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, 

 and South Australia. Fl. Dec 



5. S. CENTEOPAPPHS, F. V. M. A tall, much-branched shrub or small tree, 

 10-12 feet high. Leaves broadly linear, thick, fleshy, 2-4 inches long. Flower- 

 heads many, in corymbs. Involucral bracts about 8, ovate, blunt, 2-2| lines long. 

 Strap-shaped florets 4-6. _ Disk-florets 10-12. Pappus bristles almost plumose. 

 Centropappus brunonii, H. 



Mount Wellington, Mount Dromedary. Fl. Jan. 



6. S. LAUTUS, Forst. A much- branched, erect perennial, 1-3 feet. Leaves 

 very variable, usually 3-4 inches long, and divided into few or many broad or 

 narrow linear segments, but sometimes only toothed or even quite entire, at other 

 the segments are numerous and capillary. Flowers few, in a loose terminal 

 panicle, | inch diameter. The inner bractr all equal, the outer al hort and 



