THE TASMANIAK PLOKA. 



95- 



3. E. QUADEIDENXATA, D. C. Erect, branched, more or less clothed with 

 delicate loose wool, 1-2 feet. Leaves mostly linear, with recurved margins, 1-3 

 inches long, sometimes flat. Flowers numerous, cylindrical. Bracts about 12, 

 3-4 lines long. 



Very common, chiefly in dry places ; also throughout extra-tropical Australia 

 and New Zealand. . PI. Nov. -Feb. 



4. B. GUNNii, JH. Erect, usually unbranched, 1-1| foot, bearing loose wool on 

 the surface. Leaves narrow-oblong, 2-3 inches long, the under surface purple. 

 Flowers not numerous, narrow. Bracts about 15, purple, about 5 lines long. 



Common on mountains ; also in Victoria. Fl. Dec- Jan. 



5. E. HispiDULA, D. C. Erect, usually simple, 1-2 feet, woolly, scabrous or 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves linear, usually coarsely toothed, those of the stems 

 with broad bases, 1^-3 inches. Flowers few, rather stout. Bracts 16-24, about 

 4 lines long. 



Launceston, Circular Head, &c. ; also extra-tropical Australia.' Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



30. CYMBONOTUS. 



Bracts unequal, herbaceous. Outer florets ligulate, inner ones tubular. 

 Achenes broadly oblong, slightly bent, the inner surface nearly flat. Pappus 

 none. Scale-like projections of the receptacle developed amongst the florets. 



Limited to the single Australian species. Allied to the Calendulas of South 

 Africa. 



C. LAWSONiANUS, Oaud. Tufted perennial, with a very short stem. Leaves in 

 a rosette, obovate, usually coarsely toothed, 2-5 inches long, narrowed into a 

 slender stalk, white beneath. ' Flowers few, solitary, on short stalks, pale yellow, 

 |-f inch diameter. Achenes brown, shining, about 1 line long. 



Mount Direction, Richmond Road. Common in central and northern parts ; 

 also throughout extra-tropical Australia Fl. Oct. 



31. MICROSERIS. 



Inner bracts nearly equal, outer ones short. Receptacle without scales. 

 Florets all strap-shaped. Achenes cylindrical, not beaked. Pappus of rather 

 few scales, flattened below, tapering, and often plumose above. 



A genus of two species. Besides the Australian plant, there is one in South 

 America. > 



M. fOESTERi, a. A tufted herb, with an abbreviated stem. Leaves 4-10 

 inches long, linear to lanceolate, glabrous, usually bordered with few remote 

 teeth or lobes. Flowers solitary, on long stalks, yellow, 1 inch diameter. 



Very common in pastures ; also throughout extra-tropical Australia and New 

 Zealand. Fl. spring and summer. 



Amongst the numerous Composite plants that have appeared as weeds, the 

 following seem fairly disposed to establish themselves : — 



Eeigeeon LiNiFOLius, Willd. Erect, woody annual, 1-2 feet. Flowers 

 numerous, terminal, without spreading rays. Leaves linear, revolute, 

 woolly. 

 Bellis peeewnis, Linn. Tufted. Leaves radical, oblongj stalked. 

 Flowers \ inch in diameter, solitary, on short slender stalks, with one 

 row of ray-florets, white, tipped with purple. Pappus none. 



Xanthitjm spinosum, Linn. A sub-erect, much-branched, shrub-like annual. 

 Leaves lanceolate or with few lobes, 3-6 inches long, with trifid spines 

 at the base. Male flowers clustered in the terminal axils. Female 

 flowers in the lower axils, armed with numerous hooked spines. 



