96 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



Cheysanthemum LEtJCANTHEMUM, Livn. Erect, simple or nearly so, 1-2 

 feet. Flowers large, with numerons spreading white straps, solitary or 

 with one below. Pappus none. 



C. PABTHENiUM, Pers. Erect, branched. Flowers numerous, in a terminal 

 panicle, about ^ inch, with white spreading rays. Achene with a 

 minute cup-like pappus. 



Matricaria discoidea, D. C. Erect, branched, 3-5 inches. Flowers 

 numerous, terminal, conical, with numerous minute tubular floi-ets. 

 Pappus none. 



Anthemis nobilis, Linn. Procumbent. Leaves much divided, fragrant. 

 Flowers I inch, with white spreading rays. Central flowers tubular, 

 yellow, each subtended by a scale. 



Achillea millefolium, Linn. Erect or depressed, 1-2 feet. Leaves very 

 dissected. Flowers numerous, in terminal corymbs, small, purple to 

 white, with spreading ray-florets. Pappus none, 



Tanacetum vulgare, Linn. Erect herb. Leaves much divided. Flowers 

 numerous, in a terminal corymb. Florets all tubular, yellow, protruding 

 from the involucre. > 



Podotheca ANGDSTiroLU, Cass. Tufted, decumbent or erect. Flower- 

 head solitary, on a short or long bracteate stem. Involucre narrow, 

 cylindrical, l-lf inch long. Bracts numerous, unequal. Florets 

 tubular. Pappus of 4-6 flattened plumose bristles. 



Cryptostemma calbndulacea, It. Br. Tufted, stemless. Leaves in a 

 rosette, obovate, usually segmented, 3-6 inches long, white beneath. 

 Flowers solitary, on slender stalks, 1-1| inch diameter. Ray-florets pale 

 yellow, spreading, inner ones tubular, purple. Aohenes woolly. 



Calendula officinalis, Linn. Herb. Leaves obovate-spathulate, 3-6 

 inches long. Flowers solitary, deep yellow. Outer florets rayed, inner 

 tubular, 1-1^ inch diameter. Achenes bent, rough. 



C. ARVENSis, Linn. Similar to the last, but smaller in all details. 



Rhagadiolus hedypnois. All. Minute and erect or spreading to several 

 inches. I^eaves narrow, obovate, entire or toothed. Flowers 2-8 lines 

 long, yellow. Bracts few, equal, curved and rigid when in fruit. 

 Achenes slender,' curved. Peduncle thickened below the involucre 

 when in fruit. 



In the following some or all of the leaves and bracts are spiney : — 



Carduus ptcnocephalus, Jacq. Erect, slender, 1-4 feet, cottony. Leaves 

 divided, wavy, very prickly, wings extending down the stem, 2-4 inches 

 long. Flowers few, in terminal clusters, f-1 inch long. 



Carduds (Cnicus) lanceolatus, Liww. Erect, branched, 2-4 feet. Leaves 

 divided, very prickly, not extending i^n broad wings down the stem. 

 Flowers solitary, l|-2 inches long. Bracts yerj pungent and somewhat 

 spreading. 



C. (Cnicus) peatensis, Huds. Stem simple, 1-2 feet. Leaves white, 

 narrow-oblong, toothed, 2-4 inches long. Flowers solitary, about f inch 

 long. Bracts acute, but not spiney. 



C. (Cnicus) aevensis. Curt. Stems spreading underg^j-ound. Flowering- 

 branches erect, 4-10 inches. Leaves divided, very crisp and prickly. 

 Flowers many, terminal, about J inch long. Males nearly globular, 

 females oblonp- 



