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Plant l-2ft. long. Leaves J-fin. long. Involucres 1 line long, 

 often red. Appendages of the glands white or reddish. 

 Capsules 1 line long. Heads greyish. In sandy loam 

 and black soil. 



Affinity to E. Aimstrongii Boiss. 



340. B. Schultzii Benth. 



Near Derby, May and Lennard Rivers (W.V.F.). 

 In sandy loam. 



341. E. comans W.V.F. n. sp. 



An annual or perennial of short duration, with several stems, 

 erect or ascending from the base, much-branched and 

 invested with spreading white hairs ; leaves opposite, 

 on extremely short petioles, ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 very obliquely cordate at the base, those on the flowering 

 branches gradually smaller, stipules lobed or entire and 

 setaceous ; involucres terminal or, in the upper axils, 

 solitary or two together, usually on short branchlets, 

 glabrous, shortly pedicellate the leafy bracts longer than 

 the involucre ; glands rather broad, with slightly larger 

 minutely denticulate appendages ; capsule prominently 

 angled, glabrous ; styles shortly bifid ; seeds marked with 

 rather shallow transverse furrows. 



Near Derby, Denha,m and King Rivers (W.V.l?.). 



Height under 9in. Leaves 3-4 lines long. Involucres about 

 f hne long. Appendages to the glands white. Capsules 

 under 1 line long. Seeds brownish. In sandy soil. 



Affinity to E. Schultzii Benth. 



342. E. MueUeri Boiss. 



May, Lennard, IsdeU Rivers, near Derby (W.V.F.). In sandy 

 loam. 



343. E. cinerea W.V.F. n. sp. 



A prostrate glabrous and glaucous greyish many-branched 

 plant, the rhizome woody and knotted ; leaves opposite, 

 very shortly petiolate, obovate to spathulate, shortly 

 mucronate, oblique and very narrow at the base, entire 

 or finely serrulate in the upper portion, almost imbricate 

 on the flowering branches ; stipules conspicuous and 

 deeply lobed ; involucres terminal or, in the upper axils, 

 1-2 together, very shortly pedicellate, glabrous , glands 

 small, with a comparatively broad entire margin ; capsule 

 shortly stipitate, glabrous ; styles simple ; seeds rugulose. 



Wingrah Pass, Napier Range (W.V.F.). 



Plant covering the ground a foot in diameter. Lea\-es 2-2i 

 2-2J lines long. Involucres under 1 line long. Border 

 of the glands pink, rarely wliite. Capsules scarcely | line 

 long. Seeds reddish-brown. 



