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In moist grassy spots. This species differs from all other simple 

 flowered ones of the Series forymbulosae, in foliage, calyx 

 and capsule. 



COMPOSIT.^. 



646. Pleurocarpcwd denticulata Benth. 

 Kimberley distrii-ts (Dr. House). 

 Specimens unsatisfnetory. 



647. Verii()}iHi cinerea Lessinov 



Roebuck Bay (J. \\\ 0. Tepper), Lennard, Fitzroy, Hann, and 



Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 

 Erect, few-branched, l-2ft.; florets pale or purple. Sandy loam. 



648. Olearia aspera W.V.F., n. sp. 



Stems several, few to many branched, erect or ascending from a 

 thick woody stock and along Avith the foliage rough from 

 numerous short septate asperities; lea\-es hardly spreading, 

 frequently appressed, linear or a few of the lower ones 

 oblanceolate, usually mucronate, sessile, rigid, margins en- 

 tire, revolute, the midrib conspicuous, gradually reduced 

 upwards until they become small and bract-like at the base 

 of the involucres; flower-buds terminating the branches 

 and not distinctly pedunculate; involucre hemispherical, the 

 bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, ciliate, the inner ones 

 gradually shorter; ray-florets about 1.^; disk florets numer- 

 ous and but slightly exceeding the involucre; style-append- 

 ages short, stout and obtuse; achenes silky-pubescent, those 

 of the ray broad, much compressed, with thickened margins 

 and usually a prominent rib on the inner face, those of 

 the disk narrow terete, shortly stalked and apparently abor- 

 tive; pappus-bristles of the ray-florets very numerous with 

 a few shorter outer ones, of the disk florets similar but 

 fewer, all scabrous. 



Packhorse and Edkins Ranges; between Isdell and Precipice 

 Ranges; Mounts Brennan and Rason, Isdell River; Dillen's 

 Springs (W.V.F.). 



Stems to 2ft. in height but oftener much less. Leaves ^-fin. 

 long. Involucres at least Jin. diam. Ray florets blue or 

 purplish. 



In sandy soil. The species very closely approaches VittacUnia. 



Affinity to 0. ciliata F. v M. 



(349. Vittadinia brachycomoides F. v M, 

 Summit of Mount Broome (W.V.F.). 

 In sandy soil. 



