274 THE FLORA OS THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



>■ I.e. breviseta, Benth. — Maude Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 

 1911. "Same species from Edith Creek, but only a small bit, so that it cannot 

 be divided." (Note sent with specimen.) Upper Victoria River and barren 

 plains, Fitzmaurice River, F. v. Mueller ; Albert River, Henne. 



2. G. lappulacea, Betiih.—m miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (270), 

 7/6/1911. Common or Yellow Burr Daisy. 



3. C. pterosperma, B. Sr.— Borroloola, G. F. Hill (603), 2/10/1911 ; 

 islands of tha Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



4. 0. scapigera, Hook. — ^Northern base of Newcastle Range, F. v. Mueller. 

 Tufted Burr Daisy. G. cymbacantha, F. v. M.; G. porphyroglossa, F. v. M.; G. 

 Kempei, F. v. M. — Recorded from North Australia in National Herbarium 

 Census. 



6. VITTADINIA, A. Rich. 



{Microgyne, Less.; Eurybiopsis, DG.) 



Section I. Yittadinia vera. — Achenes with 2 or more ribs on each face. 

 — 1. V. braohycomoides. 



Section II. Eurybiopsis. — Achenes very flat, the margins slightly thick- 

 ened, without prominent ribs on the faces. — 2. V. macrorrhiza. 



1. V. brachycomoides, F. v. M. — Basaltic plains, Hooker and Start's 

 Creeks and Arnhem Land, F. v. Mueller. 



2. F. ynacrorrhiza, A. Gray. — Brunswick Bay and Prince Regent's 

 Harbour, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Providence Hill, F. v. Mueller ; Port 

 Essington, Armstrong ; islands of the Guh of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



7. PODOCOMA, Cass. 1817. 

 (Podopappus, Hook. & Arn.; Asteropsis, Less.; Ixiochlamys, F. v. M.) 



1. P. cuneifolia, B. Br. — ^Nichol Bay, N.W. Coast, F. Gregory's Expedi 

 tion. 



8. OLEARIA, MoENCH., 1802. 



(Eurybia, Cass., 1820 ; Haxtonia, Caley., 1831 ; Orestion, Rafin., 1836 ; 

 Shawia, Forst., 1776 ; Spongotrichium, Nees., 1833 ; Steetzia, Sond., 1852 ; 

 Steiractis, DC, 1836.) 



Section I. Eriotriche. — Indumentum of the under side of the leaves 

 consisting of densely intricate woolly hairs. Leaves alternate, often small. 

 — 2. 0. axUlaris. 



Section II. Merismotriche. — Glabrous, glandular-pubescent or hirsute, 

 and often glutinous, the hairs simple rigid, white or transparent and septate. 

 Involucre hemispherical, with narrow usually acute bracts. Flower-heads 

 rather large, few, terminal or in the upper axils, on peduncles shorter than or 

 rarely exceeding the leaves. — 4. 0. Stuartu. 



Flower-heads solitary, on peduncles very much longer than the leaves. 



Glabrous. Peduncles with subulate bracts. Involucre much shorter 



than the disk . — 3 . . Ferresii . 

 Glabrous or hispid. Peduncles without any or with only one bract. 

 Involucre as long as the disk. — 1. 0. arguta. 



J. 0. arguta, Benth. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



Var. lanata, Benth. — Arnhem, N. and S. Bays, R. Brown. 



2. 0. axillaris, F. v. M. — Dampier's Archipelago, N.W. Coast, A. Cunning- 

 ham. Coast Aster. 



