796 LXV. C0MI>0SIT^. [Brachycome. 



3. B. pachyptera (thick-winged), Turcz. in Bull.Mosc. 1851 i. 175 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. iii. 512. A small apparently stemless but densely tufted annual. 

 Leaves radical, linear, 3-lobed or shortly pinnate above the middle, with linear 

 segnjents. Scapes leafless, 2 to 4in. high. Involucres 3 to 4 lines diameter, the 

 bracts very obtuse and broadly scarious. Eeceptacle small. Achenes numerous, 

 slightly compressed, with thick almost corky edges, bordered by a longitudinal 

 line of long woolly hairs, and with a narrow acutely prominent glabrous ridge on 

 each side. Pappus of short scaly bristles. 



Hab.: Murray Eiver, Dallachy. 



4. B. microcarpa (small-fruited), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 50 ; Benth. FL Austr. 

 iii. 613. A more or less pubescent annual, sometimes very small and 

 branched, the ascending or decumbent stems sometimes lengthening out to 

 near a foot. Leaves petiolate, obovate or almost orbicular, obtusely and coarsely 

 toothed or lobed, under lin. long, or when luxuriant lyrate and nearly 2in. 

 Flower-heads small, on long slender peduncles. Achenes obovate, very flat, 

 with thickened margins, sprinkled with a few hairs or tuberculate on the sides. 

 Pappus very small. 



Hab.: Burnett Eiver, F. v. Mueller; Wide Bay to Moreton Bay, Leichhardt ; Brisbane lliver, 

 Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller; Cape Eiver, Bowman. 



5. B. Stuartii (after Chas. Stuart), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 513. A small 

 glabrous perennial, with a thick tufted or shortly creeping rootstock. Leaves 

 radical, pinnate, with narrow, cuneate, entire toothed or lobed segments, the 

 lower ones small and distant. Scapes leafless, slender, 3 to 6in. high. Flower- 

 head rather small. Involucral bracts broadly oblong. Eeceptacle very conical. 

 Achenes small, black, rather narrow, slightly flattened, but thick, with obtuse 

 edges, not winged, more or less tuberculate on the sides. Pappus minute. 



Hab.: Stanthorpe. 



6. B. scapigera (scape-bearing), DC. Prod. vii. 277 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 513. A glabrous perennial, with a densely tufted stock. Leaves radical, often 

 surrounded at the base by the fibre-like remains of old leaves, oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a long petiole of a rather thick texture, quite entire. 

 Scapes leafless or with 1 or 2 small leaves, 3 to 6in. high or when luxuriant rather 

 more. Flower-head not large. Involucral bracts obtuse and rather broadly 

 scarious. Achenes compressed, but with obtuse edges, not at all winged. Pappus 

 very small. — Senecio scapiger, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. iii. 559 ; Brachystephium 

 scapigerum, DC. Prod. vi. 304. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



7. B. graminea (leaves grass-like), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 49 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. 

 iii. 514. Slender and usually glabrous ; stock perennial, creeping or sometimes 

 tutted. Stems occasionally short and numerous, more frequently elongated, 

 decumbent or erect, leafy at the base only or above the middle. Leaves linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, mostly acute, narrowed into a long petiole. Involucre about 3 

 lines diameter, the bracts narrow-oblong, obtuse. Ray-florets numerous, narrow. 

 Style-appendages narrow. Achenes as long as the involucre, obovate, com- 

 pressed, with very thick obtuse callous margins, the somewhat concave sides 

 often tuberculate, and the whole achene sometimes glandular. Pappus none. — 

 Bellis graminea, Labill. PL Nov. Holl. ii. 54 t. 204 ; Paquerina graminea, Cass,; 

 DC' Prod. V. 307 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 188. 



Hab.; Southern downs country. 



8. B. basaltica (found on basaltic country), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 50 ; Benth. 

 FL Austr. iii. 515. A glabrous and somewhat glaucous perennial, with rigid 

 erect branching stems of 1 J to 3ft. Lower leaves petiolate, obovate-oblong, the 



