Calotk.] LXV. COMPOSITJi;. 808 



and narrow. Achenes miirioate. Pappus of 1 to 4 rigid barbed awns about 

 1 line long and 1 or more very short ones, all hirsute at the base, the total 

 number varying from 4 to 8. — Send, in Linnsaa xxv. 470. 



Hab.: Broadsonnd, R. Brmon ; Condamine Eiver, Leichhardt ; Burdekin Eiver and Suttor 

 desert, F. o. Mueller: Bockhampton, Dallacliy ; Maranoa and Belyando Eivers, Mitchell; 

 Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. Very abundant. 



8. C. microcephala (small-headed), Benth. Fl. Austi: iii. 504. An erect 

 much-branched undershrub not exceeding 6 to 8in., more or less hoary-hirsute. 

 Leaves oblong-cuneate, obtuse, entire or toothed, under Jin. long, those of the 

 branchlets much smaller. Flower-heads scarcely IJ line diameter. Involucral 

 bracts narrow- oblong, obtuse. Fruiting-heads scarcely more than hemispherical 

 and not 2 lines diameter. Achenes hirsute, obovate, flat but not winged. Pappus 

 of 6 to 8 barbed awns, nearly equal, and all shorter than the achene. 



Hab.: Inland localities. 



9. C. breviseta (pappus awns short), Benth. in Hiieif. Enum. 60 ; and Fl. 

 Austr, iii. 505; An erect perennial of J to 1ft., or sometimes more, diffuse with 

 slider stems of 1 to 2ft. Leaves linear, obtuse, entire, or some of the lower 

 oiies linear-cuneate and coarsely toothed. Flower-heads very small, on slender 

 peduncles. Involucral bracts numerous, linear, mostly acute, scarcely 1 line 

 long. Eay-florets white. Achenes ovate, shortly hispid, not 1 line long, 

 bordered by a narrow flat edge almost expanded into a wing. Pappus of 5 to 10 

 or even more little rigid barbed awns, usually much shorter than the achene.^ — 



^0;. tropica, F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 58. 

 Hab.: Inland tropics. 



10. C> plumulifera (feathered pappus), F. r. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. 

 iii. 57 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 605. An annual with erect or ascending stems, 

 rarely 6in. high, glabrous or hirsute. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or cuueate, 

 entire or with a few coarse teeth. Involucres 2 to 2J lines diameter the bracts 

 oblong, obtuse or almost acute. Eay-florets very numerous, white. Fruiting- 

 heads about 3 lines diameter. Achenes bordered by densely ciliate wings, and 

 so covered by long mostly plumose hairs as to conceal their form. Pappus 

 of several fine barbed awns, unequal, but mostly about the length of the 

 achene. — Goniopogon mtdticaule, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1851 i. 174 t. 2. 



Hab.: Cooper's Creek, A. C. Gregory ; and other inland localities. 



11. C. poiphyroglOSSa (rays purplish), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 505. A hispid annual, with erect -or ascending stems of about 4 to 5in. 

 Leaves ouneate or the lower ones petiolate and spathulate, deeply toothed or 

 almost lobed, the upper ones smaller and narrow. Involucres. 2 to 2^ lines 

 diameter, the bracts narrow and acute. Kay-florets purple, numerous, very 

 narrow. Fruiting-heads about 4 lines diameter. Achenes shortly hirsute, 

 bordered by rather broad wings, densely ciliate on the edge, but without the long 

 plumose hairs of C. plumulifera. Pappus of numerous barljed awns, unequal but 

 all shorter than the achene. ' 



Hab.: Cooper's Creek, Georgina Biver, and other inland localities. 



12. C. pterosperma (achenes winged), B.. Br. ms.: Benth. Fl. Austr. iii 

 505. An erect annual of about 1ft., pubescent or hirsute when young, at length 

 nearly glabrous. Lower leaves on the young plant obovate or petiolate and 

 spathulate, coarsely toothed, on the older plant all linear and entire or rather 

 broader and toothed at the end. Involucral bracts narrow, acute. Ray-florets 

 numerous, white. Fruiting-heads scarcely 3 lines diameter. Achenes flat, 

 sprinkled with a few short hairs, bordered by a very shortly ciliate wing ; pappus 

 of about 8 to 10 very short awns. 



Hab.? Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Broun. 

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