806 LXV. COMPOSITE. [Olraria. 



phlogopappus, Labill. PI. Nov. HoU. ii. 49 t. 195 ; A. phlogotrkhus, Spreng. Syst. 

 iii. 525 ; Eunjbia guercifolia, Cass. (DC.) ; Diplostephium phlogotrichum, Nees, 

 Gen. et Sp. Ast. 18(5 ; OleariapMorfopappa, DC. Prod. v. 272 ; Eurybia Oimniana, 

 DC. Prod. V. 268 ; Hook. f. PL Tasm. i. 175 ; /;. subrepanda, DC. I.e. 



Hab.: Port Bowen, R. Brown ; Mount Hedlow, near Eockhampton, Dallachy. 



Var. canescens. Leaves narrow-oblong, entire, J to 2in. long, hoary-tomentose on both sides. — 

 Towards Wallangarra. 



2. O. Ifernstii (after J. Nernst), F. c M. Fraym- v. 81 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 474. A shrub with elongated branches, loosely stellate- tomentose and 

 apparently somewhat glutinous. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 remotely and often acutely sinuate-toothed or nearly entire, 1 to Sin. long, rather 

 thin, glabrous and smooth above, loosely stellate-tomentose underneath. Flower- 

 heads not large, in terminal , pedunculate corymbs. Involucre almost hemi- 

 spherical, 4 to 5 lines diameter, the bracts not very equal. Bay-florets 15 to 20 ; 

 disk-florets numerpus, not much exceeding the involucre. Anthers not auriculate. 

 Style-appenda^s shortly lanceolate. Achenes short, glabrous. Pappus with an 

 external series of very short, bristles. — Anter Nernstii, F. v. M. l.c^ 



Hab.: Near Ipswich, Nernst ; towards Moreton Bay, Leichhardt. 



3. O. hygrophila (a lover of water), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 474. Shrubby, 

 with slender virgate branches, very sparingly stellate-tomentose. Leaves alter- 

 nate, linear, mostly acute, entire with recurved margins, f to IJin. long, glabrous 

 above, sparingly and minutely stellate-tomentose underneath. Flower-heads 

 rather large, on slender peduncles, solitary or few in a loose corymb. Involucre 

 scarcely |in. diameter, the bracts narrow, somewhat unequal. Ray-ilorets 12 to 

 20, rather narrow ; disk-florets numerous, sc^ircely exceeding the involucre. 

 Anthers not auriculate. Style^appendages lanceolate. Achenes glabrous. 

 Pappus-bristles slightly unequal, with very few short external ones or sometimes 

 none at all. — Eurybia hyg}-ophila, DC, Vrodi. v. 269. 



Hab.: Islands of Moreton Bay. 



4. O. ramulosa (much-branched), Benth. FL Austr. iii> 476. A shrub of 

 3 to 6ft., much-branched, more or less scabrous-pubescent and sometimes slightly 

 glutinous. Leaves crowded, usually very small and spreading, sometimes 

 reflexed and clustered in the axils, varying from obovate or almost orbicular, 

 about 1 line long, with a petiole of the same length, to oblong-linear and nearly 

 ■Jin. long, usually obtuse, with recurved or revolute margins, glabrous or scabrous- 

 pubescent above; the under surface with more or less of a thin intricate wool, or 

 sometimes the thin loose wool covering the whole plant. Flower-heads small, 

 very numerous, usually sessile or terminating very short lateral leafy peduncles 

 or branchlets, forming long leafy spikes or racemes along the branches. Invo- 

 lucre ovoid, much imbricate, nearly 3 lines long. Ray-florets 6 to 10, the ligula 

 much longer than its style ; disk-florets scarcely more numerous. Style branches 

 short, the appendages triangular, almost as in some SenecioiiidiB, but papillose 

 only not hispid. Achenes short, slightly compressed, striate or 4-angled, hairy or 

 rarely glabrous. Pappus with an outer series of short bristles, but sometimes 

 very few only. 



Hab.: Towards Wallanga,rra (both forms). 



a. microphylla. Leaves obovate or oblong, 1 to 2 lines long. Flower-heads small. — Aster 

 microphyUns, Vent. Jard. Malm, under n. 83 ; Diplostephium microphyllwn, Nees, Gen. et Sp. 

 Ast. 191 ; Eurybia microphylUi, DC. Prod. v. 270. 



b. communis. Leaves narrow, 1 to 6 lines long.— Aster ramulosus and A. acnleatus, Labill. PI. 

 Nov. HoU. ii. 51, 52, t. 198, 200; A..exaspera,tus, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 328 (erroneously 

 said to be from the Cape) ; Diplostephium aculeatum, Nees, Gen. et Sp. 192, and'-D. ramulosum, 

 Nees, 1.0. 193 ; Eurybia ramulosa, DC. VmA. v. 270: Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 178; E.propinqua, 

 E. aculeata, an4 E. epileia, DC. I.e.; E. ericaides, Steetz in PI. Preiss. i. 423. 



