824 LXV. COMPOSITiE. [Pterocaulon. 



more, obtuse, crenulate and sometimes sinuate, very thick and soft, deourrent 

 into entire wings. Clusters of flower-heads numerous, sessile in depse con- 

 tinuous oblong or cylindrical terminal spikes much larger than in P. cylindro- 

 stachyum. Bracts of the common receptacle short, linear, woolly-hairy as in the 

 other species but less spathulate, those of the partial involucres 3 to 4 lines long, 

 linear, rigidly scarious. Eay-florets very numerous ; disk-florets solitary. — 

 Mmunteles veifascifolivs, F. v. M. in Fl. Austr. iii. 523. 

 Hab.: Northern inland localities. 



2. P. cylindrostachyum (spike cylindric), C. B. Clarke Comp. hid. 98. An 

 erect perennial of 1 to 3ft., softly tomentose, pubescent or woolly all over. 

 Leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse, crenate, 1 to 2in. long or smalle.r on the 

 floweri,ng branches, soft, rugose, decurrent into narrow entire wings. Clusters 

 of flower-heads small, globular, sessile, forming terminal cylindrical and con- 

 tinuous or interrupted spikes, each cluster rarely above 3 or 4 lines diameter, 

 and containing from 10 to. 20 heads. Bracts of the common receptacle linear, 

 acute, woolly, not 2 lines long, those of the partial involucres narrow-linear, 

 acumjjsiate, glabrous. Disk-florets solitary. Achenes sprinkled with a few 

 hairs. — Monenteles- spicatus, DC. Prod. v. 455 and Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 43 

 t. 43, also Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 523. 



Hab.: Flinders River, Bowman; Fitzroy River, Fitzalan; Rookhampton, Dallachy ; Keppel 

 Bay, Thozet ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller. 

 The species is also in New Caledonia, Burmah, and the Philippine Islands. 



3. P. sphacelatum (withered), Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. A perennial or 

 undershrub of 1 to 2ft., softly tomentose-pubescent or woolly all over. Leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acute, the larger ones 1 to 2in. long, those 

 on the flowering stems often smaller, entire or crenulate, soft, rugose, decurrent 

 into narrow wings usually entire. Clusters of flower-heads globular or nearly so, 

 solitary, terminal and pedunculate or rarely becoming lateral and sessile by the 

 elongation of the shoot. Bracts of the common receptacle linear with dark 

 spathulate tips and densely clothed with long woolly hairs, those of the partial 

 involucres linear, scarious, acute, glabrous or slightly ciliate. Female florets 

 numerous ; disk-florets usually solitary. Style-lobes almost subulate. Achenes 

 glabrous. — DC. Prod. v. 456 ; Monenteles globifenis and M. intermedius, DC. l.c, 

 455 ; M. spJiacelatm, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 43 t. 44 in Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 523; P. Billardieri, F. v. M. Pap. PL iii. 43; Gnaphaliiim cylindrostachyum. Wall. 



Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsborough ; common along the sandy shores and in the 

 adjacent islands, iJ. BrozOTi a«d otAej-s ; Brisbane Bjver, Moreton Bay, A. Gunnvngham ; Pine 

 River, Fitzalan. 



The species is also in New Caledonia and New Guinea. 



4. P. glandulosum (glandular), Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. " Alworm- 

 angka-ina," Palmer River, Both. A tall erect strongly scented perennial 

 or undershrub, more or less glandular-pubescent but not woolly. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute and acutely toothed, bullate"-rugose, 1 

 to 2in. long, decurrent into irregularly and acutely-toothed wings. Clusters 

 of flower-heads terminal and solitary, ovoid or oblong, ^ to lin. long. Bracts 

 of the common receptacle linear or linear-cuneate, ciliate with a few long 

 woolly hairs, but not densely woolly as in the other species, those of the 

 partial involucres about 2 lines long, linear, acute, often ciliate with a few hairs. 

 Female florets numerous ; disk-florets solitary. — Monenteles qlandulosus, F. v. M. 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 524. 



Hab.: Keppel and Shoalwater Bays, Thirsty Sound and Broadsound, R. Srown ; rocky hills, 

 Cape Cleveland, ^. Cunmngham ; Gilbert River, F. v'. Mueller; Flinders and Fitzroy Rivers, 

 Bowman J Rockhampton and Keppel Bay, Thozet. 



Leaves used for stuffing up and rubbijig into spear- wounds in legs or a,rms.— Both I.e. 



Qsed lor medicine in fevers.— PaJmcr. 



