886 LXV. GOMPOSITiE. [HeUrhnjstim. 



2. H. scorpioides (scorpion-like), Lahill. PL Nov. Hull. ii. 45 t. 191; 



Beiitli. Fl.. Aiistr. iii. 618. Stems from a perennial tufted or decumbent and 

 shortly branching base, ascending oif erect, usually simple, often exceeding 1ft. 

 and rather weak, but sometimes shorter and more rigid, clothed with a white 

 deciduous cottony wool. Leaves from oblong-spathulate to linear, mostly acute, 

 glabrous or scabrous above, loosely woolly underneath, the upper ones few and 

 small. Involucre broadly hemispherical, from about f to lin. diameter, the 

 bracts very numerous and spreading, not ciliate, the outer ones short, often tinged 

 with brown, passing into the intermediate ones, of a bright yellow, usually 

 narrow, but obtuse and gradually contracted into the claw, the innermost smaller. 

 Florets exceedingly numerous, more than half as long as the involucre. Achenes 

 glabrous. Pappus-bristles not very numerous, slender, shortly and often sparingly 

 barbellate towards the end.— DC. Prod. iii. 194 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 211 ; 

 Gnajihalium scorpioidex, Poir. Diet. ii. 808 ; Helichrysum hqihthalmoides, Sieb. PI. 

 Exs.; H. Gunnii, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 320. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



3. H. rutidolepis (bracts wrinkled), DC. Prod. vi. 194 ; Benth. Fl. Aiistr- 

 iii. 618. A decumbent or loosely branched perennial, almost woody at the base, 

 with a little loose deciduous wool. Leaves oblong, lanceolate or linear, acute or 

 mucronate, mostly narrowed below the middle, but stem-clasping at the base, f 

 to nearly 2in. long. Flower-heads' solitary on almost leafless peduncles. Invo- 

 lucre hemispherical, not exceeding Jin. diameter a;id often smaller, ; the bracts 

 spreading in many rows, the outer short ones tinged with brown and passing into 

 the inner or intermediate ones, which have a more distinct obtuse yellow lamina, 

 rather longer than the florets and often transversely wrinkled. Florets very 

 numerous, a few of the outer ones female and almost or quite without pappus, 

 the others hermaphrodite. Achenes glabrous. Pappus-bristles minutely serru- 

 late or simple at the base, more distinctly but sparingly barbellate towards the 

 end. — H. erosum, Schlecht. Linnrea, xx. 595. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



4. H. bracteatum (bracts conspicuous), Willd.; DC. Prod. vi. 188 ; Benth. 

 FL Austr. iii. 620. An erect branching or simple perennial, of 1 to 2ft., often 

 flowering the first year so as to be also annual, glabrous scabrous or sprinkled 

 with a few hairs, without cottony wool. Leaves from linear to oblong-lanceolate 

 or the lower ones obovate-oblong, the longer ones often attaining 3 or 4in., green 

 and sometimes somewhat glutinous. Flower-heads large, solitary or few 

 together on separate peduncles. Involucre hemispherical, spreading to from a 

 little more than lin. to nearly 2in. diameter, in the original form shining 

 yellow or straw-coloured with more or less of a reddish-brown, the outer bracts 

 short ovate and sessile, the inner gradually longer and more lanceolate on a short 

 broad claw, the innermost narrow and rather shorter, all rigid and usually obtuse. 

 Florets very numerous, very much less than half the length of the involucre, the 

 outer ones female and slender. Achenes glabrous or slightly papillose. Pappus- 

 bristles denticulate, not thickened upwards, slightly cohering at the base.— Hook, 

 f. Fl. Tasm. i. 210 ; Steetz in PI. Preiss. i. 471 ; Xeranthemum bracteatum,, Vent. 

 Jard. Malm. t. 2; Helichrysum chrysanthum, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 414; Klichrysum 

 luciduvi,^ Henckel, Adumbr. (DC.) ; Helichrysum viscosum, Sieb. PI. Exs.; H. 

 iBanksii, A. Cunn. in DC. Prod. vi. 188 (with rather broad leaves) ; H. bicolor, 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1844 (with narrow leaves) ; H. acuminatum, DC. Prod, vi. 

 188 (with less pbtuse involucral bracts) ; H. macrocephalwn, A. Cunn. in DC. I.e. 

 (with large flower-heads). 



Hab,: Abundant along the whole coast and on coastal ranges. 



