kelich-ymnK] Lt^. COMt'OSI']^ Jl. 83§ 



12. H. semipapposum (part of pappus abortive), DC. Prod. vi. 195 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Auitr. iii. 625. Very closely allied to H. apiculatum. and probably a 

 variety, often scarcely to be distinguished from some forms of that species. 

 Stems usually more erect and stiff, though not so stout. Leaves narrow, often 

 entirely deprived of wool, but sometimes quite cottony-white. Plower-heads 

 small, more numerous *and corymbose than they usually are in H. apiculatum, 

 and the bracts more frequently squarrose, but none of these differences constant. — 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 211 ; Gnaphalimi semipappomvi, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. ii. 

 42 t. 187 ; Helichn/xutii dliatum, H. squarndosum, and H. brevicilitwi, DC. Prod. 

 vi. 195, 196 ; Chrt/socepJialum asperum and C semipapposum, Steetz in PI. Preiss. 

 i. 473, 474 ; C. squarndosinn, Sond. in Linnsea xxv. 515. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



13. H. Bidwillii (after J. C. Bidwill), Benth. Fl. Atistr. iii. 627. Stems 

 weak, straggling or flexuose, with more or less of a deciduous cottony wool. 

 Leaves on slender petioles, ovate or ovate-elliptical, mostly acute, ^ to lin. long, 

 flat and thin, glabrous or cottony-white, especially underneath. Flower-heads 

 small, in small rather compact panicles terminating leafy branches. Involucre 

 broadly campanulate, about 2 lines long, glabrous or very thinly woolly, the 

 bracts rather numerous, scarious, appressed, the inner ones with very small 

 slightly spreading acute or jagged tips. Florets about 20 or rather more, a few 

 outer ones female. Achenes glabrous. Pappus-bristles serrulate, but scarcely 

 thickened upwards. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill. 



14. H. Becklerii (after Dr. Beckler), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 627. A shrub or undershrub with slender divaricate branches, tomentose or 

 pubescent when young. Leaves almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear, flat 

 or with recurved margins, about 4 to 8 lines long, glabrous above, hoary or 

 white underneath. Flower-heads small, in small compact panicles terminating 

 leafy branches. Involucre broadly campanulate, nearly 8 lines diameter, the 

 bracts rather numerous, scarious, loosely appressed, without spreading tips. 

 Florets above 20, several of the outer ones female. Achenes papillose-pubescent 

 or glabrous. Pappus-bristles serrulate, but scarcely thickened upwards. — 

 Ozothamnus Becklerii, F. v. M. Pragm. i. 183. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



15. H. diotophyllum (leaves with two auricles at base), /'". v. M. Fragm. 

 V. 150; Benth. Fl. Auxtr. iii. 628. A shrub with virgate rather slender branches, 

 covered with loose cottony wool. Leaves almost scale-like, erect, linear-lanceolate, 

 1 to 2 lines long, acute, with revolute margins expanded at the base into thick 

 rounded auricles. Flower-heads small, in small very compact panicles ter- 

 minating leafy branches. Involucre broadly campanulate or almost globular, 

 about 2 lines diameter, slightly woolly at the base, the bracts numerous, 

 scarious, appressed, without spreading tips. Achenes shortly hirsute. Pappus- 

 bristles few, barbellate towards the end. 



Hab.: Southern inland downs. 



16. H. diosmifolium (Diosma-leaved), Less, in Stetul. Nam. Bot. ed, 2 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 628. An erect shrub, said to attain sometimes 20ft., the 

 branchlets minutely viscid-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves narrow-linear with 

 minute points or almost obtiise, rarely exceeding -l-in., the margins revolute and 

 not decurrent, glabrous or hoary-tomentose underneath. Flower-heads small 

 and numerous, in dense terminal corymbs. Involucre nearly globular or broadly 

 campanulate, 2 to nearly 3 lines diameter, the bracts broad, obtuse, concave. 



