Cassima.] LXV. OOMtOSlT^. 841 



Corymbs flat or convex, dense, but much exceeding the upper leaves. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear, acute, mostly 1 to 2in. long, glabrous and 



smooth above. Involucral bracts white or pale straw-colour . . . 2. C. longifolia. 

 Panicles pyramidal or not longer than broad, loose or rather compact. 

 Leaves narrow-linear with small straight or recurved points. 



Branches cottony- white. Leaf-points usually recurved 3. C. leevis. 



Branches and leaves glabrous or slightly viscid. Leaf -points usually 



straight 4. C. quinquefaria. 



Panicles long and loose. Leaves obovate or oblong, flat, under lin. long 5. C stibtropica. 



1. C. COmpacta (compact corymbs), F. c. M. Fragm. i. 18 ; Bentli. Fl. 

 Austr. iii. 585. A shrub, the branches and under side of the leaves hoary with a 

 very short close tomentum. Leaves lanceolate, scarcely acute, mucronulate, the 

 margins recurved, 1^ to above 2in. long, glabrous and, smooth above. Flower- 

 heads small, in a very dense rather flat sessile corymb shorter than the last 

 leaves. Involucre straw-coloured or pale brown, narrow, scarcely above 1-^ line 

 long, the bracts obtuse, thinly scarious on the margins, shorter than the florets. 

 Florets 4 or rarely 5 or 6. 



Hab.: Mount Lindsay, on the borders of N.S.W., at an elevation of 5000 feet, W'. Hill. 



2. C. longifolia (long-leaved), R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 127 ; Benth. 

 FL Austr. iii. 586. A shrub, the branches and under side of the leaves more or 

 less hoary or white-tomentose or almost glabrous. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed at the base, mostly 1 to 2in. long, the margins more or less 

 recurved, glabrous and smooth on the upper side. Flower-heads numerous, in a 

 broad rather dense flat or convex corymb much exceeding the last leaves. Invo- 

 lucres oblong, about 2 lines long, pure white in the original form, the bracts 

 very obtuse, opaque. Florets usually about 6 to 8. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



Var. straminea. Involucral bracts straw-coloured or pale brown. — C. longifolia, DC. Prod. vi. 

 156. Hab.: Southern inland localities. 



3. C. IseviS (smooth) R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 128 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 587. Wild Eosemary. A rather slender shrub, the branches and under side 

 of the leaves white-tomentose. Leaves narrow-linear with closely revolute 

 margins, i to IJin. long, smooth above. Flower-heads small, in a shortly 

 pyramidal rather dense panicle of 2 or 3in., rarely condensed into a very 

 convex corymb. Involucre narrow, 1-|^ line long, of a pure white,' the 

 bracts obtuse but narrow. Florets usually about 4 or 5. — DC. Prod. vi. 156 ; 

 C. rosmarinifolia, DC. I.e. 



Hab.: Dawson River, Hf.rb. F. Mueller; Warwick, Beckler ; various other parts of South 

 Queensland. 



Wood dark and beautifully marked, close-grained ; would be very valuable on veneers. — 

 Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 258a. 



4. C. quinquefaria (five-rowed), R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 128 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 587. Wild Eosemary. A shrub, glabrous or nearly so, and 

 sometimes appearing somewhat viscid. Leaves narrow-linear, with revolute 

 margins, without asperities, mostly above lin. long. Flower-heads numerous, 

 in pyramidal panicles, usually looser and larger than in C. Imvis but not nearly 

 so long as in the following species. Involucres narrow-oblong, scarcely 2 lines 

 long, of a pale straw-colour, the bracts rather narrow, obtuse, distinctly or some- 

 times obscurely superposed in 5 rows. Florets about 5. — DC. Prod. vi. 157 ; 

 C. hyt/rophila, A. Ounn. in DC. Prod. vi. 156 ; Achronnjlmna viscosa, Cass.; quoted 

 by DC. I.e. 



Hab.: Very common in southern localities. 



