Seneeio.] LXV. COMPOSITE. 875 



2. S< platylepis (scales broad), JJC. Prod. vi. 371; Benth. Ft. Austr. iii. 

 664. An erect slightly branched annual of 1 to 2ft., glabrous or with a little 

 loose wool. Leaves narrow, irregularly pinnatifid, with obtuse or acute coarsely- 

 toothed lobes, the petioles often dilated and auriculate at the base. Flower- 

 heads rather large, not numerous, in an irregular terminal leafy corymb, the 

 peduncles dilated at the top. Involucre broadly campanulate, 4 to 5 lines long, 

 the bracts rather broad, united at the base, without any or with 1 or 2 minute 

 outer bracts. Kay-florets ] 2 to 20, the ligulae long and spreading ; disk-florets 

 numerous. Achenes striate, pubescent or hirsute. 



Hab.: Inland southern localities. 



8. S. Baltoni (after J. D. Dalton), F. v. M. Fratpn. vi. 27. A small 

 branching or tall herb, slightly pubescent. Leaves not auriculate, lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, entire, the upper ones about Sin. long and 1^ to 6 lines broad. 

 Flower-heads solitary. Hypocephalous bracts 1-J- to 4 lines long. Involucre 

 bracts 16 to 20 woolly-toraentose, 7 to 8 lines long, narrow, acute, the tubulose 

 corollas slender, about 5 lines long. Anthers exserted ; ligulse about 12, 

 scarcely 3 lines long and 1 line broad. Achenes glabrous. Pappus of numerous 

 thin hairs. 



Hab.: Darling and other southern downs. 



4. S. lautus (elegant), Forst. Prod. 91 ; Bcnth. Fl. Ausir. iii. 667. 

 An erect glabrous perennial, from 1 to 3 or even 4ft. high. Leaves usually 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, entire remotely toothed or deeply pinnatifid, rarely 

 broadly lanceolate, either narrowed into a petiole or, especially when broad, 

 dilated and auriculate or stem-clasping at the base. Flower-heads not very large, 

 several in a loose terminal irregular corymb. Involucre campanulate, the bracts 

 8 to 4 lines long, more prominently 2-ribbed than in most Australian species, 

 with several very small outer ones. Ray-florets about 10 to 15, the ligulae 

 spreading to from f to lin. diameter ; disk-florets numerous, scarcely exceeding 

 the involucre. Achenes glabrous or pubescent. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm, i. 221 ; 

 S. tripartitiis, A. Rich. Sert. Astrol. 114; DC. Prod. 872 ; S. a-itlimifoliuf, A. 

 Rich. I.e. 116; DC. I.e. 372; Steetz in PI. Preiss. i. 485; S. pinnatifolius, k. 

 Rich. I.e. 117 ; S. cornulentus, DC. I.e. 372 ; Steetz in Preiss. i. 484 ; S. rupicola, 

 A. Rich. 1.0. 119, t. 37 ; DC. I.e. 372 ; 8. Macquariends, DC. I.e. 372. 



Hab.: Hervey'a Bay, Sandy Cape, E. Brown ; Suttor River and Moreton Island, F. v. Mueller ; 

 on the upper Maranoa, Mitchell. 



5. S. amydgalifolius (Peach-leaved), F. r. M. Fraf/m. i. 282 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iii. 668. A tall, erect, glabrous, branching shrub. Leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute and acutely and coarsely serrate, 2 to 4in. 

 long. Flower-heads large and few in a loose corymb or smaller and more densely 

 corymbose. Involucre narrow-campanulate, the bracts narrow, 4 to 5 lines long, 

 with few small outer ones. Receptacle pitted, with the edges of the pits 

 occasionally produced into short teeth, or very rarely into a small scale. Ray- 

 florets rarely above 6 and often only 8 or 4, rather long and spreading ; disk- 

 florets shortly exceeding the involucre. Achenes glabrous. 



Hab.: North Coast Railway line. 



6. S. velleioides (Velleia-like), A. Cunn. in DC. Prod. vi. 374 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iii. 668. An erect glabrous perennial, attaining 3ft. or sometimes more. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, the lower ones shortly petiolate, the inter- 

 mediate ones 2 to 4in. long, coarsely serrate, narrowed below the middle but 

 sessile and stem-clasping witli broad rounded auricles, the upper ones cordate- 

 ovate or lanceolate, entire, broadly stem-clasping. Flower-heads not large and 



