Venecia.] LXV. COMPOSITJI. 811 



11. *S. vulgaris (common), Linn.; DC. Prod. vi. 341 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iii. 672. The common European Groundsel. An annual of 6in. to a 

 foot, bearing a little loose cottony wool, with irregularly pinnatifld and toothed 

 leaves, and small flower-heads with the florets all tubular and hermaphrodite, 

 and involucres of about 20 bracts. 



Hab.: This European weed has made its appearance in some of our southern gardens, having 

 been introduced and grown for feeding small birds. By repeatedly coming up from self-sown 

 seeds, the constitution of the plants have become changed ; thus, in all probability the plant 

 may, in a few years, become as common a garden weed in south Queensland as in Europe. 



76. CYMBONOTUS, Cass. 

 (Book-like form of achenes.) 



Involucre campanulate, at length hemispherical, the bracts imbricate in 

 several rows, the inner ones broader. Eeceptaole pitted, the margins of the 

 pits often produced into rigid points or deciduous scales. Florets of the ray 

 ligulate, female ', disk-florets tubular, hermaphrodite, sometimes sterile. Anthers 

 shortly sagittate but scarcely tailed. Style -branches rather broad, less concrete 

 than usual in the tribe but erect or scarcely spreading. Achenes oblong, 

 glabrous, smooth on the inner face, with 3 or 5 prominent ribs on the back and 

 sides. Pappus none. — Perennial with toothed or pinnatifld radical leaves and 

 single-headed leafless scapes. 



The genus is limited to a single species endemic in Australia. 



1. C. Iiawsonianus (after — Lawson), Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 462 

 t. 86 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 674. A perennial either stemless or with very short 

 tufted stems. Leaves radical, spreading, on long petioles, ovate, coarsely 

 toothed and 2 or Sin. long or longer and lyrately pinnatifld, thin, green and 

 somewhat scabrous above, cottony-white underneath. Scapes or peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves and sometimes very short, cottony-white as well as the involucres. 

 Involucre at length about ^m. diameter. Ray-florets yellow, spreading ; disk- 

 florets shorter than the involucre. — DC. Prod. vi. 491 ; Bond, in Linnasa, xxv. 

 528 ; Hook, f. Fl. Tasm. i. 226 ; C. Preissianus, Steetz in PI. Preiss. i. 486. 



Hab.: Darling and other southern downs. 



77. *CRYPTOSTEMMA, R. Br. 



(Pappus- scales concealed in the wool of the achenes.) 



Involucre broadly hemispherical, the bracts imbricate in several rows, the 

 innermost row with much longer lanceolate membranous tips. Receptacle pitted, 

 without bristles or scales. Florets of the ray ligulate, neuter ; disk-florets short, 

 hermaphrodite, tubular, 5-toothed. Anthers sagittate at the base but scarcely 

 tailed. Style-branches thickened and concrete nearly to the end. Achenes of 

 the ray abortive, of the disk oblong, densely enveloped in an intricate wool. 

 Pappus of about 6 to 8 short lanceolate scales, concealed in the wool. — Perennial 

 with radical or alternate leaves, pinnatifld or pinnately divided. Scapes or 

 peduncles single-headed. 



A South African genus. Very closely allied to .irctotis, scarcely differing except in the 

 pappus. — Benth. 



1. C calendulacea (Calendula-like), R. Br; DC. Prod. vi. 495; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. iii. 675. A perennial usually tufted and almost stemless, the leafy 

 prostrate stems sometimes however lengthening out especially under cultivation. 

 Leaves 8 to 6in. long, deeply pinnatifld or pinnately divided into oblong or 

 lanceolate acutely toothed or lobed segments, glabrous or scabrous above, cottony- 

 white underneath. Scapes or peduncles leafless, 1-headed, glandular, rarely 



