COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STURT. 3.29 



render it necessary to state, that I have found it quite 

 uniform in all the flowers I have examined ; namely, in 

 four immediately before, and in three after expansion. 



PODOCOMA. 



Char. Gen. — Involucrmn imbricatum, foliolis angustis 

 acutis. LigulcB pluriseriales, angustissimse, femineee. Flos- 

 culi pauciores hermaphrodito-masculi. Ligularum pappo 

 capillari, stipitato, denticulato. Beceptacuium epaleatum. 



Herba Jmmilis, setosa ; caule dense foliato ; folia petio- 

 lata, cuneata, incisa, setis albis conspersa. 



14. PoDOCOMA cuneifoUa. [si 



Loc. In Herbario D. Sturt absque uUa indicatione loci 

 vel stationis. 



Obs. This plant appears to be generically distinct from 

 Erigeron, particularly in its stipitate pappus. The speci- 

 mens, however, are so incomplete, that I am unable to de- 

 termine whether what I have considered stem, may not be 

 a branch only. 



LEICHARDTIA. 



Char. Gen. — Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla urceolata ; 

 tubo intus imberbi ; fauce annulo integerrimo incrassata. 

 Corona staminea 5-phylla, foliolis antheris oppositis, iisque 

 brevioribus, indivisis. Antherm membrana (brevi) termi- 

 natse. Masses Pollinis erectse basi alRxge. Stiffma vix 

 divisum. 



^oSmiQxvolubilis ; foliis linearibus,fascicularibus, extra- 

 alaribus ; folliculis ventricosis ovato-oblongis. 



15. Leichardtia australis. 

 Doubah Mitchell, trop. Austr.p. 85. 



