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Heliclnysum scorpioides — Labillardiere. 



Hab. Near the Yarra. 

 FL December. 



Helichrysum leucopsidium — Candolle. 



Hab. Wilson's Promontory. 



FL 



These plants will be easily recognised by those who know the '■'■Immortelle''' 

 of the French. 



Genus named from Helios, the sun, and chryson, gold. 



All continental tourists are familiar, we thhik, with the use of the "immor- 

 telles;" for who, in visiting churchyards in France, has not been struck 

 with the beauty of the wreaths placed over the graves? Truly a sweet 

 tribute to the memory of dear relatives or friends — more touching far than 

 the most costly monuments; for in these simple wreaths there is no osten- 

 tation. There is much sweetness also in the distinction made in the gar- 

 lands according to the age of the departed : those intended for the graves 

 of the young and unmarried being composed of the purest white, whilst 

 for persons of more advanced age the yellow are used. 



Helipterum brachyrrhynchum — Sonder. 

 Hab. Argillaceous dry hills near Forest Creek. 

 Fl. December. 



*Gnaphalium luteo-album — Linne. 



Hab. Common, Yarra banks, Warrnambool, etc. 

 Fl. January. 



This plant, the "Jersey cudweed," is marked as "very rare" in England, by 

 Babington, in his "Manual of British Botany." 



Gnaphalium indutum — J. Hooker. 



Hab. Dry pastures near Brighton and Warrnambool. 



Fl. October. 



(Name from gnaphalon, soft down.) 



Erechtites hispidula — Candolle. 

 Hab. Grassy ridges on the Yarra, 

 Fl. September. 



Senecio rupicola — Lesson and Eichard. 



Hab. Sandy soil on sea-coast, St Kilda, W T arrnambool, etc. 

 Fl September. 



Senecio Macquariensis — Candolle. 

 Hab. Muddy banks of the Yarra. 

 Fl. November. 



