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Tribe XVI. — Galie/e. 

 Galium, Linn. 



Gaudichaudii, DC. 



var. glabrescens. Be nth. 

 var. muricidatum, Benth. 

 australe, DC- — Australian Bedstraw. 



*aparine, Linn., var. minor, Benth. — Cleavers or Goose-grass. 

 Europe. 



Asperula, Linn. 



geminifolia. F. v. M. 

 scoparia. Hook. 

 conferta. Hook. 



var. elonsata. Benth. 



Alliance II.—ASTERALES. 



Order LXV.— COMPOSITE. 



The fruits of this Order are called by Mirbel and Lindley 

 " Cypsela" ; most other botanists use the word "Achene." 



Tribe I. — Vernoniace^:. 

 Ethulia, Linn. 



conyzoides, Linn. f. 



Centratherum, Cass. 

 muticum, Less. 



Pleurocarpsea, Benth. 

 denticulata, Benth. 



Vernonia, Schreber. 



cinerea, Less. — There are two principal varieties in Australia, 

 one either nearly glabrous or rarely hirsute, with short 

 rigid hairs, the other very hoary-tomentose or woolly, 

 with softer more obtuse leaves, and usually smaller 

 flower-heads ; the corolla-lobes also appear shorter. The 

 flowers very purple or white, but almost always purple 

 in the more glabrous form. — Bentham, Flora Austr. iii. 

 460. 



These forms are probably among my Queensland 

 specimens, but such have never been good enough to 

 fully describe the distinctions (F.M.B.). 



scandens, DC. 



Elephantopus, Linn. 

 scaber, Linn. 



