06 The t'sctfiritiu tiatnraluf Vol 73 



FLORA OF VICTORIA: NEW SPECIES AND OTHER ADDITIONS — 10 



By N. A, W akshrld. Noble Park 



Genut OLf ARIA: The DcHmitohon of Some SmoJMeoved Species 



The purpose of this section is h» establish the specihe status »j{ fuur .iptC'es 

 of Qlrarui winch have hillttfrto been variously identified with one oi more 

 ot the three wetl-Vciiowu *peeie>, Q lct>\doph\.ik\ O. fiisriinrnda and 0. mnuu- 

 fosit-. Some details of the latter three species are therefore set out below 

 before the novelties are presented. Some of the revision deals with species 

 which Are not known to occur \r\ Victors*, hot these arc meludrd here for 

 convenience in an appendiv to the main part of the section. 



OLEAKlA LliPfVGPHYI.i.A (Pcrs.) Bcuth. Pi Anst. .? : 477. 



iCey Feature*' Leaves in clusters, the outer ones reflexed tightly against 

 the stems, mostly about 0-5 nun. long, almost globulin, the subtending ones 

 usually longer (even to 2 mm. lomj) and oblong, flower- he-ids sessile ar end* 

 of b'aoddeU ; involvicfal bra*ts acute with a dorsal patch, toward*, ihc- 

 apex, o( a mixture nt exudation and cottony hairs. 



Distribution : Coasts oi Tasmania, malice areas of. north-western -Victoria, 

 and adjoining parts of New South Walts and South Australia. 



CLEAR! J PLOR18UNDA (Hook. \.) BenUt, !.C 



Kev Features - Leaves in loose clusters, mostly 1-2 mm, long, oblong, blunt. 

 glabrous, narrowed ta a *horr flat petiole, thin with revolure margins; flower- 

 heads very numerous, sessile at ends: ot lateral brauchlels (which arc often 

 obsolete however) ; nwohioal bracts mostly obtuse, with a dorsal [<atch. 

 toward? the apex, of a mixture of exudation and cottony hair*. 



Distribution; Scattered in the mib-alpi; and lowlands oi .Tasmania and 

 Victoria, and in South Australia 



The Olcutiii pimclcudes var minor Benlh. (t.c ' 479) ha< fewer larger 

 flower-beads and larger leaves {mostly 3-5 mm- long) but is otherwise the 

 same, as O. jioribunda: it is not rctcTrable to O. piutrtcnultt This form 

 occurs lit u6rtb-wes.terti Victoria, south-western New South Wales, and ur 

 South Australia. 



OLLARIA RAMULO.SA tUbill.) tfentlt. U:: 476. 



Key Features: Stems shortly bristly or aculeate, often cottony alio; leaves 

 ;± narrow-linear, mostly 5-10 mm. (or more) long, the uw&' SUtiaces usually 

 aculeate, the lamina spreading and with re. volute margins,, but the petiole with 

 flat thin tying* and slctn-rlaspmgi; (lower-head 1 ; Usually on axillary l_- leafy 

 peduncles, or on short slender lateral hnanrjdets , hu'ohiernl bracts acme. 

 ± ylandular-puhescent on the dorsal surface. 



Distribution: .Lowlands of Tasmania. Victoria, south-eastern "New South 

 Wales, and south eastern South Australia. 



OLUARiA LANUGINOSA (J. H. Willis) 0*1. nov. 



Syi Ohwur fatfjfonfa var. UtHttymum J. fit Willis MntHerfo ) : 2y 



Stems thick, rigid, i± woorty-louicntose: leaves formine; globular clusters 

 along the stents, incurved and tightly packed, mostly' $-1 ilmi- Jon* (the 

 subtending ones oftftt longer), thick, blunt, usually aculeate-tubcmtlaie. 

 sessile, the bases broad; flower-heads sessile withm clusters M leave* Lateral 

 to the stem*; irtvolucral bracts acute, glandular-ptilivsi-er.r or cottony. 



Distribution. North-western Victoria, south-western New Smith Wales, 

 and South Australia, 



This plant was originally considered (by Berulifttn, Mueller and other iO 

 to he a form o' 0, IfipidvphyUu-. to which Specie* it Is rrmsL rlosely nllted; it 

 is much further removed from 0. florHriturfa (sens, strkLl . 



