44 Aust.raUftn Plants, 



linear^ acute, close to eadi other, short in the npper leaves r 

 scales of the involucre cuiu^atc-obloii*;, somewhat scabrous, 

 bhmt, with mcnibnuiaceous ciliatc-torn margin; rcccj)taclo 

 convex ; akenia comj)ressed, oblong-cuneate, with a very 

 short ])ai)pus; those of the du^k with very narrow hardly 

 cihohitc wings; those of the ray with broader somewhat cal- 

 lose margin, rough towards the sununit. 

 On the highest cliffs of Mount liuUcr. 



33. Brachijcomc chrysaglossa. 



Perennial, glandulously pubescent; leaves only on the- 

 lower part oF the stem, oblong-cuneate, at the top rounded 

 or truncate with a few notches; scales of the involucre blunt, 

 obovate, with a broad membranaceous torn-clliate margin, 

 glandulous on the back; ray gt)lden-colourcd; akenium tawny 

 yellow, margined, compressed, surrounded by a broad irregu- 

 larly pectiuate-ciliate wing, thickened and somewhat scabrous 

 on the disk: pappxis conspicuous. 



In the INIaUce scrub towards the north-western boundaries 

 of the colony. 



llemarkabk^ for the colour of its flower-ray, otherwise 

 closely approaching in aflSuity to B. calocarpa. 



34. Calotis antlicmoidcs. 



(Svct* Atutuihar'ia. ) 



Smooth; root fd)rous, producing runners; stems simple;" 

 radical leaves on L)ug ])etioles, ])innatcly divided, the lower 

 seguieuts linear, entire, the rest pinnately cut into linear acute 

 divisions; leaves of the stem small, remote, sessile, lanceolate, 

 entire or rarely toothed; scales of the involucre few, dispo^^cd 

 in two rows, ciliatc, but smooth on the back, outer ones 

 almost roiuid; akenia cuncatc, nearly compressed, margined 

 and broadly Avinged, with exce])tion of the toi)s even and 

 smooth; awns generally eight, valid, retro-hispid, alternately 

 very short, and of the length of the akenium. 



In muddy localities in the neighbourhood of Station Peak. 



A singular ]>lant, differing from the rest of the species, as 

 "well in habit as in the hermaphrodite flowers of the disk. 



iiay Avhitish. 



35. Avgianthus hmchjpappus. 

 Glomerules tapering gradually into the base, at last 



