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Descriptive Characters of 



somewhat rigid, channelled-llnear, acute mucronulate, gla- 

 brous; petioles clasping, scarious, woolly fringed ; flowerheads 

 solitary, almost sessile; scales of the involucre glabrous, 

 somewhat red, at the base green, the outer ones ovate, inner 

 ones narrow-lanceolate, not radiating ; pappus of the sterile 

 flower-heads scabrous, very slightly thickened at the apex. 



On gravelly places near springs, or such as are subject to 

 nundations in the Munyang Mountains, (5000 to 6000 feet.) 



A small tufted herb, somewhat resembling the Raoulia 

 tenuicaulis. The fertile flowers are yet unknown. 



Epaceideae, 



21. Decaspora ClarheL 



Stems short, diffused; branchlets slightly downy; leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, flat, oblong-lanceolate, acutish, three or 

 five-nerved, without a mucro, very much longer than the 

 petiole, in front scabrous ; spikes few-flowered, corymbose, 

 as long as or longer than the leaves ; faux of the large corolla 

 bearded. 



In shady ravines at Mount Wellington, half buried in 

 decaying leaves ; very rare. 



This elegant little shrub bears the name of Capt. Andrew 

 Clarke, the worthy President of the Philosophical Society, 

 to whom the author is under many-fold great obligation, for 

 promoting his researches. 



The four other species, are endemic Tasmanian ones. The 

 large bleuish berries of this are eatable. 



22. Leucopogon MaccraeL 



( Sect. B r achy s tacky S.J 



Tall, much branched ; branchlets very little spreading, firm, 

 velvety ; leaves spreading, ovate, or from a round base lance- 

 olate, stalked, flat, not mucronate, glabrous, above shining 

 in front ciliolate ; spikes terminal or below the apex, few- 

 flowered, soon erect ; calyx and bracteoles blunt, ciliolated ; 

 tube of the corolla hardly longer than the calyx; anthers 

 half exserted ; style glabrous, enclosed ; drupe globose, red, 

 generally four-celled, nearly dry. 



In vallies on the sources of the Mitta Mitta, near Mount 

 Hotham and Mount La Trobe, as also along the torrents of 

 the Cobboras Mountains. (5 — 6,000 feet.) 



