590 NEW SPECIES OP PLANTS FROM NEW SOUTH WALES, 
Achenes hairy. Pappus-bristles slender, serrulate, not thickened 
upwards. 
Hab. — Bylong, Murrumbo (Goulburn River), N.S.W. 
Analysis showing differences from allied species : — 
Involucral bracts more or less scarious, obtuse, without any or 
with scarcely conspicuous white tips. 
Involucre ovoid-turbinate. Florets above 15. Achenes 
glabrous or papillose. 
Leaves not decurrent H. cinereum. 
,, shortly decurrent .. H \ bracteolatum,, 
,, much decurrent H. tesselatum. 
(The specific name being given in allusion to the strikingly 
tesselated appearance of the stem, owing to the scars of the bases 
of the leaves). 
This species when first seen in the field has the general facies 
of H. diosmifolium, but its specific differences are readily 
apparent. 
The long, prominent persistent decurrent lines on the old 
stems, its scarious yellow bracts and .larger flowers at once 
establish its identity. 
It approaches slightly H. adnatum in having the raised decur- 
rent lines persistent after the leaves have fallen, but its larger 
flower heads and the more numerous florets, scarious and spread- 
ing tips and also the larger and thicker leaves easily distinguish 
it from that species. 
Its nearest affinity is perhaps with H. bracteolatum, but this 
species has shortly decurrent leaves and only ] 5 to 20 florets. 
Helichrysum brevidecurrens, sp.nov. 
A tall, heath-like shrub, in general appearance resembling 
H. diosmifolium, the branches and underside of the leaves cottony 
white. 
Leaves narrow linear with a recurved point, revolute margins 
which are decurrent on the stem but not so much as H. decurrens, 
