BRACHTCOME IBERIDIFO'LIA, 
IBERIS-LEAVED BRACHYCOME. 
NATURAL ORDER, COMPOSITE. 
CALTCIFLOE^, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE, 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
1 
No. 230. 
SYXGENESIA, 
SUPERFLUA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Brachycome. Cassini. Capitulum multiflorum, lieterogamum, 
floribiis radii uniseriatis, ligulatis, femineis, disci tubulosis, hermaphroditis. 
Involucri campanulati squamEe pauciseriales, margine membranaceas. Rf.cep- 
TACULUM conicum, subalveolatum. Coroll.e radii ligulatae, disci tubulosa?, 
limbo quinque-dentato. Anther.® ecaudatoe. Achenia plano-compressa, 
erostria. Pappus breYissimiis, setoso-coroniformis. Herb.® NovsB-Hollandiee 
perennes, erectae; foliis alternis, glabris, pauce dentatis, piiinatilobatis vel trifi- 
dis, capitulis solitariis ramos apice apliyllos terminantibus, disco luteo, radio 
albo. Endlicher: Genera Plantarum, p. 381. 
SPECIES. Brachycome iberidifolia (Bentham) Glaberrima, caule 
erecto ramoso, foliis i^innatisectis : segmatis lineari-subulatis distantibus integ- 
errimis, peduneulis nudis monoeeplialis, involucri squamis oblongis acutiusculis 
apice membranaceis, acheniis subteretibus clavatis Isevibus vel vix tuberculo¬ 
sis pilis paucis liispidulis apice plicatis, pappo subnullo. Bentham, in Hugel 
Enumeratio, p. 59, No. 198. 
Character of the Genus, Brachycome. Capitule many- 
flowered, lieterogainous, florets of the ray in a single series, ligulate, 
pistilliferous, those of the disk tubulose, hermaphrodite. The scales 
of the campanulate involucre in few rows, and membranous at the 
margins. Receptacle conical, slightly pitted. The corollas of the 
ray ligulate, those of the disk tubulose, with the limb five-toothed. 
Anthers devoid of a tail. Achenia (seed-vessels) flattish compres¬ 
sed, without a beak. Pappus very short, occurring in the form of a 
bristly crown. 
Description of the Species, Brachycome iberidifolia. A 
perennial herbaceous plant, smooth throughout; stem erect, branched, 
leaves pinnately cut, segments linear-subulate, distinct, entire. Ped¬ 
uncles naked, bearing a single capitule. Scales of the involucre 
oblong, somewhat pointed and membranous at the top. Florets of 
the ray tubulose, tube somewhat bulging and hairy below, limb smooth, 
five-toothed. Stamens five, anthers syngenesian, and devoid of an 
