mostly short,the whole leaf often scarcely above 1⁄2 in. long, those clustered round the flowers however usually twice as long and often plumose at the base. Involucres terminal, usually 3 or 4 together. Perianth 3⁄4 to 1 in. long, glandular-pubescent and not silky, the laminæ with few hairs inside behind the anthers which are all perfect.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 312.
W. Australia, Drummond, 2nd coll. n. 301, Preiss, n. 791; Point d'Entrecasteaux, Walcott; Cape Leschenault and near Bunbury, Oldfield.
Var. velutina. Softly and densely villous, leaves rather longer and the laminæ of the perianth more bearded inside, showing an approach to A. sericea, but the perianth glandular-pubescent only outside as in the typical A. Meissneri—A. velutina, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 312.—W. Australia, Drummond, 4th coll. n. 266.
11. A. filifolia, Benth. A shrub of 5 or 6 ft. with pubescent branches. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, twice or even thrice pinnately divided into filiform segments, those of the stem-leaves short, those of the floral leaves much longer and slightly plumose at the base, the whole leaf on the branches not above 1⁄2 in. long, round the flowers 3⁄4 to 1 in., all glandular at the point. Involucres terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together. Perianth fully 3⁄4 in. long, the tube somewhat angular, glabrous or slightly hairy in the upper part, the laminæ darker coloured, hairy outside, bearded inside behiud the anthers which are all perfect.
W. Australia. Stirling Range, F. Mueller; Kojonerup hills, Maxwell.
Var. sericifolia. Leaves silky-pubescent.—W. Australia, Drummond, n. 69.
12. A. terminalis, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 152, Prod. 367. A procumbent shrub, extending to 3 or 4 ft., tomentose-pubescent and more or less sprinkled with fine spreading hairs. Leaves divided into 3 to 7 linear-terete segments, those along the branches usually appressed and 3 to 5 lines long, those around the flowers crowded and twice as long. Involucres terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, the inner floral leaves less divided with a dilated ciliate petiole, or even reduced to a simple filiform leaf. Bracts plumose at the base. Perianth about f in. long, hirsute outside. Anthers all perfect, with very few hairs on the perianth-laminæ behind them. Style-end slender.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 313; Endl. Iconogr. t. 110.
Victoria. Wimmera, Dallachy; N.W. districts, L. Morton.
S. Australia. Port Lincoln, R. Brown; Onkaparinga and Encounter Bay, F. Mueller; Penola, Woods; Kangaroo Island, F. Mueller.
Preiss's West Australian specimens here included by Meissner are probably referrible to some of the varieties of A. sericea. The only ones I have seen are in leaf only.
13. A. flavidiflora, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 157. A procumbent much branched shrub, the branches and foliage silvery-tomentose and more or less hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves divided into 3 to 7 linear-terete obtuse segments without terminal glands, those along the branches 1⁄4 to nearly 1⁄2 in. long, those crowded round the flowers nearly 3⁄4 in. Involucres terminal, solitary or clustered, on very short pedicels, the bracts silky-hairy. Perianth 3⁄4 in. long, villous outside, the laminæ
