Some genera with conglomerated capitula also occur, such as Cylindrosorus and Myriocephalus of Bentham, but they are of no beauty. Several Asteroideæ are found here, many of which belong to the inconspicuous genera Brachycome and Lagenophora; an Eurybia has also been described, and there is a genus nearly allied to Francœuria, the Asteridea pulverulenta,98 a plant of some beauty, with the appearance of an Aster Novæ Angliæ; it is not a little remarkable that with these there also occurs a plant of the genuine genus Aster,99 and of the Alpigenous section, with altogether its habit. The nearest approach to the vegetation of Cape Compositæ is met with here, in the case of Eriocladium pyramidatum,100 a plant related to Morysia, but very different in structure. There is even an imitation of the American Labiate Compositæ in the form of Amblysperma scapigera, Benth. a very handsome plant, with very large pale yellow or white flower-heads placed on a scape from a foot to a foot and half high; it is one of the finest plants of the order found on the continent of Australia.
(98) Asteridea. (Asteroideæ, Inuleæ). Capitulum hemisphæricum multiflorum radiatum; fl. radii ligulatis uniserialibus tridentatis fœmineis; fl. disci 5-dentatis apice glandulosis, hermaphroditis. Invol. imbricatum, squamis exterioribus subulatis, interioribus linearibus. Receptaculum planum, ebracteolatum, areolis elevatis. Antheræ basi setoso-appendiculatæ. Achænium erostre. Pappus setis uniserialibus, basi subscabris, apice barbellato-subplumosis, annulo nullo.
Asteridea pulverulenta. Herba erecta, ramosa, Asteris N. Angliæ facie, undique pilis mollibus ramentaceis pulverulenta. Caulis corymboso-paniculatus. Folia alterna, linearia, semiamplexicaulia, margine revoluta, utrinque, præcipuè subtùs scabriuscula. Squamæ involucri exteriores sub-squarrosæ, apice setaceæ glabræ, inferiùs glanduloso-pilosæ. Flosculi radii semunciam longi, verosimiliter albi.
(99) Aster exul (Alpigenus); caulescens, hispido-pilosus, foliis spathulatis obtusis imbricatis integerrimis dentatisque, pedunculis monocephalis foliis longioribus, involucri squamis linearibus acutis pilos articulates densè gerentibus, achæniis striatis pubescentibus.—Flowers appear to be purple.
(100) Eriocladium, (Athanasieæ). Capitulum multiflorum, homogamum. Invol. hemisphæricum, imbricatum, densè lanatum. Receptaculum conicum, paleis latis membranaceis apice appendiculatis florum longitudine onustum. Cor. 5-dentatæ, basi imâ glanduloso-pilosæ. Antheræ ecaudatæ. Stigmata truncata. Achænia erostria, calva, teretia, glabra.
Eriocladium pyramidatum. Tota lanugine densa alba vestita. Caulis pyramidatus, ramis rigidis ascendentibus 1-3-cephalis. Folia lineari-oblonga, sessila, alterna, internodiis paulò longiora. Capitula in fastigio ramulorum, inter folia sessilia. Discus flavus conicus.
