. Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia. pyinglarge areas in this district. Distinguished from C. lanatus, L.(K. lanatum, DC), by its smaller flower-heads, the innerinvolucral bracts all entire, and none of the middle onescontracted near the summit, and then dilated into a smallappendage, as in C. lanatus, flowers purple instead of yellow,and smaller achenes. A prickly weed of the eastern Mediter-ranean region, which does not appear to have been previouslyrecorded in Australia. It has, however, been established in theSouth-East for so
. Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia. pyinglarge areas in this district. Distinguished from C. lanatus, L.(K. lanatum, DC), by its smaller flower-heads, the innerinvolucral bracts all entire, and none of the middle onescontracted near the summit, and then dilated into a smallappendage, as in C. lanatus, flowers purple instead of yellow,and smaller achenes. A prickly weed of the eastern Mediter-ranean region, which does not appear to have been previouslyrecorded in Australia. It has, however, been established in theSouth-East for some time, because a single head was sent tome from Bordertown in 1909. DESCRIPTION OF V. Melaleuca quadrifaria, F. v. M. 1, flowering branch; 2,fruiting branch; 3, under-surface of leaf, showing the obliqueorbicular base; 4, transverse section of leaf. Melaleuca pauperiflora, F. v. M. 5, flowering branch; 6,fruiting branch; 7, bud and bract; 8, leaf; 9, transverse sectionof leaf. Acacia Menzelii, J. M. Black. 10, pods; 11, seed. runs, and Pioc. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. Vol. XLII., Plate V. igQS. and Proc. R03. Sue. S. r. Vol XLIL, Plate \ I
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