Tas. 8394. 
SENECIO saxIrRAGOIDES. 
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New Zealand. 
ComposiTaE. Tribe SENECIONIDEAE. 
Srenecro, Linn.; Benth. et Hook.f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 446. 
Senecio saxifragoides, Hook. f. Fl. N. Zel. i. 144; Cheeseman Man. N. Zel. 
Fl. 872; affinis S. Jayopo, Raoul, sed robustior ; foliis majoribus crassioribus 
magis villosis differt. 
Herba perennis; rhizoma robustum, apice dense et longe lanatum. Folia radi- 
calia, petiolata, late oblongo-elliptica vel suborbicularia, apice rotundata, basi 
paullo cordata, 8-12 em. longa, 4°5-10 em. lata, coriacea, margine undulata, 
denticulata, supra laxe et appresse villosa, demum fere glabra, prope 
marginem longe setosa, subtus incano-lanata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
7-9 basi patulis apicem versus subarcuatis distinctis; petioli robusti, 
usque ad 7 cm. longi, cum costa incano-lanati et purpureo-setosi. Scapt 
ad 30 em. longi, ramosi, villis albis et setis purpureis instructi; bracteae 
spathulatae vel lineares, ad 3 cm. longae; pedunculi 1°5-3-5 em. longi. 
Capitula subcorymbosa, 4 cm. diametro, flava. Involucri bracteae anguste 
lanceolatae, subacutae, vix 1 em. longae, extra villosae. Flores radii 
18-20; corollae tubus cylindricus, 2°5 mm. longus, glaber; limbus 
oblanceolatus, apice tridentatus, 1:2 cm. longus, 4 mm. latus, 4-nervis, 
glaber; achaenia cylindrica, glaber, pappi setae barbellatae, 3-5 mm. 
longae. lores disci numerosi; corollae tubus 4 mm. longus, infra medium 
constrictus, supra medium ampliatus, glaber; lobi ovato-lanceolati, sub- 
acuti, 1 mm. longi, 0°5 mm. lati, glabri; antherae obtusae, 2°5 mm. 
longae; pappus et achaenia ut in floribus radii; styli rami 1 mm. longi.— 
J. HUTCHINSON. 
The genus Senecio is represented in New Zealand by 
about thirty species, all of them endemic except one, 
S. lautus, Forst., which is widely spread in Australia and 
Tasmania. The New Zealand species constitute two natural 
groups, one composed of herbaceous perennials, the other 
of shrubs or small trees. The species of the shrubby group 
are very distinct and easily separated ; those of the herba- 
ceous section, to which the subject of our plate belongs, are 
somewhat variable and difficult to discriminate. Our plant, 
S. saxifragoides, is most closely allied to S. lagopus, Raoul, 
but is of stouter habit, with larger and thicker leaves, more 
densely villous on the upper surface. The specimen from 
which the material of our figure was obtained is one of a 
collection of New Zealand plants brought together by 
SEPTEMBER, 1911, 
