Tas. 8705. 
SENECIO Hecrort. 
New Zealand. 
Compositak, Tribe SENECIONIDEAR. 
Senecio, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii, p. 446. 
Senecio Hectori, Buch. in Trans. New Zeal. Inst, vol. v. p. 348 (1873); vol. 
vi. t. 28; Kirk, Students’ Flora, p. 344; Cheeseman, Man. New Zeal. 
Flora, p. 876; ies foliis magnis repando-dentatis basin versus pin- 
natilobulatis, floribus radii albis valde distincta. 
Frutex erectus, ramosus, usque ad 4 m. altus; rami robusti, patuli, puberuli, 
apicem versus foliati. Folia inferiora obovato-elliptica, apice subacuta, 
basin versus pinnato-lobulata, 15-25 cm. longa, 8-12 em. lata, repando- 
dentata, dentibus subacute mucronatis 4-7 mm. distantibus, supra minute 
et sparse pustulata, infra tenuiter lanata; superiora sessilia elliptico- 
lanceolata vel lanceolata, fere glabra, subintegra. Corymbi terminales, 
laxe ramosi, foliosi, 830 cm. diametro vel ultra; pedunculi glanduloso- 
puberuli. Capitula 4-5 cm. expansa. Involucrum campanulatum, 
1°5 cm. longum, medio circiter 1 em. diametro; bracteae 12-14, sub- 
biseriatae, basi bracteis paucis linearibus instructae, oblongo-lineares, acute 
acuminatae, apice intus hirsutae, extra glabrae, margine anguste car- 
tilagineo-membranaceae. Flores radii albi, 12-14; corollae tubus anguste 
cylindricus, 5 mm. longus, glaber; lamina lanceolata, apice minute 
tridentata, 1-5 cm. longa; styli rami graciles, longe exserti. HF lores disct 
flavi; corollae tubus inferne anguste cylindricus, 0-8 cm. longus, superne 
leviter ampliatus, glaber ; lobi 5, oblongo-lanceolati, subacuti, 2 mm. longi; 
styli rami exserti,2mm.longi. Achaenia 3°5 mm. longa, glabra. Pappus 
albus, amplus, 0°8 cm. longus, barbellatus.—J. Hurcurson. 
Among the thirty species of Senecio which are native 
in New Zealand one of the finest is S. Hectori, the 
subject of our plate. It is readily distinguished from 
its New Zealand congeners by its foliage, the basal 
portion or petiole of the lower leaves being pinnately 
lobulate, while the remainder of the leaf-blade is repand- 
dentate. This species is apparently confined to the 
South Island where it occurs in the Nelson and West- 
land districts, at elevations of from 250 to 3,£00 feet 
above sea-level. It flowers there from December to 
February, and in favoured localities the flower-heads are 
at times two and a half inches across. For the intro- 
Aram, 1917. 
