Tas. 8524, 
SENECIO Kirxi. 
New Zealand. 
ComposttaE. Tribe SENECIONIDEAE. 
Senecto, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 446. 
Senecio Kirkii, Hook. f. ec T. Kirk, Students’ Fl. p. 344; Cheeseman, Man. 
New Zeal. Fl. p. 376; species foliorum forma capitulis magnis floribus 
radii albis valde distincta. 
Frutex erectus, 2-4 m. altus, glaber; rami robusti. Folia valde heteromorpha, 
lineari-oblanceolata, oblanceolata vel obovata, apice obtusa, basi attenuata, 
4-12 em. longa, 1-3°5 cm. lata, supra medium parce repando-dentata vel 
saepissime integra, chartacea, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus 4-6 ascenden- 
tibus distinctis sed vix prominentibus; petiolus 0°5-2 cm. longus, gracilis. 
Corymbi magni, saepe ramosissimi, 10-30 cm. diametro vel nonnunquam 
latiores; bracteae inferiores foliaceae ; pedunculi graciles, 2-5 cm. longi, 
superne 4-5-bracteati, bracteis recurvatis. Capitula numerosa, campanu- 
lata, 4-5 em. diametro. Jnvolucri bracteae subbiseriatae, oblongo-oblanceo- 
latae, subacutae, circiter 1 cm. longae et 2-5 mm. latae, submembra- 
naceae, apice breviter pubescentes. Receptaculum planum, alveolatum. 
Flores radii circiter 10, patuli, albi; tubus brevis; lamina oblanceolata, 
apice minute tridentata, 4-nervia. Flores disci flavi. Achaenia linearia, 
suleata, glabra, circiter, 6 mm. longa. Pappi setae albae, 7 mm. longae, 
barbellatae.—S. glastifolius, Hook. f. Fl. New Zeal. vol. i. p. 147, t. 39; 
Handb. p.161: non Linn. f. Solidago arborescens, A. Cunn. Prodr. n, 435: 
non Forst.—J. HUTCHINSON. 
Among the numerous New Zealand species which have 
been the fruits of the journey of Capt. A. A. Dorrien-Smith 
to that Dominion one of the finest is the Senecio which forms 
the subject of our illustration. According to Mr. Cheese- 
man, S. Kirkii is common in the North Island of New 
Zealand, where it is endemic, from sea-level to an elevation 
of 2,500 feet from the North Cape to Wellington. The 
corymbs, according to Mr. Kirk, are sometimes highly 
compound and as much as three feet across. At times too the 
species is epiphytic on the distorted trunks of Rata and 
then may form a dome-shaped crown, twelve to twenty 
feet in diameter, with the foliage completely hidden by the 
snow-white flowers. Such specimens in the distance are 
remarkable and conspicuous objects. The shape of the 
leaves and the large corymbs of fine white flowers enable 
the species to be readily distinguished from the other 
Novemser, 1913, 
