Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 125 



XVII. — Flora Insularum Novce Zelandice Precursor; or a Spe- 

 cimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By 

 Allan Cunningham, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 52.] 



Composites s. Synantherea. 



I. CICHORACE^E, Lessing. 



1. SCORZONERA, L. DC. 



430. S. 1 scapigera (Sol. MSS.) foliis lanceolatis retrorso-dentatis integer- 

 rimisve, caulibus gracilibus, scapo unifloro. Forsl. Prodr. n. 534, absque 

 descript. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Among fern, 

 on the hills, Bay of Islands. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 

 Anne vere species hujus generis ? 



2. Sonchus, L. 



431. S. oleraceus. L. Forst. Prodr. n. 282. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 

 230. Engl. Bot. t. 843. 



Pouro-rona, Incol. D'Urville. 



New Zealand, frequent on the northern and middle Islands. — 1773? 

 Forster.— 1827, D'Urville. 



3. Picris, L. Lessing. 



432. P. hieracioides. L. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 1556. Engl. Bot. 1. 196. 

 New Zealand (Northern Island). On the sea coast, near the Bay of 



Islands, rare. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



433. P. attenuata, caule erecto glabriusculo vel tenuiter hispido, foliis 

 elongato-lanceolatis attenuatis integerrimis strigosis, foliolis exterioribus in- 

 volucri laxis. 



New^Zealand (Northern Island). On the hills, among fern, Bay of Islands. 

 — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



II. VERNONIACEiE, Lessing. 

 1. Shawia, Forst. 

 Capitulum uniflorum. Pappus biseriatus, setaceus, scaber. Achenium 

 hirsutum, teres. Involucrum turbinatum, imbricatum. 



434. S. paniculata. Forst. Gen. 48. tab. 48. Prodr. n. 507. Lessing. Syn. 

 Gen. Comp. p. 156. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 243. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Mercury Bay, Sir Jos. Banlcs. 

 —(Middle Island) 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. Caulis arboreus, ramosus. Folia alterna, ovato-oblonga, petiolata, 

 undulata, obtusa, supra viridia, glabra, subtus sordide albo-tomentosa, bi- 

 pollicaria. Paniculse terminales axillaresque compositce, pedicelli uniflori, 

 brevissimi. Involucrum imbricatum, cylindricum, foliolis 5 — 6 oblongis 

 acutis, tribus interioribus longioribus suba^qualibus. Achenium solitarium 

 oblongum lanatum. Pappus pilosus, basi pubescens. (Ex Forstero.) 



