24 Mr. Falconer's Description of Auckland ia, 



Descr. Herba subgregaria, 6-7 pedes alta, puberula ; caulibus annuis ; radice perenni. Ra- 

 dix irregulariter cylindracea, cartilagineo-succulenta, crassa, ramosa, odorem gratum 

 suballiaceum valde pungentem redolens, et saporem fervidum mordicantem aromati- 

 cum demum subamarum ferens; collo crassitie fere carpi, 2-3-chotomo, totidem vel 

 plures ramos emittente, deorsura in ramulos plures divergentes, leviter flexuosos et tor- 

 tos, subfusiformes, spithamam usque ad pedem longos, pollicem ad sesquiunciam cras- 

 sos, diviso, undique fibras succulentas simplices vel divisas pennam anserinam crassas 

 emittentes ; epidermide leviter corrugata, in planta recenti sordide et pallide lutea, in 

 sicca fusca vel griseo-nigricanti. Caules solitarii, vel plures fastigiatim aggregate quis- 

 que simplex, teres, erectus, strictus, glaber, longitudinaliter sulcatus, foliosus, basi me- 

 dulla farctus, supra fistulosus, demum suberosus evadens ; prope radiceni circiter pol- 

 licem, apice pennam anserinam crassus. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, membranacea, 

 alterna, erecta, amplissima, interrupt sublyratimque pinnatifida, lobo terminali maxi- 

 mo, late cordato, auriculis subhastatim angulatis, 14 uncias longo, 16 uncias lato, mar- 

 gine eroso-dentato dentibus seta terminatis, supra glabro atro-viridi, subtus glaucescenti, 

 in venis puberulo ; lobis lateralibus parvis sinuato-oblongis, 1-1* pollicem longis, remo- 

 tiusculis, in petiolum decurrentibus ; petioli elongati, compressi, supra canaliculati, 24 

 -28 uncias longi : folia caulina remota, sursiim decrescentia, mediocriter petiolata, del- 

 toideo-cordata, acuta, quandoque acuminata, auriculis acutis, ca^terum radicalibus con- 

 formia. Mstivatio foliorum involuta, junioribus densissime velutino-glanduliferis : ve- 

 natio radiatim divergens, venis aperte et distanter reticulatis, majoribus intra marginem 

 anastomosantibus. Capitula homogama, multi- (circiter 7 0-) flora, terminalia, sessilia, 

 arete 5-8 aggregata, nunc rarb in foliis supremis axillaria solitaria, l* unciam circiter 

 longa. Receptaculum inexpansum subglobosum, demum ovato-ventricosum, pollicem 

 crassum : suuam* numerosissimae, multiseriales, imbricate, oblong*, adpressaa, inermes, 



-z£X: ;;::irt; vel re r o> inferioribus nunc sq — s> — 



larine,™ n t™™***, J™,ore S lana mtertexta vestite. Receptaculum car* 



2 Z Z ZT' m ; aheolonm marginibus in «"*»« "**>™ ,«W 



'h™X e d;r m8t r ***-**«*»*• ^^^^ <**„. 



iitas tongae, tubo elongato, gracili limhn tr\ n ]„ i , • , 



incrassato, fauce Ion JLcuk a m W • ^ ^ SUbdUatat ° * » a " nulum 



-, ba Si in cauda ! .o„ g rzi v 8 : : n i r a : es ' apice breviter et ™« ^ nd ™- 



Slobosum, echinulatum s/1! lanat °- lac <™ . attenuatas, product*. Pollen 



Pilorum l ongiorum einctus; rands 2^ ™Wtu m efactus, ad „od„ m zona 



'"-gentibus.extos Ranter puberulis I T ' CraSS1USCulis > °™ in ° ^eris, 



puoeruhs. Shgmatum series inconspicua: et haud pro- 



