274 COMPOSITH. [ Lagenophora.. 
diam. ; involucral bracts in about 3 rows, linear, acute, with scarious 
margins, keeled, midrib distinct, often tipped with purple. Achenes 
oblanceolate, compressed, with a rather long beak and thin margins.” 
SourH IsLtanp : Otago—Catlin’s River, Kirk ! 
This appears to be founded on three immature specimens in Mr. Kirk’s 
herbarium, and in the absence of additional information I have reproduced his 
description. It is probably nothing more than a large state of L. petiolata. 
5. L. pinnatifida, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 126.—Softly hairy 
or pilose in all its parts. Leaves all radical, spreading, 1-3 in. long, 
narrow obovate-oblong or obovate-spathulate, obtuse at the tip, 
narrowed into a long broad petiole, membranous, deeply crenate- 
lobed or almost pinnatifid; margins ciliate. Scapes 3-10in. long, 
slender. Heads +-4in. diam. ; involucral bracts linear, acute, pubes- 
cent. Ray-florets numerous; ligules narrow, revolute. Achenes 
compressed, obliquely linear-obovate, narrowed to the base, suddenly 
contracted at the tip into a short straight neck, more or less glan- 
dular-pubescent ; margins thickened.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 187; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 258. 
Norty Istanp: Auckland, Sinclair; sandhills near Helensville, 7. F. C. ; 
East Cape, Colenso! SoutH Isuanp: Nelson—Wairau Valley, Kirk! T. F. C.; 
Marlborough, Rough! Canterbury, Sinclair and Haast; Upper Waimakariri, 
T.F.C.; Otago, Lindsay, Buchanan! Petrie! Sea-level to over 2000 ft. 
December—January. 
6. L. lanata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 437.—Root- fibres stout, 
fleshy, almost tuberous. Leaves numerous, all radical, densely 
tufted, 1-14 in. long, oblong- or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or sub- 
acute, narrowed into a rather short broad petiole, coriaceous, 
coarsely and irregularly crenate-dentate, both surfaces hirsute 
or villous with copious soft hairs. Scapes 2~-7in. long, slender, 
wiry, erect, glabrous or nearly so, naked or with a few minute 
linear bracts. Heads +-4in. diam.; involucral bracts linear, 
obtuse or subacute, glabrous, purple- tipped; margins scarious. 
Ray - florets numerous; ligules short, revolute. Achenes quite 
smooth, slightly faleate, compressed, narrowed at the base, suddenly 
contracted at the top into a short curved neck; margins thickened. 
—Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 126; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 187; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 258. 
Norru Isuanp: Dry clay hills from Mongonui southwards to the Auckland 
Isthmus ; not common. 
Easily distinguished by the hirsute leaves and glabrous scapes and achenes, 
3. BRACHYCOME,, Cass. 
Small perennial herbs; either tufted with radical leaves and 
l-headed scapes, or the stems branched, elongated, and clothed 
with alternate cauline leaves. Heads heterogamous, usually 
radiate. Involucre hemispherical or nearly so; bracts in about 
2 series, with scarious margins. Receptacle convex or conical, 
