348 COMPOSITE. [Craspedia. 
long or linear-oblong, thin and hyaline. Achene silky. Pappus- 
hairs plumose, as long as the florets.—A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 245 ; 
A. Cunn. Precur. n. 446; Raoul, Choiz, 45; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 
316. OC. fimbriata, D.C. Prodr. vi. 152; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 
181; Handb. N.Z. Fi. 144. OC. Richea, Cass. in Dict. Set. Nat. 
x1. 3538; Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 579. Staehelina fimbriata, Forst. 
ex D.C. Prodr. vi. 153. 
Var. robusta, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 131.—Stout. Leaves obovate-spa- 
thulate, subacute, narrowed into a broad flat petiole, sparsely hispid or glabrate, 
without white cottony margins. Scape leafy. Compound head large, 1-2in. 
diam.—C. uniflora var. pedicellata, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 317. 
Var. minor; Hook. f. l.c.—Small, slender, 6-12in. high, rarely more. 
Leaves spathulate, membranous, glabrous or sparsely hispid, sometimes with 
raised viscid points, usually without white cottony margins. Compound head 
small, }-4 in. diam.—C. viscosa, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 333. 
Var. lanata, Hook. f. l.c.—Everywhere clothed with dense shaggy snow- 
white wool.—C. alpina, Backh. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (1847) 119; 
Hook. f. Handb, N.Z. Fil. 144. 
NortH AnD SoutH IsLANpDs, STEWART IsLAND: Abundant from the Hast 
Cape and Taupo southwards. Sea-level to 5000 ft. December—February. 
A most variable plant. The three varieties described above look very dis- 
tinct in their extreme forms, but are connected with the ordinary state of the 
species by numerous intermediates. 
14. SIEGESBECKIA, Linn. 
Glandular-pubescent herbs with opposite leaves. Heads rather 
small, in leafy panicles, heterogamous, subradiate. Involucre 
campanulate or heinispherical; bracts few, in about 2 rows, 
herbaceous, glandular-hispid; the outer spathulate, spreading ; 
inner erect, concave, enclosing the ray-florets. Receptacle small, 
paleaceous ; scales membranous, concave, often enclosing the florets. 
Ray-florets in 1 series, female, tube short, limb 2-3-fid. Dise- 
florets hermaphrodite, tubular with a campanulate d-toothed mouth. 
Anthers entire at the base. Style-branches of the hermaphrodite 
florets short, flattened, usually obtuse. Achenes obovoid-oblong, 
not compressed, usually curved. Pappus wanting. 
Species probably not more than 2, the one found in New Zealand an almost 
cosmopolitan weed in warm climates, the other confined to Peru. 
1. S. orientalis, Linn. Sp. Plant. 900.—A sparingly branched 
erect annual 1-3 ft. high, with spreading opposite lower branches, 
more or less pubescent in all its parts. Leaves 1—4in. long, tri- 
angular-ovate, the upper narrower aud oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
cuneate at the base, petiolate, membranous, irregularly toothed or 
lobed or almost entire. Heads +-4in. diam., yellow; outer in- 
volucral bracts usually longer than the inner, covered with gland- 
bearing hairs. Florets small, the rays very short. Outer achenes 
rough.—Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 535 ; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 317. 
