Cotula.] COMPOSITE. 351 
Stems stout, 6-12in. long. Leaves 3-2in., obovate- 
spathulate, crenately 3-5-toothed at the tip. Peduncles 
short. Heads }in. diam.; female florets in many 
series ae se 36 .. 14. C. Featherstonit. 
** Heads unisexual. 
Leaves 3-13 in., linear-spathulate, quite eutire. Peduncles 
9-4in., bracteate. Heads }-tin. BP .. 15. C. linearifolia. 
Leaves 3-ldin., pinnatifidly cut into 5-8 linear entire 
segments. Peduncles 1-4in., bracteate. Heads }~?in. 
diam. fe So 6 a 36 a 
Slender, wiry, silky. Leaves }-lin., silky on both sur- 
faces, deeply pinnatifid. Peduncles short, stout, ebrac- 
teate. Heads 4-4in.; females the largest .. .. 17. C. perpusilla. 
Slender, creeping, 4-12in. long. Leaves membranous, ; 
1-2in., deeply pinnatifid, segments incised. Peduncles 
1-3in., ebracteate. Heads }-hin.; females the largest 18. C. squalida. 
Stout or slender. Leaves 4-2in., obovate or spathulate, 
crenate or lobulate, pinnatifid below. Peduncles longer 
or shorter than the leaves. Heads 4-4in.; females the 
largest = 38 oe 3: . 19. C. dioica. 
16. C. pyrethrifolia. 
1. C. coronopifolia, Linn. Sp. Plant. 892.—Perfectly glabrous, 
smooth and succulent. Stems creeping and rooting below, ascend- 
ing at the tips, branched, 2-10in. high. Leaves scattered, dilated 
and clasping the stem at the base, 4-2in. long, linear-lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, coarsely toothed or lobed or pinnatifid or entire. 
Heads bright-yellow, #+-4in. diam., on long slender axillary 
peduncles exceeding the leaves; involucral bracts linear-oblong, 
obtuse, membranous. Receptacle slightly convex. Female florets 
in 1 series, on slender flattened pedicels; corolla wanting; ovary 
winged, notched at the top; style short, seated inthe notch. Dise- 
florets on much shorter pedicels, very numerous ; corolla tubular, 
more or less dilated at the base, 4-toothed at the tip. Achenes of 
the female florets oblong, compressed, with a broad spongy wing ; 
those of the disc-florets smaller, with a much narrower wing.— 
Forst. Prodr. n. 300; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 235; A. Cunn. 
Precur. nu. 448; Raoul, Choiz, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 127; 
Sie N.Z. Fl. 141; Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 549; Kirk, Students’ 
1. 322. 
Var. integrifolia, Kirk, l.c.—Stems small, 1-2in., almost simple. Leaves 
linear, entire, obtuse. Peduncle terminal, slender. Head small, {—}in. diam.— 
C. integrifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 1. 192, t. 50B. 
Nortu anp Sours Isuanps, Stewart Is~Lanp, CHATHAM IsLAND: Not 
uncommon in wet places in lowland districts. October—February. 
Widely spread through the south temperate zone ; also foundin some parts 
of Kurope and North America, but probably naturalised only. 
2. C. australis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 128.—A slender much- 
branched flaccid herb 2-6in. high; branches spreading, prostrate 
or suberect, more or less clothed with long lax hairs or almost 
