Cotula. | COMPOSITA, 357 
axillary and terminal, $-lin. long. Heads 4in. diam., yellow ; 
involueral bracts 10-15, in about 2 series; outer ovate-lanceolate, 
inner broadly oblong. Female florets in many series; corolla 
ovoid or conical, swollen at the base, obscurely toothed at the 
contracted mouth. Disc-florets numerous, tubular, 4- toothed. 
Achenes narrow -obovoid, prominently costate, glandular.—Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 326. Leptinella Featherstonii, F'. Muell. Veg. Chath. 
Is. 27, t. 5. 
CHATHAM IsLAND: Usually near the coast, H. H. Travers! Cockayne and 
Cox ! 
A yery remarkable species, quite unlike any other. 
15. C. linearifolia, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 
299.—Small, dark-green, rather thick and fleshy, aromatic, spar- 
ingly pilose. Stems prostrate, branched, ascending at the tips. 
Leaves alternate, 4-1}in. long, narrow-linear or linear-spathulate, 
obtuse, gradually narrowed to the sheathing base, quite entire, 
coriaceous, gland-dotted. Peduncles 2-4in. long, slender, ter- 
minal, with 4-8 small linear bracts. Heads unisexual, 1-+in. 
diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, 
with purplish scarious margins. Receptacle convex. Florets 
studded with transparent glands; female corolla swollen at the 
base, obscurely tetragonous, narrowed above, minutely 4-toothed ; 
corolla of the males smaller and more slender, narrow funnel- 
shaped, 4-lobed. Achene linear-obovoid, compressed.—Kirk, Stu- 
dents’ Fl. 326. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, 7. F. C. 
3000-4500 ft. December—January. 
Distinguished from C. pyrethrifolia by the entire leaves. In outward ap- 
pearance it closely resembles Abrotanella linearis. 
16. C. pyrethrifolia, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil. 142.—Stout, 
rather fleshy, aromatic, glabrous or sparingly pilose. Rhizome 
creeping, often branched; stems prostrate or decumbent at the 
base, ascending at the tips. Leaves alternate, fleshy or coriaceous, 
4-l4in. long; petiole usually half the length, sheathing at the 
base; blade pinnatifidly cut into 5-8 alternate narrow-linear to 
linear-oblong obtuse segments ;4—+in. long. Peduncles variable 
in length, 4—-4in., with 1 or several linear bracts. Heads uni- 
sexual, large, 4-3in. diam. ; involucral bracts in 2-3 series, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, herbaceous, with purplish scarious margins. 
Receptacle convex. Florets glandular; corolla of the females 
inflated and truncate at the base, 4-toothed at the mouth; of 
the males funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Achene narrow-obovoid.—Kirk, 
Swudents’ Fl. 327. 
SoutH Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts in Nelson, Marlborough, 
and Canterbury, rare and local in Otago. 2500-6000 ft. December-— 
February. 
