Abrotanella.| COMPOSITE. 361 
** Heads solitary. 
Loosely tufted. Leaves 4-3in., linear. Scape slender, 
bracteate, 4-3in. Achenes clavate .. “ie .. 3. A. linearis. 
Forming broad flat patches. Leaves 4-in., linear or 
linear-spathulate. Scapes}-}in. .. ai mie 
Forming soft rounded patches. Leaves }-4in., linear- 
subulate, broadest at the base. Achenes linear-clavate, 
4-ribbed .. fi 3b bE 55 ui 
Densely tufted, 3-lin. high. Leaves narrow-linear, re- 
curved. Achenes linear-clavate, 4-angled c ore 
Very minute. Stems 4-}in. Leaves +in., linear-oblong, 
truncate, margins thickened. Achenes setose, with 4 
long bristles fe $0 a He .. 7. A. muscosa. 
1. A. spathulata, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 1389.—Stems short, 
loosely tufted, 1-3in. long, branched, creeping at the base, erect 
above. Leaves crowded, spreading, 3—lin. long, ,,-}in. broad, 
narrow linear-spathulate, acute or obtuse, narrowed to the base, 
3-7-nerved, flat. coriaceous. Heads about +in. long, in a small 
terminal corymb either raised on a short leafy peduncle or almost 
hidden amongst the upper leaves; involucral bracts 8-12, oblong, 
with 3 translucent nerves. Florets 8-12; disc-florets with a 
4-angled corolla with 4 short erect teeth; corolla of the females 
tubular with a globose base and 4 short spreading teeth. Achenes 
of the female florets obovoid, compressed, with 3 cellular ribs ; of 
the dise-florets tetragonous.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 330. Trineuron 
spathulatum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 24, t. 17. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: Peaty soil on the hills, 500-2000 ft., 
Hooker, Kirk ! Buchanan ! January—February. 
2. A. rosulata, Hook. f. Handd. N.Z. Fl. 189.—A_ small 
much-branched densely tufted little plant $-l4in. high. Leaves 
closely imbricate, spreading or recurved, the upper rosulate, 4-4 in. 
long, narrow ovate or lanceolate, acute, rigid and coriaceous, con- 
cave above, nerved beneath. Heads ;}, in. long, in terminal clusters 
of 3-6 amongst the upper leaves; involucral bracts 8-10, linear- 
oblong, coriaceous, nerved. Florets 8-10; disc-florets with a 
4-angled corolla with 4 short erect teeth; corolla of the female 
florets tubular with 4 spreading teeth. Achene oblong-obovoid, 
4-angled, the angles produced upwards into short horns.—K7rk, 
Students’ Fl. 331. Ceratella rosulata, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1. 26, 
t. 18. 
CAMPBELL IsLAND: In crevices of rocks, rare, Hooker, Kirk ! 1000- 
1400 ft. January—February. 
4. A. c@spitosa. 
5. A wmconspicua. 
or) 
. A. pusilla. 
A harsh and rigid little plant, easily distinguished from the other species 
by the short horns to the achenes. 
3. A. linearis, Bergg. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. viii. 
(1877) 14, t. 3, f. 28-88.—Rhizome creeping, branched. Stems 
slender, tufted, leafy at the base, 1-4in. high. Leaves radical, 
