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Var. rufiglandulosus, Kirk, l.c.—Glandular-pubescent or glabrate. Leaves 
coarsely and sharply irregularly doubly dentate or serrate, sometimes lobed at 
the base. Corymbs very large. Achenes densely pubescent.—S. rufiglandulosus, 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 599. 
Var. sinuatifolius, Kirk, 1.c.—Stems slender, flexuose. Leaves distant, 
ovate-oblong, sinuate, not toothed. Corymbs small; heads few. 
Nortu Istanp: From the Paparata Valley and Waikato River southwards, 
but rare and local to the north of the Hast Cape. SourH Isnanp: Western 
part of the Nelson Provincial District and Westland, not uncommon as far south 
as Ross. Sea-level to 3500 ft. November—February. 
10. S. Banksii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 146.—An erect stout 
or slender perfectly glabrous branched herb 2-4 ft. high or more; 
stems flexuose, grooved. Leaves 2-5in. long, 1-2in. broad, 
broadly oblong or ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, acute or subacute, 
sessile with broad auricled amplexicaul bases, coriaceous or almost 
membranous, shining, often glaucous, coarsely and irregularly 
sinuate-serrate or dentate; veins reticulated, often prominent 
beneath; uppermost leaves smaller and narrower, lanceolate or 
linear. Corymbs broad, lax. Heads numerous, campanulate, 
444 in. broad ; involucral bracts linear-oblong, acuminate, pubescent 
at the tips. Ray-florets 10-12; ligules short, revolute. Achenes 
linear, grooved, pubescent.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 134; Kirk, Students’ 
Fil. 342. S$. odoratus, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 160 (not of Horne- 
mann). S. pumiceus, Col. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 89; 
Kirk, Students’ Fi. 3438. 
Var. angustatus.—Much less robust and more rigid, glabrous or sparingly 
clothed with short scabrid hairs. Leaves 14-3in. long, }-?in. broad, lanceo- 
late or oblong-lanceolate, acute, all sessile or the lower sometimes petiolate, 
coriaceous, sharply and irregularly sinuate-serrate; veins usually prominent 
beneath.—S. Banksii var. scabrosus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 147. S. pumiceus 
var. avgustatus, Kirk, Students’ Hl. 343. 
NortH Istanp: Mokohinou Island, Herb. Col. Mus.! Mercury Bay, 
Banks and Solander ; East Cape Island, Ross ; Anaura and Tolago Bay, Banks 
and Solander, Adams and Petrie! near Table Cape, A. Hamilton! between 
Tolago Bay and Gisborne, Colenso. Var. angustatus: Hast Cape, A. Hamilton ; 
Karangahake Cliffs, Lake Taupo, 7. #. C.  Sea-level to 1500ft. | December- 
January. 
Mr. Kirk limits S. Banksi to a form with more decidedly flexuous stems and 
rather membranous glaucous leaves, keeping up Colenso’s S. pwmiceus for the 
reception of those states with stouter and straighter stems and more coriaceous 
leaves. But a series of the Tolago Bay plant, which is that collected by Banks 
and Solander, shows that this distinction cannot possibly be maintained, some 
of the specimens exactly matching the types of S. pwmicews in Mr. Colenso’s 
herbarium, while others show a regular gradation to more slender and membran- 
ous forms. An examination of the ripe achenes of both varieties also proves 
that the supposed difference in size and shape does not exist. 
11. S. Colensoi, Hook. f. Fi. Nov. Zel. i. 147.—An erect much 
or sparingly branched herb 10—20in. high, more or less clothed 
with white cobwebby tomentum. Stems woody at the base, 
