376 COMPOSITH. [ Senecio. 
flexuose, grooved. Leaves very variable, 1-4in. long, 4-14in. 
broad, broadly oblong or obovate to lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 
sessile with broad amplexicaul bases or petiolate with auricles at 
the base of the petioles, coriaceous; margins sinuate-dentate or 
serrate or deeply irregularly lobulate or pinnatifid, hoary or cob- 
webby on both surfaces or on the lower surface only. Corymbs 
terminal, usually lax. Heads few or many, 3-4in. diam., cam- 
panulate ; involucral bracts linear-oblong, acute or acuminate. 
Rays short, revolute. Achenes slender, grooved, silky or hispid.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 160; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 342. 
Nort Isuanp: Usually on cliffs near the sea. Bay of Islands, Colenso ; 
East Cape, Colenso; Napier, Bishop Williams! A. Hamilton! Cape Kid- 
nappers, Colenso, Kirk! Waipawa, Petrie! Patangata, T’ryon ! November-— 
January. 
12. S. Hectori, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. v. (1873) 348; vi. t. 23. 
—An erect branching shrub 6-12 ft. high; branches stout, spread- 
ing, tomentose. Leaves crowded near the tips of the branches, 
6-12 in. long, 2-4in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate 
or narrow oblong-ovate, acute, narrowed to the base, membranous, 
scaberulous above, thinly clothed with white cottony tomentum 
beneath, acutely toothed, pinnatifid or pinnate for a short distance 
at the very base ; petiole very short. Corymbs large, lax, terminal, 
much branched, often 1 ft. or more across; peduncles and pedicels 
clothed with short stiff glandular pubescence. Heads large, 1-2 in. 
diam., broadly campanulate; involucral bracts in 2 series, outer 
lanceolate, inner broader and oblong-lanceolate, acute; margins 
broad, membranous. Ray-florets 8-12; ligules broad, spreading, 
white. Disc-florets numerous. Achenes linear, grooved, glabrous. 
Pappus-hairs rigid, scabrid.— Kirk, Students’ Fl. 344. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Collingwood, Hector, Travers; between Takaka 
and Riwaka,. Kirk ; sources of the Takaka, Upper Motueka and its tributaries, 
T. F. C.; Upper Buller Valley, McGregor, Hector! Kirk! Westland—Valley 
of the Grey, Kirk. 250 to 3500 ft. December—February. 
One of the finest species of the genus, well marked off from any other by a 
small portion of the very base of the leaf being pinnatifid or pinnate, all the 
remainder being dentate. The heads are sometimes as much as 23 in. diam. 
13. S. Kirkii, Hook. f. ex T. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 344.—An erect 
perfectly smooth and glabrous branching shrub 6-12 ft. high; 
branches stout, brittle. Leaves very variable in size and shape, 
2-5 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate to oblong- 
ovate or rhomboid-ovate, acute or obtuse, entire or sinuate-dentate, 
rather fleshy, narrowed intoa short slender petiole or cuneate at the 
base. Corymbs large, often much branched, 4-12 in. diam. or more ; 
branches spreading; lower bracts foliaceous. Heads numerous, 
large, campanulate, 14-2in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2 series, 
linear-oblong, acute, margins membranous. Ray-florets few; ligules 
