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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Genus Lagenopliora. 



Small, perennial, daisy-like herbs. Leaves radical, rarely caiiline. Ray- 

 florets white, rarely purple. Disk-florets yellow. Achenes compressed, 

 sometimes with a short beak. Pappus 0. (Name from the Greek, signifying a 

 flagon and to bear, in allusion to the form of the achenes). 6 sp. 



Lagenophora Forsteri (Forster's Lagenopliora). 



Leaves roundish, obtuse, lobed or crenate. Flower-stem 1 in. -6 in. long, 

 slender. Heads :Jin.-^in. across. Ray-florets numerous, white. Achenes 

 beaked. Both islands. Kermadecs, Stewart Island, Chatham Island. Native 

 Daisy : Maori name Papataniichaniwha. Fl. Oct. -Jan. 



Fig. 139. Olearia ilicifolia (h. nat. size). 



Genus Br achy come. 



Small, tufted, perennial, daisy-like herbs. Leaves mainly radical. Disk- 

 florets numerous ; ray-florets in 1 series, white, blue or purplish, revolute. 

 Achenes flat, with winged margins or 4-angled ; beak 0. Pappus of short 

 bristles or 0. (Name from the Greek, signifying slwrt-haired, in allusion to the 

 pappus). 5 sp. 



Brachycome Sinclairii {Sinclair's Br achy come). 



A shining herb, with radical leaves, | in. -3 in. long, rounded at the tip, entire, 

 lobed, pinnatifid. Flower-stems 2-6. Heads J in. across. Bracts of involucre 

 green, or with purple margins. Achenes very small, shining. Native Daisy. 

 Both islands. Fl. Dec. -Feb. 



