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Pleupophyllum 



speciosum 



{The Handsome Pleuro- 

 phyllum). 



Leaves all rascal, 6 in.- 

 18 in. long, 6 in. - 10 in. 

 broad, usually flat upon 

 the ground, forming a large 

 rosette, bristh' above, woolly 

 below. Flower stems with 

 several leafy bracts. Heads 

 8 - 20, IJ in. -2^ in. across. 

 Ray-florets purplish-white, 

 handsome. Achenes covered 

 with stiff hairs, all lying in 

 one direction. Pappus- 

 hairs not thickened up- 

 wards. Auckland and 

 Campbell Islands. Fl.Dec- 

 Jan. 



Pleupophyllum 



criniferum 



{The Hairy Pleuro- 



vhyllum). 



Radical leaves, 1 ft. -4 ft. 

 long, 4 in. - 12 in. broad, 

 entire, with long sheathing 

 petioles, white beneath, 

 slightly rough above. 

 Nerves 7-16 ; margins with 

 a few distant teeth. Scapes 

 2 ft. - 6 ft. high, grooved. 

 Stem-leaves sessile, white. 

 Heads 15-30. Ray-florets 

 inconspicuous. Achenes as 

 in P. speciosiwi. Pappus- 

 hairs slightly thickened up- 

 wards. Antipodes Islands. 

 Auckland and Campbell 

 Islands. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



The Auckland Islands 

 contain a magnificent 

 assemblage of herbaceous 



Fig. li;; 



|)li,\ U\iuj speciosum. 



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