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narrow, not revolute. Arms of the styles of female (ligulate) flowers long, narrow, smooth, rounded or subacute ; 
of the disc (tubular) florets shorter, truncate.—This and the two following are closely allied and very singular 
species, the rigid bristles on the upper surface of this and of S. bellidioides are very peculiar, resembling those on 
the foliage of the Auckland Island Plewrophyllum criniferum. 
2. Senecio bellidioides, Hook. fil.; foliis (omnibus radicalibus) petiolatis ovato-rotundatis obtusis in- 
tegerrimis marginibus ciliatis lanuginosisve superne hispido-setosis subtus glaberrimis reticulatim venosis 
petiolo basi dense sericeo-villoso, scapis gracilibus l-cephalis remote bracteatis sericeo-lanatis pilis atris 
glandulosis immixtis, involucri squamis pubescentibus, acheniis oblongis glaberrimis, pappo rigido, recep- 
taculo papilloso. 
Has. Middle Island. Canterbury, Zyall. 
A smaller plant than the former, but very similar in habit, and in the woolly and silky bases of the petioles. 
Leaves 13—2 inches long, generally margined with white, hispid above with short stout hairs, smooth and glabrous 
below.  Scapes single-headed, slender, woolly with a few black glandular hairs. Heads 1 inch across, including 
the ligule. nvolucral scales pubescent, subglandular, rarely glabrous. Pappus not so rough and coarse as in 6. 
Lagopus. Achenia short, quite glabrous. 
3. Senecio sarifragoides, Hook. fil. ; foliis (omnibus radicalibus) amplis petiolatis, petiolo densissime 
sericeo-lanato basi pilis longis villoso, lamina ovato-oblonga v. rotundata superne sericeo-villosa v. glabrata 
subtus dense molliter lanata secus nervos sericeo-villosa, vetustioribus glabratis reticulatim venosis, scapis 
divisis polycephalis robustis sericeo-lanatis setisque patentibus glandulosis purpureis onustis parce foliatis, 
capitulis magnis, involucri squamis molliter pubescentibus, ligulis elongatis, acheniis elongatis glaberrimis 
sulcatis pappo molli longioribus disco calloso coronatis. 
Has. Middle Island. Port Cooper, Zyall. 
A truly superb plant. oot stout, fleshy, with many strong, thick fibres. Petioles very stout, densely clothed 
with long silky wool, and covered at their bases with brown, long, soft, shaggy hairs. Lamina of the leaf 3—5 
inches long, broadly elliptical-ovate, oblong or rounded, sometimes oblique or cordate at the base; upper surface 
clothed with shining silky and woolly hair, under with a thick woolly coat, silky along the ribs; both surfaces 
become glabrous and wrinkled when the leaves are old. Scapes 1-13 foot high, stout, branched, bearing 8-10 
broad heads, densely woolly and having spreading, soft, purple, jointed hairs, tipped with purple-black glands 
scattered amongst the wool, and sometimes also on the margins of the leaf. Heads nearly 2 inches across the long 
spreading ligule. /nvolucre $ inch long, broadly cylindrical, conical at the base; scales pubescent and glandular, 
with brown tips and midrib. Achenia quite smooth, deeply furrowed, very long (4 inch) longer than the white, 
rather rigid pappus. (Named from the general resemblance this plant bears to Saxifraga ciliaris.) 
4. Senecio difistulosus, Hook. fil; glaberrimus, caule basi lignoso ramoso cicatricato, ramis apice 
foliosis, foliis confertis patentibus coriaceis anguste lineari-elongatis obscure remote crenatis superne cana- 
liculatis subtus marginibus villosis ad costam revolutis et adheerentibus, scapo l-cephalo bracteato, in- 
volucri squamis late lineari-oblongis herbaceis dorso sublanatis, ligulis paucis latis non revolutis, pappo 
molli, acheniis oblongis glaberrimis obscure costatis. 
Has. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Zyall. 
A very remarkable species, of which I regret to say I have but one good specimen. Everywhere except the 
involucral scales quite smooth, pale green. Stems prostrate, 2-3 inches long, woody, scarred like a Pine-branch, 
ascending, leafy at the top. Leaves densely crowded, spreading, 1 inch long, narrow, linear-elongated, about 4 line 
broad, subacute; the margins rolled back so as to meet the stout midrib, to which they adhere by a woolly border, 
hence the leaves are apparently inflated and formed of two tubes placed side by side, constricted faintly here and 
