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there, which gives them the appearance of being crenate. Scape rising from below the leaves, 4 inches long, with 
many erect leaf-like bracts. Head erect, li inch broad across the ligule, which are few and broad. Tavolucral 
scales few, broad, herbaceous, a little woolly at the back, % inch long. Achenia short, glabrous, obscurely ribbed. 
Pappus very soft.—Closely allied to S. pectinatus of the Tasmanian mountains. 
$ b. Smooth, glabrous (or nearly so), simple or branching, herbaceous plants, with leafy stems and corymbose 
heads of flowers. 
5. Senecio Jatifolius, Banks et Sol.; erectus, ramosus, glaberrimus, foliis polymorphis membranaceis 
amplis inferioribus late elliptico-ovatis in petiolum alatum elongatum angustatis sinuato-lobatis denticula- 
tisque superioribus ovatis profundius sinuatis basi pinnatifidis petiolo basi 2-auriculato semiamplexicauli 
supremis sepissime lineari-oblongis supra medium contractis basi lobis argute dentatis dilatatis amplexi- 
caulibus, corymbis polycephalis, pedunculis pedicellisque gracilibus, involucri hemispheerici squamuloso- 
pubescentis v. glabrati squamis linearibus acuminatis, ligulis anguste linearibus, acheniis sulcatis glandu- 
loso-puberulis, pappo tenuissimo molli sericeo, receptaculo alveolato. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern Island; wooded hilly districts, Diefenbach, Bidwill. Wairarapa, Colenso. 
A handsome branching herb, 2-3 feet high. Leaves large and broad, very variable in size and shape on the 
same plant, sometimes all on long petioles, at others the lower only have long winged petioles, whilst the upper 
are amplexicaul and sessile, with large dilated toothed auricles. Stems herbaceous, flexuose, furrowed. Leaves 
membranous, 4—8 inches long, petiole sometimes nearly as long, dilated, toothed, and cordate at the base; lamina 
broadly ovate, lobed, sinuate, toothed, and the lobes again unequally finely toothed. Corymbs broad, of many 
heads; peduncles spreading. Heads 4-3 inch diameter, with narrow spreading and revolute pale yellow rays. 
Involucre broadly hemispherical, ¢ inch long; scales narrow, acuminate, smooth, pubescent or covered with chaffy 
pubescence. -Achenia shorter than the involucre, furrowed, covered with glandular hairs or long papillae. Pappus 
much longer than involucre, of very soft white hairs. 
6. Senecio Jautus, Forst.; glaberrimus, herbaceus, caule breviusculo simplici v. ramoso flexuoso 
sulcato, foliis carnosis polymorphis omnibus v. inferioribus solum petiolatis lineari-oblongis spathulatisve 
acutis sinuato-dentatis superioribus v. sepissime omnibus lineari-oblongis sinuatis lobatis pinnatifidisve 
lobulis brevibus elongatisve integerrimis v. repando-dentatis, petiolis basi simplicibus v. semiamplexicaulibus, 
corymbis oligo(3 -7)-cephalis, involucri late campanulati squamis linearibus acuminatis basi squamulis paucis 
sepius subsquarrosis involucratis, ligulis brevibus elongatisve rarius 0, acheniis linearibus sulcatis costis 
pubescentibus. Forst. Prodr. S. neglectus, 4. Rich. Flora. A. Cunn. Prodr. | S. rupicola, A. Rich. 
Var. a. lautus ; ramosus, foliis pinnatifidis segmentis linearibus, capitulis ligulatis, ligulis elongatis 
patulis, S, linifolius, Lab. Fi. Nov. Holl. 
Var. 6. Raouli; caule subsimplici, foliis lineari-oblongis spathulatisve sinuato-dentatis, ligulis parvis 
v. 0. S. Raouli, Spach, in Herb. Hook. 
Var. y. macrocephalus ; caule ramoso, foliis sinuato-pinnatifidis lobatisve varie incisis, capitulis majo- 
ribus depresso-hemispheericis, ligulis revolutis. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, very abundant, especially on maritime rocks, Banks and Solander, 
Forster, ete. 
A smooth, rather succulent, generally branching herb, woody at the base, 1-2 feet high, with entire or gene- 
rally lobed or pinnatifid leaves, and terminal corymbs of 3—7 heads; very variable in stature, foliage, size of the 
heads, and development of the ligulate ray-flowers. Petioles simple or dilated a little, and clasping half the stem 
at the base. Leaves 1-2 inches long, linear-oblong or spathulate, entire, lobed, pinnatifid or almost multipartite ; 
lobes variously cut, Heads 3-1 inch broad, depending on the length of the ligule. Imvolucre broadly oblong or 
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