150 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Composite. 
16. Senecio (Brachyglottis) eleagnifolius, Hook. fil. ; fruticosus, totus (nisi pagina superiore folii) dense 
appresse sericeo-tomentosus, foliis petiolatis coriaceis ovato- v. elliptico-oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis ob- 
tusis, racemis terminalibus elongatis ramis involucrisque molliter lanuginosis, capitulis oblongis, flosculis 
omnibus tubulosis, acheniis sulcatis pubescentibus, pappo barbellato. Tas. XLI. 
Has. Northern Island. Ruahine mountains, Colenso. 
This plant differs markedly from the former in the more slender branches, less woolly and silky shining 
covering of these, of the petioles, and under surface of the leaves, in the shape of the leaves and in the racemose, not 
corymbose inflorescence, which bears much fewer heads. —A shrub 6-8 feet high, diffusely branched. Leaves 3-5 
inches long, obovate-oblong or lanceolate, blunt, shining on the upper surface. Zacemes as long as the leaves, ter- 
minal. Head without a ray, 4 inch long, densely woolly, the wool not appressed. Flowers all tubular. Achenia 
furrowed and pubescent. Hairs of the pappus rough with bristles throughout their length. —PLATE XLI. Fig. 1, 
involucre and receptacle; 2, floret; 3, pappus; 4, stamen :—all magnified. 
17. Senecio (Brachyglottis) .Bódwillii, Hook. fil.; fruticulus robustus, totus (nisi pagina superiore 
folii) dense lanatus, foliis (parvis crassissimis concavis) breve petiolatis ramulo articulatis late elliptico-ob- 
longis utrinque obtusis enerviis superne reticulatim venosis nitidis politis, corymbis terminalibus, capitulis 
molliter lanatis campanulatis, flosculis radii tubulosis, acheniis glaberrimis elongatis sulcatis, pappo ut 
in priore. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Mount Hikurangi and Ruahine range, Co/enso. Mountains 
near Nelson, alt. 6000 feet, Bidwill. 
A small, very robust, alpine shrub, densely woolly. Leaves extremely thick, hard and leathery, 3-13 inch long, 
on short stout (rarely elongated) petioles, which are jointed on to the branches, elliptic-oblong, the nerves wholly 
concealed by wool below, upper surface very concave, glossy, smooth, polished and reticulated. Corymös terminal, 
of many heads; branches slender or stout, short or elongated, densely woolly. Heads 4inch long, similar to those of 
S. eleagnifolius. Achenia quite smooth, furrowed. 
18. Senecio sciadophilus, Raoul; scandens, ramis gracilibus elongatis flexuosis ramulisque pubescen- 
tibus v. glabratis, foliis sparsis petiolatis rotundatis ovato-rotundatisve grosse dentatis utrinque glabratis 
(siccitate nigris), capitulis racemosis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusve, involucri foliolis paucis puberulis, 
achenio glaberrimo sulcato, pappi pilis albidis scaberulis. Raoul, Choia de Plantes, p. 21. €. 18. 
Has. Middle Island. Akaroa, in woods, Raoul. Fl. February. 
A climbing shrub, with slender, flexuose, pendent, smooth or pubescent branches, and terminal or axillary 
racemes of few capitula, which have long slender pedicels. Leaves petiolate, 1-2 inches long, ovate or rounded, very 
coarsely toothed, smooth or with a few scattered hairs on both surfaces. Capitula as in 8. perdicioides, but the 
ligule are longer and revolute.— Very nearly allied to 8. perdicioides, but distinct, especially in the rambling scandent 
habit, slender stems and branches, broader, more coarsely toothed leaves, slender, nodding panicles and longer ligule 
to the flowers of the ray. It has been found by M. Raoul only. 
Gen. XIX. MICROSERIS, Don. 
Capitulum multiflorum ; flosculis omnibus hermaphroditis, ligulatis. Znvoluerum anguste campanula- 
tum; squamis linearibus, 1-seriatis, basi squamulis abbreviatis bracteolatis. Receptaculum nudum, alveo- 
latum. Achenium lineari-elongatum, glaberrimum, striatum, erostre. Pappus 1-serialis, subpaleaceus ; 
paleis glaberrimis, basi dilatatis, superne in setam rigidam scaberulam productis. 
The only New Zealand species is a small smooth herb (with milky juice, I believe), 2 inches to a foot long, 
with numerous, rather flaccid, linear leaves and scapes, that bear one yellow head. Leaves 1-6 inches long, linear, 
