126 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



III. ASTEROIDEiE, Lessing. p. 161. 

 1. SoLiDAGO, L, Lessing. 



435. S. arborescens, fruticoso-arborea, paniculis corymbosis crectis termi- 

 nalibiis, foliis ovato-oblongis basi attenuatis petiolatis glabris acutiusculis 

 obtusisvc rcpandis, subtiis discoloribus, ramulis angulatis glabris (incanisve, 

 Forst.). Forst. Prodr. n. 298. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 252. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A tree 12 — 15 feet high, in dark humid 

 woods on the Kana-Kana and Hokianga rivers. — 182G, A. Cunnifigham 

 (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



2. Lagenophora, Cassini, Lessing*. 

 Radius uniserialis foemineus. Discus hermaphroditus. Acheniuvi plano- 

 compressum, calvum, rostratum. Lessing, 



436. L. Fosteri, foliis orbiculato-spathulatis crenato-serratis piloso-ciliatis 

 petiolo (poUicari) duplo triplove brevioribus, foliolis involucri margine ci- 

 liatis, rostro achenio bifido. L. Commersonii, Cassini in Diet. Sc. Nat, 

 XXV. p. 109. Lessing. p. 193. Microcalia australis. A. Rich. FL Nov. Zel. 

 p. 230. tab. 30. Calendula pumila. Pers. Syn. PI. 2. p. 492. Forst. Prodr. 

 n. 305. 



The daisy of New Zealand. Tupu-tupu incolis vulgo dicitur. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). — 1773, G. Forster. Astrolabe Bay. — 

 1827, D'Urville (Northern Island.) — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Sloping shelves 

 and in swamps on the shores of the Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 

 — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



437. L. lanata, foliis obovato-oblongis obtusis undulatis dentatis, basi 

 sensim angustatis utrinque villosis, foliolis involucri glabris membranacois, 

 rostro achenii. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Among fem, between the Waitangy 

 and Keri-Keri rivers. — 1834, R. Cwmingham. 



3. Aster, L. Cass. 1 



438. A. ? holosericeus. Forst. Prodr. n. 296. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 

 248. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). On mossy rocks, at Dusky Bay. — 1773, 

 G. Forster. 



Obs. Caules herbacei, 4 — 5 pedales, erecti. Folia radicalia, spathulato- 

 lanceolata, argute dentata seu subserrata, subtus argenteo holosericea. Ca- 

 pitulum solitarium, terminale, amplitudine fere ac in Astere Chinensi, L. ra- 

 diatum. 



439. A. ? coriaceus. Forst. Prodr. n. 297. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 250. 

 New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



* The type of this genus, a native of Van Diemen's Land, may be thus 

 characterized : L, Billardieri ; foliis obovato-oblongis dentatis in petiolum 

 attenuatis, undique pilosis, foliolis involucri glabris, rostro achenio integro 

 leviter dilatato. L. Billardiere. Cassini in Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. p, 109. — 

 Bellis stipitata. Labill. Nov. Hoi. 2. p. 55. t. 205. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 460, 



Hob. In Insula Van Diemen, 1792, — /. J.^La Billardiere, 



