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Pleurophyllum 



speciosum 



(The Handsome Pleuro- 

 phyllum}. 



Leaves all radical, 6 in.- 

 18 in. long, Gin. - 10 in. 

 broad, usually flat upon 

 the ground, forming a large 

 rosette, bristly above, woolly 

 below. Flower stems with 

 several leafy bracts . Heads 

 8 - 20, 1 in.-2i in. across. 

 Bay-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. 



Pleurophyllum 



criniferum 



(The Hairy Pleuro- 

 phyllum). 



Radical leaves, 1ft. -4 ft. 

 long, 4 in. - 12 in. broad, 

 entire, with long sheathing 

 petioles, white beneath, 

 slightly rough above. 

 Nerves 7-15 ; 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. speciosum. 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. 143. Pleurophyllum speciosum. 



