260 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. {Brachycome. 



on the Canterbury Plains (associated with Iphigenia Novae- Zelandiae), possibly in the locality where 

 it was rediscovered by the writer in 1882. Stewart Island is a most unlikely habitat for a plant 

 which flourishes in dry situations. 



3. B. Sinclairii, Hook, f., Handbk. 137. Glandular-pubescent or gla- 

 brous. Rootstock short, simple or branched. Leaves radical, fin.— Sin. long, 

 oblong-spathulate or narrow-obovate-spathulate or linear, rounded at the tip, 

 entire, toothed, lobed or pinnatifid, narrowed into a slender or rather broad 

 petiole, submembranous or coriaceous. Scapes 1—6, slender or strict, naked. 

 Heads Jin.— lin. in diameter; involucral bracts linear or linear-oblong, acute or 

 subacute, green or with erose purple margins, minutely glandular-pubescent or 

 glabrous. Achenes very small, cuneate ; margins slightly thickened, usually 

 glabrous. 



Var. montana. Rather stout, usually glabrate or glabrous. Leaves almost fleshy, broadly 

 obovate-spathulate, crenate, or almost lobulate. Scapes rather stout, naked. Heads large. Bays 

 long. 



NORTH Island : Bast Cape, Ruahine and Tararua Mountains, but very local. SOUTH 

 Island : common in subalpine and alpine situations from Cook Strait to Southland. 2,000ft. to 

 6,000ft. Native daisy. Dec, Jan. 



The different forms of leaf are not correlated with variations in the flowers and fruit, and 

 appear to depend largely on soil, situation, and moisture. Entire leaves are most frequent in rather 

 dry situations, while those growing in moist situations, especially at great altitudes, are fleshy or 

 coriaceous, and deeply lobed or pinnatifid. 



4. B. odorata, Hook. /., Handbk. 158. Branched from the base. Stems 



erect, leafy, 2in.— 4in. high. Leaves few, obovate-spathulate, rounded at the 



apex, deeply unequally 3— 6-lobed, |^in.— lin. long, narrowed into slender petioles, 



pubescent, subglandular. Peduncles terminal, slender, glandular. Heads 



Jin.— Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts oblong, glabroiis. Rays very short. 



Achenes linear-clavate, glandular or nearly glabrous. Pappus inconspicuous. — 



B. radicata, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 137 (in part). 



NORTH Island : Hawke's Bay : Kawaka, E. Tryon ! Wellington : Patea "Village, Colenso. 

 Roniu. 



A favourite plant of the Natives, on account of its perfume. I have only seen a single 

 specimen. 



5. B. Thomsonii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. (1883) 373, t. 27. A 

 rather coarse glandular pubescent herb, 4in.— 13in. high or more. Rootstock 

 stout. Stems rather stout, slightly decumbent, branched from the base, leafy, 

 erect or spreading. Leaves lin.— IJin. long, oblong-spathulate, narrowed into 

 broad petioles, deeply crenate-lobed, rarely dentate. Heads Jin. in diameter, on 

 stout terminal peduncles 3in.— 6in. long or more, naked or with a solitarv 

 bract ; involucral scales oblong or oblong-ovate, with purple tips ; receptacle 

 convex. Ray-florets numerous, female, white, spreading, papillose at base. 

 Disk-florets tubular. Achenes broadly clavate, margins slightly thickened, 

 excessively glandular. Pappus minute, bristly, more conspicuous in the achenes 

 of the disk than in those of the ray. 



STEWART Island : common in littoral situations. Dec, Jan. 



Var. minima. Scapes 2in.-3in. high. Heads much smaller. Ray-florets 0. Ruapuke 

 Island ; Dog Island. 



