Bellis.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 261 



Var. membranlfolla. Slender, usually glabrous except the upper part of the slender 

 peduncle, which is usually pubescent or glandular. Leaves lin.-3in. long, very membranous or 

 rarely pubescent and ciliated ; petioles very slender, sometimes 3in. long. Peduncles 6in.-9iii. long, 

 naked above. Involucral leaves crowded, glabrous. Aohenes with thickened margins and incon- 

 spicuous pappus. Mount Arthur Plateau, Cheeseman I Dunedin, Petrie I 



Var. dubla. Pubescent or glandular-pubescent. Bootstock rarely branched. Leaves lin. 

 -2in. long, nearly all radical, narrowed into slender petioles. Scape 3in.-5in. long, pubescent or 

 glandular, usually naked or with a leaf or small bract above the base. Involucral bracts glandular- 

 pubescent. A chenes (imperfect) glandular. Otago : cliffs near Gape Whanbrow, T. iT. Near Green 

 Island, Petrie I This may be a distinct species. 



The typical form is distinguished by the branched leafy excessively glandular habit, the 

 lobulate or almost pinnatifid leaves with broad petioles, and the broad glandular achenes. Professor 

 Oliver considers that it is most nearly related to B. diversifolia, Fisch. and Mey. 



6. B. polita, n. s. Stems erect, 8in.— 12in. high or more, mostly simple; 

 leafy at the base. Leaves 3in.-3in. long, linear-oblong-spathulate, deeply lobed 

 or toothed, rounded at the apex, narrowed into slender petioles, glabrous or 

 nearly so, reduced to 1 or 2 small bracts above. Peduncles long, terminal, 

 thickened upwards, glandular. Heads |in. in diameter ; involucral bracts 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly erose. Ray-florets short. Achenes clavate, much com- 

 pressed, thickened at the margins^ glandular. Pappus 0. 



SOUTH Island : Arthur's Pass, T. E. 3,000ft. Dec. 



The small heads and much compressed achenes with raised margins distinguish this from all 

 the other species in this section. 



7. B. Simplicifolia, /. B. Armst. in Trans. N.Z.I, xiii. (1880) 338. 



Stems stout, branched, leafy, 3in.— 4in. high. " Radical leaves 2in.— Sin. long, 



linear-spathulate or linear, obscui'ely 3-uerved, obtuse, with broad membranous 



sheathing petioles and revolute margins, quite entire except the sheaths, which 



are somewhat shaggy, glandular-pubescent or glabrous. Scapes lin.— 3in. high, 



pubescent, 1— 2-flowered." Cauline leaves "few, lin. long, linear-spathulate, 



obtuse, subamplexicaul, glandular-pubescent, more distinctly nerved." Heads 



Jin. in diameter ; involucral scales 12—16 in one series, linear, acute, 3-nerved. 



Ray-florets few or 0, short. Disk-florets tubular, 3-5-toothed. Pappus 0. 



Achene compressed, x^oi*^- Io^Sj glandular-pubescent, thickened at the tip. 



Receptacle very narrow, convex, papillose. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson Provincial District, 0. W. Jennings. Marlborough Provincial Dis- 

 trict, J. B. Armstrong. 



Not having seen specimens, I have adopted the original description, omitting some unim- 

 portant details. Possibly Lagenophora Barkeri may be the plant intended, but its scapes are 

 invariably 1-flowered. 



• BELLIS, Linn. 

 Involucre campanulate ; bracts in about 2 series, with scarious margins, herba- 

 ceous ; receptacle conical. Eay-florets many, 1-seriate, female, ligulate. Disk-florets 

 many, hermaphrodite, tubular ; limb 4-5-toothed. Style-arms short, thick, the 

 papillose tips conical. Achenes compressed, obovate, slightly hispid. Pappus 0. 

 Perennial or annual herbs, scapigerous or with leafy stems. Flower-heads solitary. 

 Eays white or purple. 



* B. perennis, L., Sp. PL 886. Perennial. Eootstock short. Leaves radi- 

 cal, lin.-2in. long or more, obovate-spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse or 



