278 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Plewophytlum. 



rounded at the apex or shortly acuminate, thick when fresh, with 15—20 

 longitudiual ridges, loosely tomentose below, villous or setose above, the bristles 

 being intermixed with rather long moniiiform hairs. Scapes erect, with several 

 oblong leafy bracts below. Heads 8-20 or more, ljin.-2jin. in diameter. 

 Peduncles lin.— 6in. long. Ray-florets purplish-white, showy. Disk-florets 

 purple. Achenes strigose. Pappus-hairs not thickened upwards. — Handbk. 

 129 ; T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxiii. (1890) 433. 



Var. suberecta. Leaves erect or subereot, narrower ; moniiiform hairs more numerous. Ray- 

 florets violet or purple. 



AUCKLAND and CAMPBELL Islands : sea-level to 800ft. Dec, Jan. 



One of the most magnificent plants in the flora. The linear-aouminate involucral bracts are 

 more or less tomentose. 



2. P. criniferum, Hook. /., Fl. Antarc. 32, t. 24, 25 (except the 

 leaf). Radical leaves 1ft.— 4ft. long, 4in.— 12in. broad, with long sheathing sub- 

 erect petioles varying greatly in length ; blade varying from oblong-lanceolate 

 ovate-lanceolate or almost ovate to linear-lanceolate obovate-lanceolate or orbicu- 

 lar-ovate, usually acute, membranous but firm, white with thin tomentum 

 beneath, slightly scabrid or setose above, with a few short subulate moniiiform 

 hairs; principal nerves 7— 15, slender ; margins with a few distant projecting 

 teeth. Scapes 2ft.— 6ft. high, stout, strongly grooved. Cauline leaves sessile, 

 white above and beneath. Heads 15—30 or more ; peduncles erect, lin.— Gin. 

 long ; involucral bracts ovate-acuminate or oblong, sparingly ciliate. Ray- 

 florets very short and inconspicuous, 2— 3-fid or -partite. Achenes strigose. 

 Pappus-hairs slightly thickened upwards. — Hatidbk. 129; T. Kirk in Trans. 

 N.Z.I, xxiii. (1890) 434. P. Hombronii, Decne., Bot. Voy. au Pole Sud, 36. 

 Albinea oresigenesa, Homb., I.e. Dicot. Phan. t. 4. 



ANTIPODES Islands, T. K. AUCKLAND and CAMPBELL Islands. Not found on Mac- 

 (juarie Island. Dec, Jan. 



Distinguished by the large discoid heads and petiolate leaves. 



3. P. Hookeri, J. Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. (1883) 395 (except t. 37). 



Leaves all radical, 6in.— lOin. long, 3in.— 4in. broad, white on both surfaces with 



silky lax or close tomentum, flat, appressed to the ground, forming a rosette, 



obovate or oblong-obovate, abruptly acuminate, narrowed into a broad sheathing 



membranous base ; principal ribs 9—13, very slender ; marginal teeth reduced 



to minute points. Scapes 15in.-24in. high, strict, naked below except 3 or 4 



linear bracts at the base, villous or silky. Heads hemispherical or almost 



globose, fin. in diameter; involucral bracts linear, acute or acuminate, the 



outer with a few scattered hairs. Ray-florets few or none ; rays very short, 



bilobate, inconspicuous. Achenes silky. Pappus-hairs not thickened upwards. 



— P. Hookerianum, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxiii. (1890) 435, t. 40. P. Gif- 



liesianum, T. Kirk MS. 



AUCKLAND Islands, T. K. CAMPBELL Islands, J. Buchanan ! T. K. MACQUARIE 

 Island, Scott I Hamilton I Dec, Jan. 



Distinguished by the small silvery leaves, rigid scapes, and small heads. 



