Cotula.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 325 



deeply toothed on both margins; teeth acute. Scapes very slender, equalling 



or exceeding the leaves. Heads ^in.— Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts about 



12, broadly oblong or suborbicular, usually with deep purple margins. Female 



florets in 3—4 series, glandular ; corolla scarcely shorter than the achenes, 



inflated, ovoid ; mouth narrow, denticulate or entire ; achene obcuneate, 



glandular. Disk-florets funnel-shaped ; mouth 4-toothed. — Leptinella minor, 



Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 129. Soliva tenella, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 445. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from Mangonui to Marlborough and Nelson, but often local. 

 Sea-level to 2,000ft. Nov. to Jan. 



10. C. filiformis, Hook, f., Handbk. 1 12. A very slender rigid creeping 

 plant, glabrous or pilose. Leaves minute, Jin. long, oblong, pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments subulate. Scapes filiform, lin. long, naked. Heads x&in. in diameter; 

 involucral bracts 6—8, orbicular, with purple edges. Receptacle conical. Ray- 

 florets about 20 ; corolla short, compressed, inflated, very broad, oblong, 2-lobed 

 above ; achene oboonic, glandular. Disk-florets funnel-shaped, 4-lobed ; lobes 

 glandular. 



SOUTH Island : amongst grass, Canterbury Plains, Haast. 



Not having seen specimens of this species I have copied the original description. A scrap 

 given me by Haast without name or locality may possibly be the same, but the involucral bracts and 

 florets are more numerous. 



11. C. Haastii, n. s. Tufted, emitting wiiy runners. Leaves pubescent, 



glandular, fin.— lin. long, linear oblong-obovate, pinnate or pinnatifid to the 



base ; leaflets or segments oblong or oblong-flabellate, cuneate at base, shortly 



lobed toothed or incised ; lobes acute. Scapes slender, pubescent or pilose. 



Heads |^in.— Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts in 2—3 series, broadly oblong, 



obtuse, with purple tips. Receptacle broadly convex. Female florets in several 



rows ; corolla short, ovate, compressed ; mouth greatly contracted, 4-toothed ; 



achene narrow oblong-cuneate, ultimately tumid and convex at the back when 



fully ripe. Disk-florets short, broadly funnel-shaped, with 4 large lobes. 



SOUTH Island : Banks Peninsula and Canterbury Plains, Haast ! T. K. Otago : Ahuriri 

 and Kurow, Peirje .' Sea-level to 2,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



This appears to have been confused with C. pectinata in the Handbook, but differs in the 

 incised leaves, convex receptacle, shorter and broader disk-florets, and especially in the convex 

 achenes. Mr. Petrie's C. pectinata from the Maniototo Plain m.ay belong to this, but I have not 

 seen specimens. 



12. C. pectinata, Hook, f., Handbk. 142. Stems tufted, short, often 

 emitting wiry runners, glabrous, silky or pilose. Leaves few, somewhat rigid, 

 lin.— 1 Jin. long, linear-oblong, pectinately pinnatifid; segments subulate, entire. 

 Scapes slender, lin.— Sin. long, pubescent or glabrous, naked or with a minute 

 bract about the middle. Heads Jin.— Jin. in diameter; involucral bracts in 2—3 

 series, usually purple, pubescent, oblong or broadly oblong. Receptacle conical. 

 Female florets in several series ; corolla ovate-oblong, much compressed, 

 minutely 2— 4-toothed ; achene narrow, cuneate, glandular or eglandular, com- 

 pressed and slightly winged. Disk-florets trumpet-shaped, 4-toothedj glandular. 



