Cotula.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 327 



above; mouth 4-lobed ; lobes erect; achene linear-obovate, compressed. Male 



florets smaller and more slender. 



SOUTH Island : mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, Nelson, 3,000ft. to 4,500ft. 



Closely related to C. pyrethrifolia in the structure of the florets, braoteate scape, and texture, 

 but separated by the entire leaves and strict habit. I have only seen 2 small specimens, which might 

 readily be mistaken for Abrotanella linearis by a casual observer. 



16. C. pyrethrifolia, Hook. /., Handbk. 142. Rhizome short, stout, 

 often woody, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves Jin.— lin. long, fleshy or 

 coriaceous, the upper half pinnatifid ; lobes or segments 3—5, alternate, linear, 

 obtuse, ^j'-gin-^iii^' long, rarely bifid at the tip. Scapes Jin.— Sin. long, with 1 

 or several linear bracts. Heads unisexual, large, Jin.— fin. in diameter; invo- 

 lucral bracts in 2—3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, with red or purple margins. 

 Florets numerous, glandular ; female tubular, inflated, base truncate ; mouth 

 contracted, 4-toothed ; achene oblong-cuneate. Disk-florets narrow, tubular 

 below ; mouth broadly funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. 



SOUTH Island: Marlborough: Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan! Nelson: Mount Arthur, 

 Mount Peel, and Baglau Mountains, Gheeseman. Fowler's Pass, Mount Captain, &c., T. K. Franklin 

 Moantains, Giifes and Bri/ani / Wairau Gorge, Trauers .' Tarndale, SmcZair / Canterbury : Kbwhai 

 Eiver and Mount Torlesse, Haast I Mount Buys and mountains above Broken River, Enys I Mount 

 Peel, W. Barker I Otago : Hector and Buchanan. 2,500ft. to 6,500ft. Jan., Feb. 



17. C. perpusilla, Hook. /., Handbk. 143. Rhizomes rigid, wiry, exten- 

 sively creeping, often forming large patches. Leaves tufted, Jin.— lin. long, 

 Jin. broad, white with rather long silky hairs, linear-oblong, obovate in outline, 

 pinnatifid to the base or shortly petiolate ; segments slightly recurved, close-set, 

 the upper margin deeply serrate or entire. Scapes short, rigid, silky, Jin.— fin. 

 long. Heads unisexual: male Jin.— ^in. in diameter; involucral bracts in 2 

 rows, broadly obovate, with purple margins, pubescent ; receptacle conical ; 

 florets funnel-shaped ; mouth broad, o-lobed : female Jin.— ^in. in diameter ; 

 involucral bracts broader than in the male ; receptacle small, convex, slightly 

 incurved ; corolla narrow obovoid, excessively contracted at the erose-denticulate 

 mouth, compressed ; achene curved, shortly clavate, obscurely trigonous, with a 

 narrow obtuse marginal ridge, convex at the back.. — LeptineLla pusilla, Hook, f., 

 M. N.Z. i. 129. 



NORTH Island : East Cape, Golenso. SOUTH Island : Nelson : Mount Arthur, Cheeseman. 

 Tarndale, Sinclair! Canterbury: Aylesbury, Enys! Burnham Plains, &o., T. K. Westland : 

 Okaiito, A. Hamilton ! Otago: not uncommon except on the western side; Manlototo, Cromwell, 

 Old Man Range, &c., Petrie ! Riverton, on sand-dunes, T. K. Sea-level to 4,000ft. Oct. to Feb. 



18. C. obscura, n. s. Stems very short, slightly creeping, fin.— lin. 

 long, rather stout for the size of the plant. Leaves few, tufted, glabrous, fleshy, 

 Jin.— Jin. long including the petiole, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shortly pinnatifid 

 or with 3 obtuse lobes on each side. Scapes longer or shorter than the leaves, 

 glabrous. Heads unisexual, about j-^jyin.- Jin. in diameter; involucral bracts 

 5—6, oblong or oblong-ovate, fleshy, glabrous or glabrate. Receptacle conical. 

 Female florets few ; corolla tubular, as long as the ovary ; mouth minutely 



