Senecio.] xxxix. COMPOBITAE. 339 



Achenes linear, subulate, less slender than in S. lagopus. — Handbk. 159. S. 

 Traversa, F. Muell. in Trans. Bot. Soe. Edinb. vii. (1861) 154. 



Var. glabratus. Leaves broadly oblong, glabrate or glabrous below, sparingly setose above. 



Var. angustatus. Leaves narrow linear-oblong, apex rounded or subacute. 



SOUTH Island : in subalpine and alpine districts from Nelson and Marlborough to Southland. 

 STEWART Island, T.K. 2,000ft. to 5,000ft. Jan., Feb. 



Hooker describes the leaves as sometimes cordate, but I have not found them so, and suspect 

 that states of ;S. lagopus have been mistaken for this. 



3. S. Haastii, Hook. /., Handbk. 159. Rootstock woody, rather stout, 

 the crown usually covered with whitish wool. Leaves orbicular-oblong, truncate 

 or slightly cordate at the base, 2in.— 5in. long, lin.— Sin. broad, obtuse or rounded 

 at the apex, obscurely crenulate, covered with white appressed or lax cottony 

 wool below, downy or pubescent rarely tomelitose above ; petioles slender, 2in.— 

 6in. long, tomentose or woolly at the base. Scapes slender or stout, 2in.— 12in. 

 high, simple or sparingly branched, downy cottony or slightly glandular, with 

 few linear bi'acts. Peduncles long. Heads 1—3, fin.— lin. in diameter, broadly 

 campanulate ; involucral bracts linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, glandular 

 tomentose or pubescent. Rays linear, spreading. Disk-florets numerous, 

 tubular ; mouth narrow. Achene linear, subulate, obscurely grooved, glabrous. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Castle Hill basin, Enys and Kirk. Shores of Lake Ohau ; 

 mountains near the source of the Aiuriri ; Mount Cook ; Haast ! Otago : Lake Hawea, Haast ! 

 Maniototo, Manuherikia, Petrie. 1,500ft. to 4,000ft. Jan. 



4. S. saxifragoides, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 144. Rootstock very stout, 

 fin.— l^in. in diameter, densely clothed with long shaggy wool. Leaves all 

 radical, 3in.— 6in. long, orbicular or broadly oblong, slightly cordate, crenate or 

 crenulate, thick, silky or villous above, densely clothed with white woolly tomen- 

 tum beneath ; petioles lin.-4in. long, stout, woolly or villous. Scape 2in.— 13in. 

 high, stout, erect, bracteate, cottony or tomentose below, densely clothed with 

 glandular white or reddish-purple tomentum above. Heads few or many, 

 broadly campanulate ; involucral bracts linear, acute, densely tomentose. Rays 

 25—30, broad, spreading. Disk-florets narrow. Achenes glabrous. — Handbk. 



159. 



SOUTH Island : Port Lyttelton ; Banks Peninsula. Jan. to March. 



A short obtuse tooth is sometimes developed between two crenatures. The leaves are often 

 glabrous or glabrate on the upper surface, but never bristly as in S. lagopus. 



5. S. Lyallii, Hook /., Fl. N.Z. i. 146. Rootstock stout, crowned with 

 matted silky hairs. Radical leaves 1— 5-nerved, linear or very narrow-linear, 

 J^in.— Jin. broad, acute or subacute, glabrous -or pubescent or glandular-pubes- 

 cent, narrowed towards the base, which is densely clothed with matted silky 

 hairs. Stems simple, erect, 3in.— 18in. high, leafy or clothed with linear bracts. 

 Heads lin.-2iD. in diameter, on slender bracteate peduncles 2in.-5in. long, 

 forming a simple corymb, or rarely a spreading umbel ; involucral bracts in 

 1-2 series, linear-acuminate, usually acute, glabrate or pubescent. Ray-florets 

 Jin.-lin. long, yellow, spreading ; tube very short. Disk-florets numerous. 



