Senecio.] xxxix. COMPOSITAE. 341 



6. S. antipodus, n. s. Annual or biennial, erect, 1ft. -2ft. high. 

 Branches spreading from the base, very stout, grooved, Jin.— |in. in diameter, 

 fistulose, glabrous except the peduncles and young leaves, mealy -tomentose 

 beneath. Radical leaves apparently narrowed into a petiole ; upper sessile by 

 a broad auriculate base, membranous, sparingly and irregularly pinnatifid or 

 partite, 2in.-5in. long, lin.— Sin. broad ; segments toothed lobed or almost 

 pinnatifid, acute. Heads numerous, in terminal corymbs, discoid. Peduncles 

 bracteolate, slender. Involucres broadly campanulate, Jin.— Jin. in diameter ; 

 involucral bracts about 20, oblong or oblong -lanceolate, acute, 2-ribbed. 

 Receptacle flat. Florets all hermaphrodite, very numerous, trumpet-shaped, 

 5-lobed ; anthers nearly free. Achenes short, linear-oblong, striate, glabrous 

 or minutely puberulous. 



ANTIPODES Islands, T. E. Jan. 



A striking plant, not easily mistaken for any other New Zealand species, and nearly allied to 

 the Puegian S. candidans. In some specimens the sessile leaf-bases are from lin.-ljin. broad. 



7. S. lautUS, Soland. ex Hook.f., Fl. N.Z. i. 145. A prostrate decum- 

 bent or erect glabrous or pubescent annual or biennial, 3iii.— 24in. high. Stem 

 and branches stout or slender, grooved, flexuose. Leaves succulent or very 

 fleshy, lin.-2in. long, linear linear-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, narrowed 

 into a petiole or dilated and auriculate at the base, distantly toothed lobed or 

 pinnatifid ; segments broad or narrow. Heads ;|in.— fin. in diameter, in few- or 

 many-flowered corymbs ; involucre campanulate ; involucral bracts green, her- 

 baceous, 2-ribbed, linear, acute, pubescent at the tips ; outer bracts few, minute. 

 Rays 10—15, spreading, sometimes revolute, rarely 0. Disk-florets numerous, 

 equalling the involucre. Achene deeply grooved, glabrous, puberulous or 

 pubescent. — G. Forst., Prod. n. 538 (name only); A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 457 ; 

 A. Rich., Fl. Nouv.-Zel. 257 ; Hook, f., Handbk. 160 ; Benth., Fl. Austr. iii. 

 667. S. neglectus, A. Rich., Fl. Nouv.-Zel. 258. S. rupicola, A. Rich., Sert. 

 Astrol. t. 37. S. tripartitus, I.e. 114. S. cvithmif alius, A. Rich., I.e. 116. 

 S. pinnatif alius, A. Rich., I.e. 117. 



From the KEKMADEO Islands, THREE KINGS Islands, and the North Cape to Southland. 

 STEWART Island ; CHATHAM Islands. Sea- level to 3,000ft., but comparatively rare inland. Oct. 

 to March. 



An extremely variable plant, many forms of which have been described as species, but pass 

 into each other so gradually that they can hardly be distinguished even as varieties. 



Var. carnosulus. Stems robust, prostrate. Leaves very fleshy, sessile by a broad base ; 

 lobes broad, obtuse. Heads obcouic ; bracts fleshy, thick. Bays very short. Achene silky. Not 

 uncommon on maritime rooks. 



Var. radiolatus. Lower leaves membranous, broadly cuneate-ovate, narrowed into slender 

 petioles, toothed lobed or pinnatifid ; lobes obtuse, downy beneath. Upper leaves sessile, auriculate, 

 lobed toothed or pinnatifid above ; teeth acute. Stems and branches grooved, glabrescent or almost 

 hispid in old specimens. Rays short, broad. Achenes slender, grey, excessively mucilaginous when 

 placed in warm water. — S. radiolatus, F. Muell., Veg. Chath. Isds. 25, t. 4. — H. Travers .' Cox ! 



8. S. latifolius, Banks and Sal. ex Hoak. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 145. Erect, 

 much branched, glabrous, 2ft.— 3ft. high. Stems flexuose, grooved or furrowed. 

 Leaves membranous, polymorphic, 2in.— Sin. long, Jin.— 2Jin. broad ; radical 



