Senecio.] xxxix. compositae. 349 



27. S. compactus, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xii. (1879) 395. A much- 

 branched compact shrub, 2ft.— 3ft. high. Branches erect, stout, and with the 

 petioles, undersurface of the leaves, pedicels, and involucres densely clothed with 

 appressed snow-white tomentum, forming a smooth surface. Leaves fin.— IJiu. 

 long, ^fin.— Jin. broad, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the tip, narrowed 

 into the slender petiole, coriaceous ; margins tomentose, slightly waved and 

 obscurely crenulate. Heads in 4— 8-flowered terminal leafy racemes, rarely 

 solitary, broadly campanulate, f in.— lin. in diameter ; involucral bracts about 

 12, 2-seriate, acute, tomentose. Receptacle flat. Rays about 12, broad, spread- 

 ing. Disk-florets very numerous ; limb elongate, 5-toothed, as long as the tube. 

 Anthers not tailed. Achenes terete, ribbed, silky. 



NORTH Island : on limestone cliffs, Gastlepoinfc, Bast Coast, T. K. Reported from Cape 

 Turnagain, but this requires confirmation. Jan., Feb. 



28. S. elaeagnifolius, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 150, <. 41. A slender or 

 robust shrub, 5ft.— 10ft. high. Branches grooved, and with the petioles, in- 

 florescence, and leaves beneath clothed with dull-whitish appressed tomentum. 

 Leaves 2in.— Sin. long, lin.— 2Jin. broad, broadly lanceolate lanceolate-oblong or 

 obovate, rounded or subacute at the tip, narrowed below, coriaceous but usually 

 thin, glabrous and shining above; margins rarely sinuate ; petiole Jin.— 1 Jin. 

 long, grooved ; midrib and veins more or less obvious. Panicle terminal, stout 

 or slender. Heads numerous ; pedicels slender, Jin. long, campanulate ; invo- 

 lucral bracts 9—10, thick and coriaceous, woolly. Receptacle convex. Female 

 florets 1—3 or ; corolla-tube truncate, shortly toothed. Limb of disk-florets 

 elongated, campanulate, 5-lobed for half its length ; tube very short. Anthers 

 shortly tailed. Achenes furrowed, pubescent. Pappus-hairs seabrid, rigid. — 

 Handbk. 162. 



Var. Buchananl (sp.), J. B. Armst. in N.Z. Country Journ. III. 56. More robust, 2ft.-3ft. 

 high. Branches grooved. Leaves broadly oblong ; veins reticulated. Panicle reduced to a short 

 raceme. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the East Cape mountains to Southland. STEWART 

 Island. Ascends to 4,000ft. Descends to sea-level in Otago and Stewart Island. Jan. 



The heads are mostly racemose. 



29. S. rotundifolius, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 149. A shrub or small tree, 

 6ft.— 30ft. high, with thin smooth bark and robust grooved tomentose branches. 

 Leaves orbicular or orbicular-oblong, 2in.— 5in. in diameter, very thick and 

 coriaceous, unequal or slightly cordate at the base, glabrous and shining above ; 

 petioles stout, lin.— 3in. long, grooved, and with the leaves beneath densely 

 clothed with white or buff tomentum. Panicle terminal, corymbose ; branches 

 numerous, very stout, and with the pedicels densely tomentose. Heads 

 numerous, broadly campanulate ; involucral bracts 9—12, linear, woolly. Re- 

 ceptacle deeply alveolate. Florets as in S. elaeagnifolius except those of the 

 disk, which are shorter, with a funnel-shaped limb, 5-cleft almost to the base. 

 Achenes grooved, shortly stipitate, glabrous. — Handbk. 162; T. Kirk, Forest 



