Tragopogon.] xxxix. COMPOSITAE. 363 



6in.— 9iii. long, stout, dilated at base but not clasping; blade oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, irregularly pinnatifid or pinnate ; segments 4—6 on each side, broad, 

 lobulate, often overlapping, coarsely doubly serrate or dentate, almost coria- 

 ceous, scabrid above. Lower cauline leaves petiolate ; upper broadly sessile, 

 not auriculate. Heads subcorymbose, lin.— l^in. broad. Peduncles white, with 

 cottony wool. Involucral bracts in 3-4 series, broad, subacute, outer with a 

 median line of spinous or almost foliaceous processes. Florets numerous, 

 purple. Achenes large, broad, with 3—6 longitudinal ribs ; margins broad. 

 CHATHAM Islands, Enys I Gox I Jan., Feb. 



* TRAGOPOGON, Tourn. 

 Involucral bracts in 1 series, linear-acuminate, connate at the base, equal or 

 subequal. Eeceptacle convex, naked. Florets numerous, all ligulate, yellow or 

 purple. Achenes elongated, fusiform, with a long slender beak, 5-10-ribbed, muri- 

 cate. Pappus-bristles in many series, plumose ; tips naked. Erect annual or bien- 

 nial simple or branched glabrous herbs, with alternate wholly amplexicaul entire 

 leaves. Heads solitary, terminal. 



* T. porrifolius, L., Sp. PL 789. Stem erect, 3ft.-4ft. high, branched. 

 Leaves elongate, acuminate, slightly dilated at the base and gradually narrowed 

 upwards to an acute point. Peduncles thickened upwards, fistulose below. Invo- 

 lucres usually one-third longer than the purple florets, rarely shorter. Achenes and 

 pappus l-|-in.-2in. long. Marginal achenes with rough scale-like tubercles. 



NORTH Island : sparingly naturalised in Auckland. SOUTH Island: Akaroa; more plenti- 

 ful. Salsify. Dec, Jan. Europe. 



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