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PLANTS OF NEW ZKALAND 



Geuus Cotula. 



Perennial liorlts, often sncculent, sometimes aromatic. Stems prostrate or 

 cieeping. Leaves I'adical or alternate, usually pinnatitrd. Heads small, 



terminal or axillary . Florets 

 4-5-toothed. Anthers withcait 

 tails. Achenes compressed, some- 

 times winged. Pappus 0. About 

 .^0 species, of which 19 are 

 endemic in New Zealand. (Name 

 fri^m the (ireek, signifying a 

 c/iji, in allusion to the shape of 

 the involucre). 



Cotula Coponopifolia 



(TJif Coyoniipus-leitrcd 



Cotula.) 



stems tleshy, creeping, rooting 

 at the nodes. Branches 3in.- 

 loin. high. Leaves J in. -2 in. 

 long, sheathing at the base, lobed 

 or [linnatitid. Heads \ in. across, 

 yellow. Ray florets in 1 series ; 

 cor(.>lla 0. .\ehene Hat, winged. 

 Both islands ; marshy places. 

 Fl. Scpt.-JLi.rch. English name 

 Vrllnir- button. (The Enghsh 

 (.'oronopus is the Wart-Cress. 

 The n.ime is originally from the 

 (h'eel^', meaning raven-footed). 



(ieitii-s Erecli fifes. 



Kreet, "glabrous, or cotton\' 

 herl)s, 1 ft. -4 ft. in height. Leaves 

 simple or jjirmatifid. Heads in 

 corymbs. Rays 0. Florets tubu- 

 lar, 3-5-tootlied. Anthers without 

 tails. Pappus in many series of 

 small, soft hairs. About 7 species, 

 (.\ Oreek nami' for i:j ronndsel) . 



I'it,'. 1.").!. <'i-asi>e<lia uniflora (i nat. size), 

 which 8 ai'e endemic in New Zealand. 



Erechtites ppenanthoides [Tlie rreiKintlies-likc Eiechtites). 



Lea\"es 2 in. -Gin. bjrig, narrow, hairy or shining, the upper ones sessile, with 

 lothed auricles. Heads in loose corymbs. Florets about 18 in. -20 in. Disk- 

 nets 4-lobed. Achenes angular. Pappus-hairs rigid. Both islands. Fl. 

 r't.-.Taii. {L-'rennnthes is a European and West African genus of Composites), 



