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XXXIX. COJI POSIT.E. 
the corolla ; anthers usually united in a tube which sheaths the style ; cells 
often produced downward (tailed). Ovary inferior, 1-celled ; style filiform, 
with 2 stigmatic branches ; ovule 1, erect. Fruit a dry nut or achene. Seed 
erect ; testa membranous ; albumen 0 ; cotyledons oblong, plano-convex, 
radicle short, inferior. 
One of the largest Orders of flowering-plants, found in almost every part of the globe 
to which flowering plants extend. The New Zealand genera are with few exceptions Aus- 
tralian also. 
Subord. 1. Corymbiferse. — Florets all tubular , or of the ray liyulate. Herbs shrubs 
or trees, without mil/cj/ juice. 
(1. ASTEROIDE.E.) 
a. Liyulate florets , when present, never yellow. Pappus riyid, of lony unequal scabrid 
hairs. 
Shrubs or trees. Peduncles 1- or mauy-flowered. Leaves whitish 
below. Veins branching 1. Olearia. 
Herbs. Peduncles many-flowered. Leaves large, with many pa- 
rallel ribs 2. Pleurophyllum. 
Herbs. Leaves all radical. Scape 1-flowered 3. Celmisia. 
Branched herb, leafy, branches 1 -flowered 4. Vittadinia. 
0. Liyulate florets white or purplish, revolute. Pappus 0, or of small scales or short 
hairs. 
Scapigerous herbs. Achene beaked. Pappus 0 5. Lagenophora. 
Seapigerous herbs. Achene not beaked. Pappus very short or 0 6. Brachycohe. 
(2. Senecionide.®.) 
■y. Liyulate florets white or yellow. Pappus of 2 bristles ... 7. Bidens. 
8. Florets all tubular. Pappus 0. 
Tufted moss-like herbs. Florets purplish 8. Abrotanella. 
Heads yellow, unisexual or with % and $ florets ; outer fl. 9 in 
1 or many series 9. Cotula. 
e. Florets all tubular, yellow. Heads all collected into one dense ylobose ball. 
Pappus soft and plumose. 
Scapigerous herbs, with globose inflorescence 10. Craspebia. 
£ Liyulate florets, if present, yellow ( inner scales of involucre sometimes white, 
spreadiny, and resembliny a ray). Pappus of soft, white hairs. 
f Shrubs. Leaves all small. Involucral scales in many series. Liyidate fl. 0. 
Receptacle narrow, with scales amongst the flowers 11. Cassinta. 
Receptacle narrow, not without scales amongst the flowers . . .12. Ozotha xinus. 
ft Herbs. Involucral scales in 2 or several series. Liyulate fl. 0. 
Small, creeping, tufted, alpine herbs. Heads small, sessile . . . 13. Raoulia. 
Erect or decumbent herbs. Scales of involucre with or without 
white rays 14. Gnaphalium. 
Tufted, woolly, alpine herbs, with very broad sessile heads . . . 15. IIaastia. 
ttt Herbs shrubs or trees. Involucral scales in 1 series. Liyulate fl. 0 or yellow. 
Herbs. Outer florets tubular, excessively slender, female . . . 16. Erechtites. 
Outer florets ligulate or similar to interior. Pappus soft, white . 17. Senecjo. 
Outer florets small, irregularly cleft 18. Brachyglottis. 
Ligulate fl. 0. Pappus very rigid, yellowish .19. Traversia 
