Cotula .] 
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Stout, glabrate. Leaves serrate or lobulate. Scape ebracteate. 
Heads J in 1 1. C. dioica. 
Slender, sub-woolly. Leaves pinnatifid, lobes cut. Heads X-J in. . 12. C. squalida. 
3. Myriog-yne. Heads bisexual : female florets in very many 
series ; males very few, in the centre. Heads sessile 13. C. minuta. 
1. C. coronopifolia, Linn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 127. Perfectly glabrous; 
steins succulent, creeping, brandling, ascending, 2-10 in. long. Leaves scat- 
tered, j-2 in. long, lanceolate or oblong, variously toothed lobed or pinnatifid ; 
petiole dilated into a broad toothed or lobed sheath. Heads -§~| in. diam. 
on the scape-like ends of the branches ; involucral scales in 2 or 3 series, 
linear-oblong, obtuse, membranous : ray fl. 1 series, on slender pedicels ; co- 
rolla 0 ; achene flat, broadly winged, wings lobed at top and enclosing the 
2-fid style, glandular on the inner face : disk fl. shortly pedicelled ; corolla 
subcylindric, 4-toothed. 
Northern and Middle Islands: marshy spots in various localities from the Bay of 
Islands to Otago, Banks and Solander, etc. A widely-spread plant, found in Australia, 
S. America, S. Africa, N. and S. Europe, and N. Africa. 
2. C. australis, Hoolc. f. Fl. N. Z. i. 128. A very slender, much- 
branched, flaccid herb, glabrous hairy or woolly at the nodes, 2-4 in. high. 
Leaves 1 in. long, deeply pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid ; lobes linear, entire. 
Heads minute, in. broad, on long slender peduncles ; involucral scales in 
2 series, membranous^ linear-oblong: ray fl. in 3 series, pedicelled, without 
corolla ; achene obovate, broadly winged, wing 2-fid at the top, glandular 
on the inner face : disk fl. tubular, subcylindric, 4-toothed, teeth glandular. — 
Fl. Tasm. t. 50 ; Soliva tenella, A. Cunn. 
Northern and Middle Islands: not rare in waste places; also found in Australia, 
Tasmania, S. Africa, and Tristan d’Acunha. 
3. C. plumosa, Hook. f. — Leptinella, Fl. Antarct. i. 24. t. 20. A 
large, tufted, creeping, aromatic, feathery species, more or less covered with 
soft, matted, villous hairs. Stems creeping, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 
long-petioled, membranous, 2-4 in. long, oblong in outline, pinnate ; leaflets 
close-set, slender, linear, recurved, pinnatifid to the base along the upper side 
only, ultimate divisions ■§• in. long, linear, toothed on one side. Scapes 
woolly, shorter than the leaves. Heads ^ in. diam. ; involucral scales 20-30, 
broad-oblong, woolly, with broad black margins ; receptacle conic : ray fl. 
2 or 3 series, shortly pedicelled ; corolla inflated, much compressed, mouth 
contracted, unequally 4-toothed, cordate at base ; achene obovoid : disk fl. 
funnel-shaped, 5 -toothed. 
Lord Auckland’s group, Campbell’s Island, J.D.H. M'Quarrie’s Islands, 
Fraser. Also found in Kerguelen’s Land. The largest and most compound-leaved N. Z. 
species. 
4. C. lanata, Hooic.f. — Leptinella, Fl. Antarct. i. 25. t. 19. A smaller 
plant than C. plumosa ; stems creeping, 5-12 in. long, robust, densely woolly 
or glabrate. Leaves 1-3 in. long, rather thick, with broad petioles, pinnate ; 
pinnules close-set, curved, 3-5 -lobed or pinnatifid along the upper edge, mi- 
nutely glandular. Scapes short, stout, woolly. Heads as in C. plumosa, but 
smaller ; involucral scales not purple-edged. Floret of ray narrower, and all 
florets covered with minute conglobate glands. 
