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or sparingly pilose; rhizome branching, tortuous, 1-2 in. long. Leaves f— 1 
in. long, thick and coriaceous, petiolar part longest ; blade pinnatifidly cut 
into 5-8 alternate linear-oblong or obovate, short., thick, entire lobes, jV~ jb 
in. long. Scapes 1-2 in. long, with one or more linear bracts. Heads uni- 
sexual, i in. diam. ; iuvolucral scales linear, in several series, herbaceous, 
with broad, membranous, purple, jagged tips ; receptacle hemispheric : florets 
covered with globose glands ;—fem. .- corolla oblong, ovoid, inflated, with 
broad truncate base and contracted 4-lobed mouth ; achene oblong-cuneate ; 
— male .- funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. 
Middle Island : rocks on the Kowai river, and elsewhere in the alps of Canterbury, 
Sinclair and Haast ; Tarndale plains, alt. 4000 ft., Travers ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
A very distinct species, small hut very robust : the leaves have few lobes, and the scapes 
usually many bracts. It is very odorous when bruised. 
10. C. perpusilla, HooJc.f. — Leptinella pusilla, LI. N. Z. i. 129. A 
small silky species, with wiry runners 2-5 in. long. Leaves tufted, f-f in. 
long, -J- in. broad, sessile, narrow linear-oblong in outline, pinnatifid to the 
base ; leaflets close- set, recurved, serrate along the upper edge, silky on both 
surfaces. Scapes short, \ in. long, stout, silky, quite naked. Heads uni- 
sexual ; — -fern. : -J- in. diam. ; involucral scales 3 or 4 series, longer than the 
florets, incurved, orbicular-oblong, silky, coriaceous, with broad membranous 
toothed purple edges ; receptacle conic ; florets eglandular ; corolla as in C. 
pyretJirifolia, obovoid; — male heads much smaller; scales in 1 row; florets 
fewer, funnel-shaped, glabrous. 
Northern Island : east coast, Colenso. Middle Island : grassy places, Kowai river, 
Haast ; Tarndale plaius, 40C0 ft., Travers. 
11. C. dioica, Hook. f. — Leptinella dioica, LI. N. Z. i. 129. Glabrous 
or slightly hairy. Stems creeping, rather robust, short, 1-3 in. long. Leaves 
petioled, 1-2 in. long, | broad, linear obovate or spathulate, obtuse, cre- 
nate-serrate lobulate or semipinnatifid ; lobes entire or serrate on the 
upper edge, glabrous. Scapes longer or shorter than the leaves, without 
bracts. Heads g— in., male and female similar ; involucral scales 2 or 3 series, 
oblong-orbicular, hairy, with broad, purple, toothed margins ; receptacle co- 
nical ; florets as in C. perpusilla , but eglandular. — Soliva tenella, A. Cunn. 
Northern Island : Cape Turnagain, east coast, Colenso. Middle Island : Canterbury 
plains and Acheron valley, alt. 4000 ft., Travers ; Akaroa, Raoul ; grassy terraces, Kowai 
river .Haast ; Otago, sands and swamps near the sea, and in the interior, Lindsay, Hector ano. l 
Buchanan. Very near and perhaps not different from the Chilian and 1’uegian Leptinella 
scariosa, Cass. ( Soliva dioica, Schultz, L. ancistroides, H. and A.), but that has deeply 
pinnatifid leaves and rather glandular- flowers. The scarcely piunatifid leaves of this species 
are its most prominent characters. 
12. C. squalida, Hook. Leptinella, LI. N. Z. i. 129. A slender spe- 
cies, with long, weak, creeping, woolly stems, and long soft hairs on the 
leaves and scapes. Leaves 1-2 in. long, in. broad, long linear-obovate, 
flaccid, petioled, pinnatifid; leaflets rather lax, recurved, incised along the upper 
margin. Scapes slender, ebracteate, tomentose, longer than the leaves. Heads 
unisexual ; — -fern. .- -§• in. diam. ; involucral scales numerous, in many series, 
longer than the florets, incurved, orbicular, with erose purple margins, silky ; 
receptacle conical ; florets as in C. perpusilla, eglandular ; — male heads much 
smaller, \ in. diam. ; involucral scales very few, and florets few. 
