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Zealand ones into natural groups, which are, in point of habit and many other characters, the 
equivalents of genera in other parts of the vegetable kingdom, but which cannot be made 
genera of, because of the numberless connecting forms found in other countries. S. Forsteri, 
of FI. N. Z., differs from all others in the scarious involucral scales, and hence I have re- 
stored it to the genus Brachyglottis, of Forster. The shrubby tomentose species, with very 
rigid, coriaceous, almost woody involucres, also form a peculiar set, for the most part ; but 
S. Greyii and Munroi, which should belong to the same group, have membranous scales. 
The New Zealand species are excessively variable, the first four may prove one, the remainder 
seem distinct enough. 
1. Scapigerous herbs. Leaves all broad , radical. Scapes 1- or many-headed. Outer 
florets rayed. Involucral scales in about 2 series. Achenes glabrous. Pappus hairs 
white, slender. 
Leaves 1-4 x 1-3 in., rugose and hispid above, woolly below. Scape 
glandular 1. S. Lag opus. 
Leaves i-4xj-lJ in., rugose and hispid above, glabrate below. 
Scape cottony 2. S. bellidioides. 
Leaves 3-6 x 1-3 in., woolly above and below. Scape glandular . 3. S. saxifragoides. 
Leaves 2-5 x 1-3 in., and whole plant cottony, snow-white ... 4. 5. Haastii. 
2. Branched herbs, usually glabrous. Leaves all or upper sessile and auricled at the 
base. Heads corymbose. Outer florets rayed ( rarely tubular in S. lautus). Involucral 
scales linear, in 1 series, herbaceous, connate into an obconic base. Achenes ribbed. Pap- 
pus of white slender hairs. 
Tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous, ovate, petioled, lobed, and 
toothed 5. S. latifolius. 
Stout, short, glabrous or glabrate. Leaves 1-2 in., rather fleshy . 6. S. lautus. 
Stout, Leaves cottony, white, lobed and toothed 7 . S. Colensoi. 
Tail, robust. Leaves leathery, glabrous, toothed, and veined . . 8. S. odoratus. 
3. An erect, simple, leafy herb, corymbose above. Heads very large. Involucral scales 
2 series, outer florets' rays very long. Pappus hairs rigid, scabrid 9. S. Lyallii. 
4. Shrubby, glabrous. Leaves crowded, linear, margins revolute to the midrib. Head 
solitary; Older florets with broad rays. Pappus of soft hairs . . 10. S. bifislulosus. 
5. Shrubs with glabrous or woolly or tomentose or cottony stems, leaves, and involucres. 
Corymbs branched {heads solitary in S. cassinioides). Involucral scales of 1 series. Re- 
ceptacle pitted. Outer florets rayed or not. Pappus of rigid, often unequal, scabrid hairs. 
0. Glabrous or nearly so. Heads corymbose. 
Leaves 2-4 in., linear or oblong-lanceolate. Kays very long . . 11. S. glastfolius. 
Leaves 1-2 in., orbicular, toothed. Rays very short 12. S. sciadophilus. 
Leaves 1-li in., oblong, crenate-toothed. Rays short .... 13. S. perdicioides. 
$. Leaves quite entire, very coriaceous indeed, covered on both surfaces or below with 
tomentum. Heads panicled or corymbose. 
Leaves 2-4 in., oblong, softly cottony below. Rays long . . . 14. S. Greyii. 
Leaves 2-4 in., oblong, with appressed brown tomentum below. RayO. 15. S. elaagnifolius. 
Leaves 2-6 in., orbicular, with brownish tomentum below . . . 16. S. rotundifolius. 
Leaves j-1 in., oblong, with whitish tomentum below .... 17. S. Bidwillii. 
■y. Leaves crenate, undulate, white and cottony below . . .18. S. Munroi. 
5. Leaves £ in. Heads solitary 19. S. cassinioides. 
1. S. Lagopus, Raoul, Choix, 21. t. 17 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 143. Root of stout 
fibres ; crown loaded with long, woolly, matted hairs. Leaves 1-4 in. long, 
on short, stout, villous petioles, broadly cordate-oblong, rounded at the tip, 
even or crenulate on the margin, densely clothed below with white wool, ru- 
gose above, and covered with short scattered bristles. Scape 2-6 in. high, 
branched above, bracteate, 2-8-headed, and involucre pubescent and pilose 
with black glandular hairs. Heads on slender pedicels, -£-1 in. diam., broadly 
