906 COMPOSITAE. [Lagenophora. 
3. L. euneata Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. li (1919) 106.—Stems tufted 
at the base, usually putting out short spreading stolons. Leaves mostly 
radical, few or many, }-l4in. long including the petiole; blade broad 
or narrow obovate-cuneate, gradually narrowed into a long petiole, usually 
furnished with 1 or 2 pairs of coarse teeth towards the top, rarely 
entire, more or less coriaceous; margins thickened; upper surface and 
petioles clothed with long whitish hairs, under- surface often nearly 
glabrous. Culms 3-6in. high, slender, erect, stiff and wiry, almost 
glabrous below, finely pubescent above; bracteoles 1-3, minute. Heads 
small, g-gin. diam.; involuc’al scales linear-obovate, subacute; margins 
scarious, purplish at the tips when young. Ligules of the ray white. 
Achenes linear-obovate, slightly curved ; beak short, oblique. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Base of Tongariro and Ruapehu, 7. F. C., H. Carse ! 
not uncommon. Marlborough—Pelorus Valley, J. H. Macmahon! WNelson—Clarence 
Valley, 7. F. C.; Hanmer Plains, Petrie! Canterbury—Abundant in the Hooker and 
Tasman Valleys, 7. F. C., Petrie. Otago—Not uncommon throughout, Petrie / 500- 
3000 ft. December—February. 
This species was apparently included by Hooker in his conception of L. petiolata, 
but it is easily distinguished from that plant by the smaller size, more slender and 
stiffer habit, by the narrower and more coriaceous obovate-cuneate leaves, and by the 
smaller heads. 
4. L. Barkeri 7. Kork Students’ Fl. (1899) 257.—Stems leafy, slender, 
erect, 3-9in. high. Leaves cauline, usually gradually diminishing in size 
upwards, 1-2in. long; petiole about 4 the length: blade obovate- 
spathulate to narrow oblong-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually 
narrowed into the petiole, coarsely crenate-dentate, scaberulous on both 
surfaces. Scape shorter or longer than the leafy part of the stem, scaberulous 
and pilose. Head 3-din. diam.; involucral bracts linear, acute, thin, 
often purplish. Ray-florets numerous; ligules white, revclute. Ripe 
achenes not seen.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 273. > 
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SoutH Istanp : Nelson—Sphagnum swamps in the Upper Clarence Valley and Lake 
Tennyson, 7’, F. C., Rk. M. Laing! Canterbury—By the Porter River, 7. Kirk, J. D. 
Enys ; Craigieburn Mountains, Cockayne! Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. 
Laing ; Cass River, near Lake Tekapo, 7. F. C. Otago—Clinton Valley, Cockayne / 
1500-3500 ft. December—January. 
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Far too closely allied to L. pumila, from which it only differs in the leafy stems, 
narrower scaberulous leaves, and (according to Kirk) in the linear short-beaked achenes. 
5. L. purpurea 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 257.—* Stems leafy below, 
naked above, erect, slender, grooved, 4-6 in. high, pubescent or puberulous. 
Leaves (including the petiole) 14 in. long, membranous, ovate, radical and 
cauline, rather distant, truncate at the base, rounded at the apex, serrate 
or crenate-serrate, teeth apiculate, pubescent on both surfaces, ciliate, 
purple beneath. Heads 3-4in. diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 rows, 
linear, acute, with scarious margins, keeled, midrib distinct, often tipped 
with purple. Achenes oblanceolate, compressed, with a rather long beak 
and thin margins.” 
SoutH Istanp : Otago—Catlin’s River, 7. Kirk. 
This appears to be founded on three immature specimens in Mr. Kirk’s herbarium, 
and in the absence of additional information I have reproduced his description. It 
is probably nothing more than a large state of L. petiolata, 
