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Simpson & Thomson - Notes on Some N.Z. Plants, 
a Roy. Soce NeZs Vole73, Pt.3, ppel67- . | 
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COMPOSITAE 
keri T.Kirk vars multidents 
Lagenophora bax 
Var. nove | 
A typo differt foliis 2+7 em. longis, 1-105 
em. latis, obovatis vel obovate-spathulatis, 
obtusis, glabris vel pilis paucis brevibus; 
laninis sinvatis, vel arte irregulariterque ™ 
leviter dentatis vel lebatis, lobis breviter | 
apiculatis ciliolatisque. 
A slender plant with one or more long 
slender stems from the base; stems one 
flowered, 10612 om. or more long inclucing 
the seape, straggling, glabrous, leafy to- 
wards the tip. Leaves aiternate, 2-7 Cis — 
long, 1-1.5 cm. broad, obovate or obovate -. 
spathulate, rounded at the tip, narrowed te — 
the petiole, glabrous or with a few short. 
hairs; petiole as lene as the blade; blade 
sinuate, or Closely and irregularly shallow 
toothed, ox lebed and the lobes shortly wy 
apiculate, ciliolate at the margins. Secape — 
pilose under the head, with or without bracts. 
Head * 6 nim, diam., invohucral bracts hyaline, — 
linear, actite, with a dark nerve; ray florets 
numerous. Ripe achenes not seen. ee @ 
Habitat: Grass covered cpenings or edges. 
in rain foreste | —_ ) 
Type specimen from the Freeman River Talley, 
Lake Manapouri, in the Herbarium Plant gw 
Research Bureau, Wellington. an 
wi A come gan ee in the Fae Botanical 
District, streé ing amongst grass-in moist _ 
| eer cemner. 
OF nines in” OraEst. 3 ie 
$ distinctly | 
a. ous icaves with their 
sparsely toothed. 
