Lagenophora. | : COMPOSITAE. 907 
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Dh 3032 Aces 
6. L. pinnatifida Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 126.—Softly hairy 
a a ee oh 45 nou TE Pe 
Simpson, G. = Notes and Descriptions of New 
Species, Transe Roy se SOC. NeLes Ve75; pe197. 
Brachycone tana sp.nov. — 
“““Wlerba rhigomate breve, 2+3 mm. diam.,.con~ 
ferte ramosa. Folta radicalia 2=3 em. longa, 
L$ um. lata, linearo vel c»ovato-spathulata, 
aliquantulum carnosa, undique dense glanduloso- 
strigosa. Petiolus lamina aequans vel ad 
duplo longier, supra plana sulcataque, subtus 
convexa,  Scapus 4—6 em. longus, aliquantulum 
crassus, nudus vel bractea unica, acuba,— 
elanduloso=strigosa praeditus, gapitulis 1 CMs 
daam. Phyllaria 3 seriata, 5 mam. longa, 
linearo~oblonga, acuta, glanduloso-pilose, 
apece scariosa. Flores radii > mi. Longi, 2 . 
seriati, linearo-obovati, vaide recurwatl : 
flores disct numerosi,. flavescentes. Achaeria. — 
Rootsteck short, 2-3 mu. diam., with many 
slender roots, branching Glesely to form smait — 
dense clumps.’ Leaves radical, 2-3 cai, long, 
L=& mie broad, linear obovate-spathulate, rather 
fleshy, greyish greeii, surfaces and marcins closely 
dotted with suall stiff glandular hairs; petiole. 
as long or twice as long as the biace, (12% above 
and grooved, rounded beneath; blade differing in 
shape and in the division of its margins, rounded 
or narrowed to the petiole, sometimes almost — 
entire, more usually with 2-7 irregularly ag, 2° i, 
conspicucus, rounded lobes.  ‘Seapes LG cite Long, 
rather’ stout, pale brown, naked or with a single 
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linear, acute bract, glandular hairy as the leaves. « 
Heads 1 cm, diam. involucral bracts 5 ma, long, in 
3 series, linear oblong, acute, clendular hairy, 
with searious tips; ray florets 5 om. long, in b 
series, linear obovate, rounded at the tip, much 
recurved, dise florets numerous, yellowish, — 
Habitat: Grassland. okt 
Type specimen from Mount Cardrona, Central 
Otago, colleeted by Mr. D. Leigh and cultivated 
by Mir. W. 3. Brockie at the Botanic Gardens, 
Shristehureh, in the Herbarium Plant Research 
Bureau, Wellington. 
The @iversiform, greyish green, glandular 
hairy and somewhat fleshy leaves separate the 
species immediately from others of the genus. 
