Lagenophora.] COMPOSITAE. 907 
6. L. pinnatifida Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 126.—Softly hairy 
or pilose in all its parts. Leaves all radical, spreading, 1-3 in. long, narrow 
obovate-oblong or obovate-spathulate, obtuse at the tip, narrowed into a 
long broad petiole, membranous, deeply crenate-lobed or almost pinnatifid ; 
margins ciliate. Scapes 3-10in. long, slender. Heads j-jin. diam. ; 
involucral bracts linear, acute, pubescent. Ray-florets numerous ; ligules 
narrow, revolute. Achenes compressed, obliquely linear-obovate, narrowed 
to the base, suddenly contracted at the tip into a short straight neck, more 
or less glandular-pubescent ; margins thickened.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
137; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 258; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
274. L. pinnatifida var. hirsutissima Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii 
(1916) 197. 4 aS 
Var. tenuifolia Cockayne l.c.— Leaves thinner, much less deeply cut; tomentum 
less dense, and hairs shorter. 
Nortu Istanp: Upper part of Wairoa River (Hawke’s Bay), 7. Kirk; inland 
Patea, Colenso! Soutu Istanp : Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau, F. G. Gibbs / Wairau 
Valley, 7. Kirk! T. F. OC. Marlborough —- Rough. Canterbury—Banks Peninsula, 
R. M. Laing ; Kowai Bush, Cockayne ; Upper Waimakariri, 7. F.C. Otago—Lvindsay, 
Buchanan, Petrie !-Cockayne! Var. tenuifolia: North Island—Tauroa (Reef Point, 
near Ahipara), H. Carse/ H. B. Matthews / sandhills near Helensville, 7’. F. C. Sea- 
level to 3000 ft. December—January. 
A handsome little plant. According to Hooker, it is very closely allied to the 
Australian DL. Billardiert. 
7. L. lanata A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 437.—Root-fibres stout, fleshy, 
almost tuberous. Leaves numerous, all radical, densely tufted, 1-1} in. 
long, oblong- or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a 
rather short broad petiole, coriaceous, coarsely and irregularly crenate- 
dentate, both surfaces hirsute or villous with copious soft hairs. Scapes 
2-Tin. long, slender, wiry, erect, glabrous or nearly so, naked or with a 
few minute linear bracts. Heads }-4in. diam.; involucral bracts linear, 
obtuse or subacute, glabrous, purple-tipped; margins scarious. Ray- 
florets numerous; ligules short, revolute. Achenes quite smooth, slightly 
faleate, compressed, narrowed at the base, suddenly contracted at the top 
into a short curved neck; margins thickened.—Raoul Chow (1846) 45; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 126; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 187; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 258 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 274. 
Norta Isuanp: Auckland—Open clay hills from Mongonui County to the 
Auckland Isthmu;. Near Kaitaia and Fairburn, H. Carse/ hills between Mangonui 
and Whangaroa, 7. F. C. ; between the Waitangi and Kerikeri Rivers, A. Cunningham, 
Buchanan! Whangarei, 7. F. C.; ‘Titirangi and northern shore of the Manukau 
Harbour, 7. F. C. November—January. 
Easily distinguished by the hirsute leaves and glabrous scapes and achenes. 
3. BRACHYCOME Cass. '8 2 = 
Small perennial herbs; either tufted with radical leaves and 1-headed 
scapes, or the stems branched, elongated, and clothed with alternate 
cauline leaves. Heads heterogamous, usually radiate. Involucre hemi- 
spherical or nearly so; bracts in about 2 series, with scarious margins. 
Receptacle convex or conical, naked. Ray-florets in 1 series, numerous, 
female, ligulate. Disc-florets numerous, hermaphrodite, » tubular, limb 
more or less dilated, 5-toothed. Anthers obtuse at the base. Style- 
branches of the disc-florets flattened, with lanceolate or triangular tips. 
