908 - COMPOSITAE. | . [ Brachycome. 
Achenes compressed, with winged margins, or thick and obtusely 4-angled. 
Pappus.a ring of short scale-like bristles or altogether wanting. 
The genus has its headquarters in Australia, where there are nearly 50 species. 
In addition to those, and the five following found in New Zealand, there is one from 
tropical South Africa and another from Assam. The New Zealand species are much 
in want of careful study and re-examination with larger sets of specimens than have 
yet been obtained. This is particularly the case with B. Sinclairii, B. odorata, and 
B. Thomson, three species which are at present in a very unsatisfactory condition. 
* Stemless. Leaves all radical. 
Minute, perfectly glabrous. Leaves narrow-linear, }-lin. long. 
Heads 7 in. diam. .. Re a a a2 -. IL. B. lnecris. 
Leaves 4-14 in. long, narrow linear-spathulate, closely and uniformly 
pinnatifid .. i wv te 2 ba .. 2. B. pinnata, 
Leaves 4-3 in. long, oblong- or obovate-spathulate, rarely narrower, 
entire toothed or lobed =x. “ Py & .- 8 B. Sinclairii, 
** Stems branched from the base. Leaves radical and cauline. 
Stems 2-4in. Leaves few, $-1 in., oblong-spathulate, unequally 3~8- 
lobed. Heads $-4 in. ; 4. B. odorata. 
Stems 3-12 in. Leaves numerous, 1-3 in., oblong-spathulate, coarsely 
toothed or lobed. Heads 4in. diam. .. th : .. 5. B. Thomsoni. 
B. simplicifoa J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 338 is quite unknown 
to me, and there are no specimens in any public collection in the Dominion. It 
oe. bly dogs not belong to the genus, 9.) = 4 i 
B. luweas FL Mace tAtle 1610 Ln ge ci te 7 
1. B. linearis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. li (1919) 106.—A minute tufted 
plant 3-14 in. high, perfectly glabrous in all its parts. Leaves numerous, 
all radical, 4-1 in. long, about 3’; in. wide, broadest towards the tip, obtuse 
or subacute, narrowed to the base, which 1s slightly broader and sheathing, 
flat, quite entire. Scapes 2-5, slender, strict, naked, elongating in fruit, 
about twice as long as the leaves. Heads solitary, small, ;4-,5 in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts about 8, oblong-ovate, with broad purple scarious 
margins. Ray-florets few; ligules short, white, revolute. Achenes very 
small, pale, compressed, linear-obovate, obtuse, quite smooth and glabrous. 
Pappus wanting.—B. lineata T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 259. Lageno- 
phora linearis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv (1893) 271. 
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Souta IstanpD: Otago—Grassy flats near Lake Te Anau, Petrie / January— 
February. "T 1 aars 7, i 7q 7) 
A curious little species, quite unlike any other. 
2. B. pinnata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 138.—Rhizome stout, creep- 
ing, branched, ascending at the tips. Leaves radical, 4-1} in. long, linear 
or narrow linear-spathulate, deeply and closely pinnatifid ; segments broadly 
oblong or rounded, coriaceous, entire, flat or concave beneath, glabrous or 
minutely glandular-pubescent. Scapes 2-6in. long, slender, naked, glan- 
dular-pubescent. Heads $in. diam.; involucral bracts oblong, pubescent ; 
margins purple, scarious and often jagged. Achenes obovate, glabrous ; 
margins thickened. Pappus of very minute scales—T. Kirk Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 275; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 276. B. radicata var. B 
Hook. - Fl. Nov, Zel. i (1853) 127. a 924'°2R4% 
SourH IstanpD: Nelson—Lake Tennyson, R. M. Laing! Canterbury—In several 
localities on the Plains; near Burnham, 7'. Kirk! between Springfield and the Kowai 
River, 7. F. C.; near Ashburton, H. H. Allan! Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and 
Rk. M. Laing. Stewart Iistanp: Lyall (Handb.). December—January. 
Although this has a very different appearance from the ordinary state of 
B. Sinclairii, some varieties of that plant approach it so closely as to be almost 
indistinguishable. 
