Simpson & Thomson ~ Notes on Some NeZe Plants 
Trans. Royse IOC « NeZes Vel3s pt.33, pp. 167=169. | 
Brachycome ton decays SP HOV. thi 
‘ferba parva radicibus gracilibus apice in capita 
plura congesta ramosa. Folia radicalia bw Clie 
lonsa, $012 mm, lata, spathulata vel anguste 
spathulata, aliquantulum Carnosa, minute pubesc=< . 
entes, atro-virida; petiolis crassis, supra 
applanatis, infra convexis, basi dilatatis, laminis 
obovatis, obtusis, in petiolum angustatis, integris 
vel marginibus irregulariter lobatis vel pinnati- | 
fids. nervo medio supra imnerso, subtus elevate. 
Seanl étricti 10-20 em. longi, graciles, pallide 
prunnei vel purpurei, basi glabri,apice versus 
dense glanduloso=puberuli. Capitula 1-5 cm. diam. 
phyllaribus 4 mm. longis, oblongis, glanduloso- 
milosis, marginibus scariosis. 41 pend 8 um. 
longae, numerosae, Linari-obovati; “Lores disel 
virides. Achaenia obovata, compressa, pappi 
squamis minutis. 
" Rootstoek short, stout, with many slender roots, 
branching closely to form small dense clumps. 
Leaves radical, 4-6 om, long, 8-12 mm, broad, » 
spathulate or tinear spathulate, rather fleshy, 
darkish green, ttimutely or mealy pubescent; 
petiole stout, flattened above, rounded beneath, 
widened at the base, as long as or longer than - 
the blade; blade obovate, rounded or blunt at 
the tip, narrowed to the petiole, entire or the 
margin very irregularly lobed or toothed or 
pinnatifid, the midrib sunken above, prominent 
beneath. Seapes strict, long, 40~20 OM. 
slender, pale brewn or purplish, naked, cLabrous 
atéhe base, ¢losely covered towards the tip with 
short, stout, glandular hairs. leads 145 Clits  % 
involueral bradts 4 mt. long, im 2 series, oblong . 
reddish, glandular hairy, with.the margins | 
searious, rough and blaciened } ray florets $ mm. | 
long, nwierous, linear obovate, obtuse; dis¢ . 
florets green. Achenes obovate, compressed, with 
minute pappus seales. | | = R 
Habitat: Grassland. | 
Type specimen from the Upper Shag Valley, near | 
Kyeburn, in the Herbarium P. Research Bureau, — 
Wellington. im 
A common grassland plant in the valleys of the 
nag and Waitaki, Rivers and their tributaries, 
indis Pass, I. Pukaki, etc. The irregularly 
margined , adnutely pubescent, darkish green 
‘lea’ and the long, slender scapes are unl: 
¢ 1y oth er of thi “ ee Der das. 
