Cotula. | COMPOSITAE. 993 
the female florets oblong, compressed, with a broad spongy wing; those 
of the disc-florets smaller, with a much narrower wing.—Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) 57; A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. (1832) 235; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) 
on. 443; Raoul Choix (1846) 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 127; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 141; Benth. #l. Austral. ui (1866) 549; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) Bd, ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 351. 
Var. integrifolia ,7’. irk l.c.—-Stems small, 1-2 in., almost simple. Leaves linear, 
entire, obtuse. Pedtincle terminal, slender. Head small, }-4+in. diam.—C. integrifolia 
‘look, f. Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 192, t. 50B. 
Nortu AND Soutu IsLaAnps, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Not uncommon 
in wet places in lowland districts. October-February. 
Widely spread through the South Temperate Zone; also found in some parts of 
Kurope and North America, but probably naturalized only. For some remarks on var. 
integrifolia see a paper by myself in Trans. N.Z. Inst. lii (1920) p. 10. 
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2. C. australis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 128—A slender much- 
branched flaccid herb 2-6in. high; branches spreading, prostrate or sub- 
erect, more or less clothed with long lax hairs or almost glabrous. Leaves 
3-lin. long, oblong in outline, membranous, deeply pinnatifid or bipin- 
natifid; ultimate segments linear, entire, acute or mucronate. Heads 
Cotula australis, Hook.f. 
perhaps not native to N.Z. see T.N.2%.I1. 
Vol. 57, p.» 63. (Ckn. & Allan), 
it (1866) 550; 7. Kark Students’ Fl. (1899) 322; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 351; Subantarct. Is. N Z. 1 (1909) 416. C. venosa Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
inst. xxii (1891) 388. Anacyclus australis Lieb. ex Spreng. Syst. 11 (1826) 
497. Strongylosperma australe Less. Syn. Comp. (1832) 261. | Siaksen y 
KerRMADEC IsLANDS, NortTH AND SoutH Istanps, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Abundant 
in lowland districts. CampsBrti Istanp: Buchanan. Septem ber-March. 
Also found in Australia, Tasmania, and Tristan d’Acunha; and perhaps not really 
different from a South African plant. Mr. Buchanan’s record from Campbell Island is 
probably erroneous. No subsequent botanist has met with it. 
3. C. atrata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 142.—Rhizome stout, 
creeping, tortuous; roots long and stringy. Stems 1-6in. high, erect or 
ascending, stout, leafy, densely pubescent. Leaves 4-14 in. long, thick and 
fleshy, pubescent cn both surfaces ; peticle broad, flat, sheathing at the base : 
blade linear-oblong or linear-obovate in outline, pinnatifid; segments 
close-set, entire or toothed or again pinnatifid; cauline leaves smaller, 
pinnatifid or lobed. Heads subglobose, 4-2 in. diam.. black cr brownish- 
yellow ; mvolucral bracts in 2-4 series, linear-obovate, entire or pinnatifid, 
shorter than the florets or equalling them. Female filcrets in 3-5 series ; 
corclla cylindric, rugose, 3-4-toothed. Disc-florets with a long rugose tube 
and narrow tunnel-shaped 4-toothed limb. Achenes linear-oblong or linear- 
obovoid, rugose—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 323; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 352; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 106. 
S204 Vh « 
Var. Dendyi Cockayre.—Florets never black, ranging in colour from yellow te 
yellowish-brown. Involucral bracts rather longer.—C. Dendyi Ceckayne in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xivii (1915) 118. 
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