A) 
Cotula.] COMPOSITAE. 998 
the female florets oblong, compressed, with a broad spongy wing; those 
of the disc-florets smaller, with a much narrower wing.—Vorst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) 57; A. Roch. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 235; A. Cunn. Preeur. (1838) 
on. 443; Raoul Choix (1846) 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 127; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 141; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii (1866) 549; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 322; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 351. 
Var. integrifolia ,7’. irk l.c.—Stems small, 1-2 in., almost simple. Leaves linear, 
entire, obtuse. Peduncle terminal, slender. Head small, 4-1 in. diam.—C. integrifolia 
‘Zook. f. Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 192, t. 50. 
Norri AND SoutH IsLanps, Stewart Isutanp, CHatHam Istanps: 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. 
C ith, ak Yprcn4) 
2. C. australis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (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- 
‘ifid; ultimate segments linear, entire, acute or mucronate. Heads 
-sin. diam., on long slender peduncles; involucral bracts in 2, series, 
2ar-cblong, obtuse. Female florets numerous, in 3 series, on slender 
licels ; corolla wanting. Disc-florets comparatively few, subsessile ; 
olla tubular, dilated at the base, 4-toothed at the tip. Achenes of the 
1ale florets obovate, with a broad thick wing, glandular on both faces ; 
se of the disc-florets much smaller, glabrous, hardly winged.—Handb. 
~ 4%. Fl. (1864) 141; Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 191, t. 50a; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
i (1866) 550; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 322; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 351; Subantarct. Is. N Z. 11 (1909) 416. C. venosa Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
inst. xxi (1891) 388. Anacyclus australis Lieb. ex Spreng. Syst. ti (1826) 
497. Strongylosperma australe Less. Syn. Comp. (1832) 261. | Saleen y 
KerMapDec Istanps, Norta anp SoutH Isnanps, CuaTHam Istanps: Abundant 
in lowland districts. CampBntui Isuanp: Buchanan. September -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, ereet or 
ascending, stout, leafy, densely pubescent. Leaves 4-1} in. long, thick and 
fleshy, pubescent on 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, 4-3? in. diam., black or brownish- 
yellow ; mvolucral bracts in 2-4 series, linear-obovate, entire or pinnatifid, 
shorter than the florets or equalling them. Female florets in 3-5 series ; 
corella cylindric, rugose, 3-4-toothed. Disc-florets with a long rugose tube 
and narrow funnel-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. 1 (1914) t. 106. 
2p C+OL inn - 
Var. Dendyi Cockayre.—Florets never black, ranging in colour from yellow to 
yellowish-brown. Involucral bracts rather longer.—C,. Dendyi Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xivii (1915) 118. 
