996 COMPOSITAE. | Cotula. 
Sourn Isranp: Canterbury—Lake Lyndon, J. D. Enys! 7. Kirk! 7. F.C. ; near 
the mouth of the Waimakariri River, Cockayne! Lake Tekapo, 7. F. C.; Tasman 
Valley, 7. F. C. Otago—Kakanui, Maniototo Plain. Nevis Vailey, Mossburn, Lake 
Te Anan, Petriel. Buchanan! Hokanui, J. Crosby Smith. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
January-February. 
A very distinct little species, probably common throughout the South Island, 
9. ©. minor Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 142.—-Stems slender, 
creeping, branched, 2-12 in. long or more, glabrous or silky at the tips. 
Leaves alternate on slender creeping runners or fascicled on short lateral 
branchlets, thin and membranous, glabrous or slightly silky, $-21n. long, 
linear-oblong or linear-obovate in outline, pinnatifid almost to the base ; 
segments close-set or the lower distant, oblong or obovoid, recurved, deeply 
and acutely toothed on both edges or on the upper only. Peduncles slender, 
naked, shorter or longer than the leaves. Heads small, $-}in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts few, 8-12, broadly oblong or orbicular, usually with broad 
purplish margins. Female florets in 3-4 series; corolla inflated, broadly 
ovoid, with a narrow 2-3-toothed mouth.  Disc-florets fewer m number, 
funnel-shaped, 4-toothed. Achenes of the female florets obovoid, glandular. 
—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 324; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 354. 
Leptinella minor Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 129. Soliva tenella A. Cunn. 
Precur. (1838) n. 445. 
NortH and SourH Istanps: Not uncommon from the North Cape southwards, 
Sea-level to 2500 ft. November—January. 
10. €. filiformis Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 142.—A slender 
rigid creeping plant forming broad patches; branches numerous, rooting. 
Leaves minute, $in. long, oblong, pinnatifid; segments subulate, entire 
or sparingly toothed on thé upper margin, glabrous. Scapes filiform, 
1-14 in. long, glabrous or faintly pilose. Heads minute, 4,in. diam. ; 
involucral scales 6-8, orbicular with purple edges; receptacle conical ; 
ray-florets about 20; corolla short, compressed, inflated, very broad- 
oblong, 2-lobed above; achene obconic, glandular; disc-florets funnel- 
shaped, 4-lobed; lobes glandular.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 325; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 365. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury Plains, among grass, Haast; Hanmer Plains, dry 
ground among Lepiospermum, C. H. Christensene 
I have not seen specimens of this species, and the above description (which may 
require amendment) is partly based on Hooker’s original diagnosis, and on some notes 
by Dr. Cockayne on examples collected by Mr. Christensen at Hanmer. 
11. C. Haastii 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 325.—Stems rather 
short, stout, creeping, branched, 1-6in. long or more, pubescent. Leaves 
4-14 in. long, pubescent on both surfaces, gland-dotted, linear-oblong or 
linear-obovate, deeply pinnatifid or almost pinnate; segments narrow- 
oblong, recurved, entire or deeply toothed or incised, teeth often confined 
to the upper margin. Peduncles slender, pubescent, much longer than 
the leaves. Heads 4-1in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2-3 series, broadly 
oblong, obtuse, with broad purple tips. Receptacle convex. Female 
florets in 3-4 series; corolla short, ovoid, compressed. Disc-florets very 
numerous, funnel-shaped, with 4 short and broad teeth. Achene oblong- 
obovoid, obscurely angled, glandular.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 355. 
