998 COMPOSITAE. | Cotula. 
14. C. Goyeni Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 295.—A small 
tufted species. Stems 1-3 in. long, creeping and rooting, much branched ; 
branches short, ascending at the tips, with the leaves fin. diam. Leaves 
alternate, imbricate, appressed to the branch, }+in. long; lower $ 
broad, membrancus, glabrous or more or less pubescent, sheathing at the 
base; upper 4 cut straight down into 5-7 linear-subulate erect lobes. 
Heads terminal, minute, 4in. diam., on short woolly peduncles rarely 
exceeding the leaves; involucral bracts in 1 or 2 series, ovate-oblong, with 
scarious purple margins. Female florets few, in | series; corolla ovoid, 
compressed, narrowed at the mouth. Disc-florets numerous, funnel-shaped. 
Mature achenes not seen.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 826; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. #l. (1906) 356. 
Var. pinnatisecta 7'. Kirk /.c—Leaves pinnatifid, clothed with silky hairs. 
SoutH Isnanp: Otago—Mount Pisa and the Hector Mountains, Petrie! Garvie 
Mountains, Poppelwell. Var. pinnatisecta: The Remarkables, near Lake Wakatipu, — 
Petrie ! 5000-6000 ft. January—Fe bruary. TT "5 47. 
A curious little plant, perhaps nearest to C. pectinata. The leaves closely resemble 
those of Azorella Selago. 
15. C. Featherstonii F. Muell. ea Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1867) 
733.—Stems 6-12in. high or more, rather stout, prostrate or decumbent 
at the base, ascending above, much branched, leafy, clothed with short soft 
pubescence. Leaves alternate, ?-2 in. long, obovate-spathulate or oblong- 
spathulate, gradually narrowed to a sessile base, crenately 3- or 5-toothed 
at the tip or entire, flat, fleshy, finely and softly pubescent on both surtaces. 
Peduncles axillary and terminal, $-l in. long. Heads din. diam., yellow; 
involucral bracts 10-15, in about 2 series; outer ovate-lanceolate, inner 
broadly oblong. Female florets in many series; corolla ovoid or conical, 
swollen at the base, obscurely toothed at the contracted mouth. Dise- 
florets numerous, tubular, 4-toothed. Achenes narrow-obovoid, prominently 
costate, glandular.—7'. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 327; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 356. Leptinella Featherstonii F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. (1864) 
27, t. 5. 
CHATHAM IsLanps: Usually near the shore in rocky places overlaid with peat, 
H. H. Travers! F. A. D. Cox and Cockayne ! 
A very remarkable plant, whose only near ally is the following species. 
16. C. Renwiekii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 119.—An 
erect perennial herb 2-3 ft. high. Stems strict, somewhat woody, ringed 
with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves apparently crowded at the tips 
of the branches, 15-2 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, obovate-spathulate, gradually 
narrowed into a slightly expanded sessile base, 5—7-nerved, glabrous, mem- 
branous, furnished with 3-5 crenatures at the rounded apex. Pedunceles 
zn. long, sparingly pilose with whitish hairs. Heads in. diam., yellow; 
involucral bracts about 12, in 2 series, oblong, glabrous, scariose at the 
apex. Female florets in many series, corolla ovoid, swollen at the base. 
Disc-florets numerous, tubular, 4-toothed. 
Caatiam JsLanps: Cliffs of the small islets known as the Forty-fours, Renwick / 
{ am indebted to Dr. Cockayne for the loan of the type specimen of this species. 
I find little to separate it from C. Featherstonii save the greater size and thin glabrous 
leaves, and should not be at all surprised if it proves to be a large form of that plant. 
