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1000 COMPOSITAE. [ Cotula. 
curved, rounded on the back or obscurely trigonous.—7. Kirk Students’ 
FI. (1899) 327; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 358.  Leptinella pusilla 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 129. 
Norru Istanp: East Cape and Hawke’s Bay, Colenso/ Sours Istanp: Not 
uncommon from Nelson and Marlborough southwards to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level 
to 4500 ft. November—February. 
20. C. squalida Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 143.—Stems long, 
slender, creeping, branched, 4-12 in. long or more, silky or pilose ;_ branch- 
lets short, erect. Leaves 1-2in. long, linear-obovate in outline, petiolate, 
flaccid and membranous, more or less pilose with long soft hairs, deeply 
pinnatifid ; segments rather lax, recurved, deeply incised along the upper 
margin or more rarely along both margins. Peduncles 1-3 in. long, slender, 
naked, silky. Heads unisexual; males i11in. diam.; involucral bracts 
few, in 2 series, broadly oblong-obovate, silky, with broad purplish scarious 
margins. Florets numerous, eglandular, funnel - shaped. Female heads 
larger, 1-4in. diam. ; involucral bracts in 3-4 series, broad, rounded, silky, 
purplish, usually ineurved over the florets and concealing them.  Florets 
numerous; corolla ovoid, inflated at the base, much contracted at the 
mouth, minutely 4-toothed. Achene curved, rounded at the back, almost 
trigonous.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 328; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 358. Leptinella squalida Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 129. 
Norte Istanp: Auckland—Bay of Plenty, Petrie/ Mount Hikurangi, Adams 
and Petrie/ Taranaki—Upper portion of the Patea River and Mount Egmont Ranges, 
T. F. C. Hawke’s Bay—Base of the Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Souru ISLAND : 
Not uncommon from Nelson and Marlborough to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level to 
4000 ft. December-—February. 
‘Closely allied to C. perpusilla, but distinguished by the greater size, soft flaccid 
leaves with deeply incised segments, and by the larger pistillate heads, which have the 
involucral bracts so much incurved as to completely hide the florets. 
21. C. obscura 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 327.—‘* Stems short, 
slightly creeping, 3-1 in. long, rather stout for the size of the plant. Leaves 
few, tufted, glabrous, fleshy, 4-4in. leng including the petiole, oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, shortly pinnatifid or with 3 obtuse lobes on each side. 
Scapes longer or shorter than the leaves, glabrous. Heads unisexual, 
about in. diam. ; involucral bracts 5-6, oblong or oblong-ovate, fleshy, 
_glabrous or glabrate. Receptacle conical. Female florets few; corolla 
tubular, as long as the ovary; mouth minutely 3-4-toothed, eglandular ; 
achenes (immature) linear-oblong, cuneate. Male florets trumpet-shaped ; 
mouth broad, 4-lobed.’’—C. dioica var. obscura Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
(1906) 359. 
Souvn Istanp: Swamps at Woodend, Southland, 7’. Kirk / 
In the Manual I treated this as a variety of C. dioica, but the short and stout stems, 
oblong-lanceolate leaves with 3-4 lobes on each side, and short stout scapes do not match 
any specimens of C. dioica that I have seen. I have seen no examples except those 
gathered by. Mr. Kirk, and I consequently reproduce his description herewith. | 
22. C. pulehella T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 328.—Stems slender, 
creeping, branched, 3-10 in. long or more. Leaves $—2 in. long, glabrate 
or more or less hairy, linear-obovate, membranous, obtuse at the tip, 
gradually tapering into the petiole, pinnatifid or pinnate at the base; seg- 
ments in 6-9 pairs, deeply 2-4-tocthed at the tips; petiole long, slender. 
