1002 COMPOSITAE. [ Centipeda.. 
fertile; corolla minute, tubular, obscurely lobed. Disc-florets few, herma- 
phrodite, campanulate, 4-lobed. Anthers obtuse at the base. Style- 
branches of the disc-florets short, truncate. Achenes scarcely compressed, 
obtusely 3--4-ribbed or -angled. Pappus wanting. 
A small genus of 5 species, 4 of which are Asiatic or Australasian, the fifth South 
American. It is closely allied to Cotula, but differs in the inflorescence and in the 
tubular corollas of the female florets. The New Zealand species extends to Australia, 
the Pacific islands, and eastern tropical] Asia. 
ad PAREEP STE e (WY. A Be. cifvglevacn ise?, 
1. C. orbicularis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1 (1790) 493.—A strong-smelling 
prostrate or suberect much-branched glabrous or sparsely woolly annual ; 
stems 3-9 in. long, spreading from the root. Leaves +-3in. long, oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, narrowed at the base, sparingly 
inne eeeey toothed or almost pinnatifid, glabrous or rarely hairy. Heads. 
4-lin. diam., globose, solitary, axillary, sessile or rarely on very short 
peduncles ; involucral bracts broadly oblong, membranous. Female florets. 
very numerous; corolla minute, 4-lobed. Disc-florets few ; corolla cam- 
panulate. Achenes tetragonous, shghtly hairy—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 329; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 360. Myriogyne minuta Less. 
As linia (1831) 219; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 444; Raoul Choix (1846) 
; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 180; Benth. Fl. Austral. in (1866) 553. 
ibe minuta Forst. f. Prodi. (1786) BT A. Rich, Fl. Now. Zel. (1832). 
235; Hook. f. Handb. NZ. #1. (1864) 144. Csce ren Sas 
Qepteratn ~ncauwealL WIS), der vers. et 7. Rau 
NortH and SoutH IstAnps: Not uncommon from the North Cape to Central 
Otago. Sea-level to 2000 ft. January—March. 
“, 21. ABROTANELLA Cass. !22. > 
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alternate, 
us perennial herbs, always of small size, often moss-like. Leaves. 
unbricate, quite entire. Heads small, solitary or crowded in 
LAY, little terminaleo rymbs, heterogamous and discoid. Involucre campanulate ; 
pine! bracts few, in abou, series, nearly equal or the outer shorter. Receptacle 
~ ee 
small, naked. Fema florets exterior, in 1 series, tubular, 3—4-toothed, 
fertile. aie florets hep 1api roe or r male, tubular, 4- nehed! Anthers. 
Style- branches of the disc-florets 
ow truncate. shaken Ps, aled or -ribbed, clavate, terete or 
Pappus wanting. 
3 about 14 species, most sal ig: Zola but als 
d the Falkland Isla ‘gene 
in sib an sna ia, Ritsu a 
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> Heads several in a boat feraginal cluster. 
Leaves $—1 in., linear-spathulate. : 
y uncle. Achenes obovoid or tetragonous’ 
Leaves 4-1} in., narrow ovate or lanceolate. eae 
among the upper leaves. Achenes with 4 short" 
. spathulata. 
Orns . A. rosulata. 
** Heads solitary. 
Loosely tufted. Leaves 3-3 in., linear. ica Span Mee aey 
3-3 in. Achenes clavate : 3 
Much smaller, glabrous. Leaves 4-+in., very narrow- linear, , 
acute. Scape 4 in. long. Heads small, asin. diam. pe ds 
Forming broad flat patches. Leaves }4-+in., linear or linear- 
spathulate. Secapes 1-1 in. : : 
