A. 
Abrotanella. | COMPOSITAE. 1003 
Forming soft rounded patches. Leaves }-}in., linear-subulate, 
broadest at the base. Achenes linear-clavate, 4-ribbed .. 6. A. inconspicua. 
Densely tufted, $-lin. high. Leayes narrow-linear, recurved. 
Achenes linear-clavate, 4-angled .. at Fe rs 
Very minute. Stems 4-tin. Leaves 4in., linear-oblong, trun- 
cate, margins thickened. Achenes setose, with 4 long bristles 8. 4d. muscosa. 
Leaves rosulate, 1-3 in., narrow-cuneate, pilose, dentate at the 
tips, thin and membranous. NScapes several, }—{ in. Heads 
qy-zh in., many-flowered die 
7. A. pusilla. 
9, A. Christensent. 
1. A. spathulata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 139.—Stems short, 
loosely tufted, 1-3in. leng, branched, creeping at the base, erect above. 
Leaves crowded, spreading, }-lin. long, ,,-$in. broad, narrow linear- 
spathulate, acute or obtuse, narrowed to the base, 3-7-nerved, flat, cori- 
aceous. Heads about }in. long, in a small terminal corymb either raised 
on a short leafy peduncle or almost hidden amongst the upper leaves ; 
involucral bracts 8-12, oblong, with 3 translucent nerves. Florets 8-12; 
disc-florets with a 4-angled corolla with 4 short erect teeth; corolla of the 
females tubular with a globose base and 4 short spreading teeth. Achenes 
of the female florets obovoid, compressed, with 3 cellular ribs; of the disc- 
florets tetragonous.—7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 330; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 361; Subantarct. Is. N.Z. ii (1909) 417. Trineuron spathulatum 
Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) t. 17. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS: Peaty soil from sea-level to 1500 ft., but 
not common below 500 ft., Hooker, T. Kirk! Cockayne, B. C. Aston! J. S. Tennant ! 
Buchanan / and others. January—February. em ae «a S } 
Specimens collected by Kirk at Carnley Harbour are much larger than those 
figured by Hooker. But others gathered by Aston and Tennant are smaller, with the 
inflorescence hidden among the uppermost leaves. 
2. A. rosulata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 139.—A small mate 
branched densely tufted little plant 4-I}in. high. Leaves 
imbricate, spreading or recurved, the upper rosulate, j-44 
narrow ovate or lanceolate, acute, rigid and coriaceous, comee 
nerved beneath. Heads -4,in. long, in terminal clusters Ob 
the upper leaves ; involucral bracts 8-10, linear, obplore 
Florets 8-10; disc-florets with a 4-angled_ gewoll 
corolla of the female florets tubulaxsawith: { spre: 
oblong-obovoid, 4-angled, the angles producec 
861 : 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) sca 
Subantarct. Is. N.Z. 1 (1909 Antarct. 
if OAeeod, £15. 2 at | 
GAD ills. above 800 ft. altitude, ascending 
% common, Hooker, T. Kirk ! Cockayne, 
y y the smaller size, smaller and broader : 
is h Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. viii (1877) 14, 
Rhfgeme creeping, branched. Stems slender, tufted, leafy 
din. high. Leaves radical, numerous, spreading, 4-3 in. 
Mten curved, obtuse, coriaceous, more or less pilose towards 
P base. Scapes slender, 3-3 in. high, sometimes forked, with 
tuse bracts. Heads usually solitary, }-+in. diam. ; involucral 
linear-oblong, subacute, 3-nerved. Florets 20-24; females 
he base, deeply 4-lobed; dise-florets larger, tubular, with 4 
