1004 COMPOSITAE. | Abrotanella. 
short erect teeth. Achenes clavate, obtusely 4-gonous.—TZ. Kirk in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxiv (1892) 420; Students’ Fl. (1899) 331; Cheesem. Man. NZ. 
Fi. (1906) 361; Il, NZ. Fi. i (1914) t. 109. | ae at t ee one 
SoutH ISLanD : Not uncommon on the mountains rae: Nelson to Foveaux Strait ; 
most plentiful on the western side of the central range; altitudinal range from 2500: 
to 4500 ft. StTewartIstanp: Not uncommon.;  Sea-level to 2500 ft. December- 
January. 
4. A. filiformis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 51.—A small 
laxly creeping or tufted glabrous plant; flowering stems few, scattered. 
Leaves few, very narrow-linear, 4-4 in. long, erect or slightly curved, acute 
at the tip, narrowed at the base into a broad striate glabrous sheath, midrib 
obscure. Scapes slender, yeas about $in. long; bracts 4-6, very narrow- 
linear. Heads solitary, small, = in. diame : involucral bracts 8-10, narrow- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute, obscurely o-nerved. Florets few, 5-6, not 
longer than the involucral bracts. Achenes clavate, narrowed at the base, 
distantly and obscurely ribbed. 
STEWART IsLAND: Head of Paterson’s Inlet, 7. Kirk / Petrie! Port Pegasus, 
B. C, Aston ! 
Very closely allied to A. linearis, and perhaps only a variety, but can be easily 
recognized by the much smaller size, more glabrous habit, narrower leaves with acute 
tips. smaller heads. and fewer florets. 
5. A. caespitosa Petrie ex T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv (1892) 
“om 420.—A small densely tufted moss-like plant, often forming broad flat 
patches ; vo pelo more than 41in. high. Leaves numerous, spreading 
‘i recurved, 4-4 in. long, linear or linear-spathulate, obtuse, sheathing at 
_ thesbase, rather fleshy, flat or shightly concave, margins scarious when young. 
"i “Yea pes) very short, often almost wanting ; bracts 1 or 2, linear. Heads 
Soliary, “SL i. diam.; involucral bracts about 8, linear-oblong, 5-nerved. 
Cotes, srecisely similar to those of A. linearis. Achenes clavate, 
ous.—T’. Kurk Students’ Fl. (1899) 331; Cheesem. Man. 
LAND : “Nelson Mow 
untai Pater the Brthe 
tke’s Diggings, Mour t th 
tA gihur, Mount Owen, 7. F. C. Canterbury— 
Nee aed burn Mountains, Petrie / 7’. F.C. Otago— 
, Mount ‘Keon pn, Petrie! 30C0-6C00 ft. December- 
Janu 
tufted moss-like plant forming ” led pé 3 | 
densely leafy. Leaves Thum os 8, 
linear-subulate, broad and metibre 
gradually Me avs to a supeees thick a 
solitary, ;4-4in. diam., sunk amongst 
bracts linear-oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved. Flore 
tubular, slightly swollen at the base, lobes 4, spre > di 
between funnel-shaped and tubular, with 5 short 
ect 
linear-clavate, 4-ribbed.— Buch. in Trams, N.Z. Inst. xiv (18 
fl; T-Kirk Studeiits’ Fl. (1899) 331; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Soutn Isnanp: Otago— Mount Alta, 
A. McKay / common on all the higher m 
December—January. 
Hector and Buchanan : 
ountains of the interior, Petrie / 
