as Erechtites, — 
1008 CumrOsITAET [ 
5. E. diversifolia Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 324.—-A slender 
erect annual herb 1-24 ft. high. Stems grooved, glabrous or slightly 
cottony, simple or branched above. Leaves erect, 2-4in. long; lower 
oblong or linear-oblong, narrowed into long petioles, obtuse, rather mem- 
branous, glabrous above, often puberulous beneath, entire or remotely and 
minutely denticulate; upper narrower, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 
sessile or neatly so, not auricled, glabrous or slightly cottony. Corymbs 
laxly and irregularly branched ; pedicels slender, bracteate. Heads ¢ in. 
long; involucral bracts 12-14, linear-lanceolate, acute. Florets 30-40; 
females much the most numerous. Achenes linear-oblong, grooved, hispid, 
crowned with a callous ring—Z7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 335; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 366. 
Norts Istanp: Swamps at Karioi, base of Ruapehu, Petrie/ SoutH IsLanp: 
Canterbury—Broken River basin and Mount Cook, 7’. #. C. ©Otago—Common in the 
interior, Petrie / Bluff Hill, J. D. Enys. Svewarr Istanp: TZ. Kirk. Sea-level 
to 3000 ft. December—January. 
Best distinguished by the almost glabrous habit and erect nearly entire mem- 
branous leaves. 
6. E. glabreseens 7. Kirk im Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix (1877) 550.— 
A slender erect annual 1-3 ft. high; stem grooved, simple or branched above, 
glabrous or nearly so. Leaves very vanable 1n size and shape, 3-6 in. 
long, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, deeply pinnatifid with the segments 
irregularly sinuate-dentate, or pinnate with a large terminal leaflet and 
few or many much smaller lateral ones, lower petiolate, upper sessile with 
broad toothed auricles, membranous, often purple beneath, glabrous or 
nearly so. Corymbs lax. Heads 4in. long; involucral bracts 10-12, 
linear, acuminate, green with white margins. Florets 20-30; females the 
most numerous. Achenes longer than any other New Zealand species, 
4+-1in. long, pale, linear, glabrous, obscurely grooved, attenuated above, 
crowned with a callous ring.—Students’ Fl. (1899) 335; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 366; Lil. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 110. 
NortH Istanp: Scrub on the central volcanic plateau, Cockayne, T. F. C. ; 
Erewhon, Upper Rangitikei, Petrie / Souta Is~tanp, Stewart Istanp: Not 
uncommon in mountain districts throughout. Ascends to 4500 ft.; descends to 
sea-level in Stewart Island. January—February. 
A very distinct species, easily distinguished from the other species found in New 
Zealand. ‘The habit is more slender, and it is almost entirely glabrous. The leaves are 
more membranous, and vary excessively in size and in the extent to which they are 
cut or divided ; and the under-surface is frequently of a purplish colour. 
23. BRACHYGLOTTIS Forst. \7 76 
Shrubs or small trees. Branches stout, spreading, densely clothed with 
white tementum, as are the leaves beneath and branches of the inflores- — 
cence. Leaves large, irregularly lobed or sinuate. Heads small, very 
“numerous, crowded in large much-branched terminal panicles, heterogamous, 
obscurely radiate. Involucre narrow; bracts in 1 series, linear, scarious, 
shining, usually with minute subulate scales at the base. Receptacle small, 
foveolate. Florets of the circumference female, irregularly lobed or 2- 
lipped ; outer lobe or ligule broad, inner small, narrow, revolute. Disc- 
Horets hermaphrodite, tubular with a campanulate 5-toothed mouth. 
Anthers obtuse at the base, entire. Style-branches of the hermaphrodite 
florets truncate, papillose at the tips. Achenes terete or obscurely angled, 
papillose. Pappus-hairs copious, in 1 series. 
