Senecio. | ' COMPOSITAE. 1013: 
Professor Wall’s memoir must considerably affect our opinions as to the specific 
distinctness of S. saxifragoides. On the whole, however, I still regard it as distinct 
from S. lagopus, separated mainly by the larger size, stouter habit, more copious villous 
hairs, larger thicker leaves, and by the different arrangement of the bristles, when such 
are present. 
2. S. lagopus Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. wi, 2 (1844) 119, t. 18.— 
Rootstock stout, densely clothed towards the top with long brownish silky 
wool. Leaves all radical, crowded, spreading; blade 1-5 in. long, 3-3 in. 
broad, broadly oblong, rounded at the tip, usually cordate at the base, 
margins entire or crenulate ; upper surface rugose, when young more or 
less covered (especially near the margins and upper part of the blade) 
with numerous stout bristles (glandular hairs), and which are often mixed 
with white silky hairs; under-surface covered with copious thick white 
tomentum ; both surfaces becoming glabrate when old; petioles 4-4 in. 
long, stout or slender, densely covered with long white hairs mixed with 
purplish bristles. Scapes or peduncles 1-12in. high, simple or much 
branched, more or less tomentose and glandular pilose ; bracts few, linear, 
obtuse. Heads 1 to many, $-1 in. diam., yellow; involucral bracts linear, 
glandular and tomentose. Rays $-lin. long, spreading. Achenes linear, 
glabrous.—Choiz (1846) 21, t. 17; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 148; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 158; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 338; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 370; A. Wall in Trans N.Z. Inst. 1 (1918) 198. 
Norte anp Soutu Istanps: Not uncommon from Taupo and the Ruahine Moun- 
tains to the south of Canterbury. Sea-level to 4500 ft. November—February. 
An exceedingly variable plant. The type of the species, as described and figured 
by Raoul in his * Choix des Plantes,” certainly comes very close to large states of 
S. saxifragoides, but can usually be distinguished by a combination of characters 
pointed out in my description of that plant. But in bigh inland localities in both the 
North and South Islands Raoul’s type appears to pass into forms differing in their 
smaller size, more slender habit, and smaller flower-heads. These again vary in one 
direction towards 8S. bellidioides, and less frequently in another direction towards 
S. Haastir. 
3. §. Haastii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 159.—Rootstock stout 
or slender, more or less clothed at the top with soft whitish wool. 
Leaves all radical; blade 2-5 in. long, broadly oblong or orbicular-oblong, 
obtuse at the tip, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, subcoriaceous, 
obscurely crenulate, both surfaces covered with soft white lax or appressed 
tomentum, or the upper surface hoary-tomentose or almost glabrate ; 
petioles slender, 2-6 in. long, white and cottony. Scapes slender, 5-15 in. 
high, simple or branched, cottony and slightly glandular; pedicels long, 
slender ; bracts few, linear or linear-obovate. Heads 1-8, 3-14 in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts linear-oblong, subacute, white and cottony. Achenes 
narrow-linear, glabrous.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 339; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 371. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Clarence Valley, 7’. Ff. C. Canterbury—Broken River,. 
J. D. Enys! T. Kirk! T. F.C. ; Mount Cook district, abundant, Haast! 1. F. C. - 
Lake Tekapo, 7’. F. C.; shores of Lake Ohau and sources of the Ahuriri, Haast / 
Otago—Lake Hawea, Haast; not uncommon on the mountains of the interior, Hector 
and Buchanan! Petrie! J. Speden! Poppelwell. 1500-4000 ft. December-— 
February. sfftr. Kacgehnda » WAM: Kac-C-WT. “4: (935° 2°43 
4, §. hellidioides Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 144.—Very similar to 
S. lagopus, but smaller and more slender. Leaves all radical, spreading ; 
blade #4 in. long, broadly oblong to linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
— — 
