1032 COMPOSITAE. [Sonchus. 
finely reticulate. Upper cauline leaves sessile by a broad base. Heads 
large, 1-14 in. diam.; pedicels clothed with white cottony wool. Involucral 
bracts in 3-4 series, broadest at the base, gradually tapering into blunt 
points, the outer with a row of short spines down the median line. Florets 
numerous purplish. Achenes large, broad, spongy, with 3-6 longitudinal 
ribs; margins broad.—Students’ Fl. (1899) 362; Cheesem. Ma. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 388; Ill. N.Z. Fl. : (1914) t. 116. 
CuatHam Isnanps: Not common on sand-dunes, H. H. Travers, J. D. Enys! 
Ff. A. D. Cox and Cockayne!  January—February. 
A very handsome and distinct species, endemic in the een Islands. It does © 
not appear to have any close ally. 
