hemisijliencal, i inch long ; tn-ice as broad, and depressed, in var. y. Scales Hnear, acuminate. Ackeuia linear-
oblong, deeply grooved, the ribs pubescent. Pappus soft, fine, and silky.-This most variable plant abounds in
-ystraba and m Tasmama, varying everywhere ; it is apparently the «. carnulcsus, DC., «. crilhmifolius, DC., aud
S. ausiralts, Herb. A. Cunn., and. further, is very closely allied to some South American species.
7. Senecio Lyallii, Hook, fil.; caule herbáceo simplici erecto folioso superne supra medium corymbose
florífero, folus angustissime et longe bneari-ligulatis acuminatis integerrimis l-nervns inferioribus basi
vaginatis superioribus gradatim brevioribus sessibbus semiamplexicaubbus, corymbo simpbci polyceplmlo,
peduncubs axibaribus erecto-patentibus sublanatis inferioribus longissimis bracteatis, involucri squamis
bneariroblongis glanduloso-pubescentibus, bgubs ampbs elongatis patentibus involucro duplo longioribus,
acbenbs bnearibus dense sericeis, pappo parco inæquali scabrido.
Hab. Middle Island. Milford Sound, Lyall.
There are three specimens of this superb plant in Dr. Lyall’s herbarium, perfectly similar to one another -
Siem quite simple, herbaceous, erect, purple and deeply furrowed below, throwing out numerous very lonv slender
peduncles from the axils of the upper leaves, which aU atthin the same level, and bear beautiful lai-ge heads nearly
2 inches broad, of golden-yellow florets; base of the stem with a few sheaths of old leaves, covered with lon^
iiUous sdky hair. Leaves numerous, the lower 10 inches long by i inch broad ; they become gradually smaller up
the stem; all are quite smooth and entire, with one central nerve and long shaip point; the upper sessile and half-
claspmg the stem, the lower with broader sheathing petioles. Peiunchx very slender, rather woolly, bearluv scattered
linear bracts, the lower 8 inches long. Imolucres \ inch long ; scales glandular and pubescent. AoUnH long
Silky. Pappus scanty, of few unequal rigid bristles.
8 Senecio ? scorzoneroiies. Hook. fil. ; erectus, caule foboso basi vaginis sericeis foliorum delapsorum
dense obtecto pubescente supeme obgoeepbalo glanduloso, foliis omnibus iutegerrimis marginibus planis
radicalibus liuean-lanceolatis acuminatis elongatis caulinis ovato-lauceolatis acuminatis gradatim minoribus
basi latioribus semiamplexicaubbus inferioribus glabratis supremis glanduloso-pubescentibus, corymbo 8- 6-
floro, peduncubs robustis bracteatis, involucri hemispbærici squamis glandulosis, acbenbs bneari-elongatis
pbosis V IX sulcatis, pappi setis paucis acheniis æquüongis 1-seriabbus scabris sordide albis.
Hab. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Lyall.
Dr. Lyall’s specimens of this plant are good in afi respects except being past flower, whence I have referred
the speeies doubtfully to Senecio. from which it differs in the nniseriate scanty pappus.’ It is in this respect how-
ever as m all ottos, so elosey albed to S. pulcUrrimus, that I cannot doubt its proving to be rightly placed here.
It dbfers from that plant m the much broader leaves, in the very short peduncles of tbe few-headed corymb and in
the less sbky aclienmm. Stcns (of fruiting specimens) stout, erect, simple, except at the top. which forms the
branching corymb, 1 foot high, smooth below, glandular-pubescent above, covered below with a thick hall formed
of the sbky sheaths of the old radical leaves. Leaves all rather coriaceous, quite entire, margins not reonrved
lower smooth, upper glandulose and pubescent, 4-5 inches long, liiiear-Ianeeolate, acuminate, glabrous smootli
muhne numerous. generaUy smaller, ovote-laneeolate, broadest near the base, and tapering to a lonv ’acumiinté
pomt, which IS bhmt ; half-clasping the stem at their sessbe bases, 2-3 inches long. Corymbs of three to six heads ■
peduncles stout g.andnlar, bracteolate. Involucres broadly hemispherical, f inch across. Scales narrow, linearé
aneeolate glandular. ReeeptacU convex. Aclenia narrow, linear. 2 lines long, covered wit), hairs. Pappus as
ong as the achenium dirty white, of one series of unequal scabrid hairs. Florets of the disc as in «. pulclwrrimus ■
those of the ray have fallen away. Radical leaves few.
9. Senecio B a nhii, Hook, fi].; glaberrimus, caule erecto ramoso flexuoso, foliis lineari-oblongis acu-
mmatis grosse irregulanter dentatis seasilibns ba.si late cordatis 2-auricnlatis amplexicaulibus utrinque
glabemmis mtidis reticulatim venosis, corymbis polycepbalis, pedunc.bis pediceUisque gracilibus, involucri
campanulati squamis acutis apice pubescentibus glabratisve, ligulis breviusculis, acheniis linearibus pubescentibus,
pappo molli tenuissimo.
Var. ¡3 ? velleia ; robustior, foliis rigide coriaceis subtus glaucis venis prominulis, capitulis latioribus,
acheniis brevioribus.
Var. 7 ? scabrosus; caule foliisque subtus scaberulis pilis raris brevissimis rigidis, foliis angustioribus
superne nitidis corymbisque glaberrimis. S. scabrosus, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic.
Hab. Northern Island. East coast. Banks and Solander, Colenso.
The S. Banksii in its usual form is a rather slender, branched, perfectly smooth plant, with flexuose, leafy,
grooved stems and shining foliage. Leaves all sessile, 3-5 inches long, linear-oblong, acuminate, iiTegularly
toothed, below deeply two-lobed, and embracing the stem with two rounded auricles. Corymbs lax, branching,
of rather small heads, on slender pedicels. Involucre 4 inch long, of slender, blunt, smooth or sparingly pubescent
scales, much shorter than the pappus, which is white, very soft, and of slender hairs. Ray florets few,
with short ligulæ. Achenia long and slender for the size of the capitulum, nearly as long as the involucral
scales, grooved and pubescent.— The varieties 8 aod y may belong to different species, but my specimens of
them are very indifferent. Var. 8 is a very thickly leathery-leaved plant, with stout stem and branches of the
corymb, which bears very numerous broader heads, that have much shorter achenia. Var. y again is a more
rigid plant, covered on tbe stem and under surface of the leaf with hispid scattered hairs. It was originally
found by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander. This species is allied to the S. velleioides, Cunn., of New Holland
and Tasmania, but is a more slender plaiit (except var. 8)> and bas much smaUer capitula.
§ c. TFoolly or haiiy, simple or hranched herbs, with leafy stems, often woody below, and corymbose heads
of flowers.
10. Senecio Colensoi, Hook. fil. ; totus moUiter albido-lanatus v. araneosus, caule robusto decumbente,
ramis foliosis ascendentibus, foliis lineari-oblongis oblongo-spathulatisve acutis obtu-sisve grosse et irregulariter
sinuato-dentatis marginibus recurvis basi sessilibus amplexicaulibus, corymbis oligocephalis, involu-
cris hemispbæricis, ligulis brevibus revolutis, aclieniis sulcatis pilosis, pappo molli pilis tenuissimis albidis.
Hab. Northern Island. Bay of Islands, East Cape, and Cape Kidnapper, Colenso.
Stems and leaves more or less covered with snow-white appressed w*ool, more loose and cobwebby on the upper
surface and branches of the panicle. Stem woody, stout, and prostrate below, with short, leafy, herbaceous, ascending or
erect branches. Leaves numerous, crowded, veiy thiek and coriaceous, 3-6 inches long, f - 1 4 broad, narrow-oblong,
acuminate, coarsely and irregularly toothed or lobed, sessile, with a contracted Iwo-lobed stem-clasping base. Corymbs
of three to eight heads. Involucres broad, hemispherical, 4 inch long and as broad. Ray florets with revolute ligulæ.
Achenia neither long nor slender, pubescent, grooved.—Young root-leaves of some specimens are pinnatifid ; it is
probably a veiy variable plant iu foliage, like S. lautus, which it a good deal resembles in many respects.
Obs. I have another species of this section gathered ou the east coast by Mr. Colenso, but in too young a state
for description. It is covered eveiywhere with short, white, hispid hairs. Stems short, leafy. Leaves 1 inch long,
obovate-oblong or spathulate, coriaceous, blunt, siuuate-pinnatifid and toothed, naiTowed into short petioles, that
are dilated at the base and half stem-clasping. Cotymbs of many heads.
§ d. Shrubs or small trees. Stems and branches woody, Achenium obconic, dilated at the top. (Brachyglottis,
Forst., and Bedfordia, BC.)
11. Senecio glastifolius, Hook, fil.; glaberrimus, subarboreus, ramis apice foliosis, foliis petiolatis obovatis
obovato-lanceolatisve obtusis subacutisve integerrimis v. obtuse sinuato-dentatis, corymbis axillaribus
termiiialibusve ramosis ad axillas foliosis, pedunculis strictis, capitulis magnis, involucri squamis late lineari-
oblongis obtusis, ligulis elongatis pallidis, acheniis liueari-obconicis glaberrimis apice dilatatis, pappi setis