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heimsplierical, i inch long; tmce as broad, and depressed, in var. y. Seales linear, acuminate. Jc ieuia linear-
oblong. deeply grooved, the ribs pnbeseent. Pappus soft. fine, and s ilk y .-T h is most variable plant abounds in
Austraba and in Tasmama, varying everywhere ; it is apparently the A eamnlosus, DO., A crilkmifolim, DC., and
A australis, Herb. A. Cunn., and, further, is very closely aUied to some South American species.
7, Senecio L y a lin , Hook. fil. ; caule herbáceo simplici erecto folioso superne supra medium corym-
boso fiorifero, folus angustissime e t longe lineari-ligulatis acuminatis integerrimis 1-nerviis inferioribus basi
vaginatis supenoribus gradatim brevioribus sessüibus semiamplexicaulibus, corymbo simphci polyceplialo
pedunculis axillaribus erecto-patentibus sublanatis inferioribus longissimis bracteatis, involueri squamis
bnearimblongis glanduloso-pubescentibus, ligulis amplis elongatis p atentibus involucro duplo longioribus,
aclieniis linearibus dense sericeis^ pappo parco iuæquali scabrido.
H ab . Middle Island. Milford Sound, L y a ll.
There are three specimens of this superb plaut iu Dr. Lyall's herbarium, perfectly similar to oue another -
Stem quite simple, herbaeeous. erect, puiqile and deeply furrowed below, throwing out numerous very long slender
peduncles from the axds of the upper leaves, which all attain the same level, and hear beautiful lai-ge beads nearly
2 inches broad, of golden-yeUow florets; base of the stem with a few sheaths of old leaves, covered with lonir
villous sdky hair. Leaves numerous, the lower 10 inches long by i iuch 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. PedurwUs very sleuder. rather woolly, bearino- scattered
linear bracts, tbe lower 8 inches loug. Involucres * inch long; scales glandular and pubescent. AeUnla loug
Silky. Fappm scanty, of few unequal rigid bristles.
8. Senecio ? seorzoneroides. Hook. fil. ; erectus, caule folioso basi vaginis sericeis foliorum delapsornm
dense obtecto pubescente superne oHgocepbalo glanduloso, foliis omnibus integerrimis marginibus plants
radicabbus Imean-lanceolatis acuminatis elongatis caulinis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis gradatim minoribus
basi lah o n b n s semiamplexicaubbus inferioribus glabratis supremis glanduloso-pubescentibus, corymbo 3 -6 -
fioro, pedunculis robustis bracteatis, involucri hemispbteriei squamis glandulosis, acbeniis lineari-elongatis
pbosis VIX sulcatis, pappi setis paucis achenüs æquüongis 1-serialibus scabris sordide albis.
H ab. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Ip/all.
Dr. Lyall’s specimens of this plant are good in all respects except being past flower, whence 1 have referred
the species donbtfnlly to Senecio, from which it differs in the uniserlate scanty pappus.' I t is in this respect however,
as m all others, so closdy allied to S. puleUrrimus, that I cannot doubt its proving to be rightly placed here.
I t differs from that plant m the much broader leaves, in the very short peduncles of the few-headed corymb and in
the less silky aehemum. Steim (of fruiting specimens) stout, erect, simple, except at the top. which forms the
wane mg c o ^ b , 1 foot high, smooth below, glandular-pubescent above, covered below with a thick ball formed
of the silky sheaths of the old radical leaves. Leaves all rather coriaceous, quite entire, margins not recurved
lower smooth, upper glandulose and pubescent, 4 -5 inches long, liuear-laneeolate, aenminate. glabrous, smooth-
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pomt, which IS blunt; half-claspmg the stem at their sessüe bases, 2-3 inches long. Corymbs of three to six heads -
peduncles stout glandular, bracteolate. Involucres broadly hemispherical, f inch across. Scales narrow, linear!
anceolate glandular. Peceptacle convex, Achenia narrow, linear. 2 fines long, covered with hairs. Pappus as
ong as the achenium, dirty white, of one series of .unequal scabrid hairs. Florets of the disc as in A puleherrimus -
those of the ray have fallen away. Radical leaves few.
9. Senecio B a n k sii, Hook. fll. ; glaberrimus, caule erecto ramoso flexuoso, foliis lineari-oblongis aeii
minatis grosse mregulariter dentatis sessilibus ba.si late cordatis 2-aurieulatis amplexieaulibus utriuque
glabernmis nitidis reticulatim venosis, corymbis polycephalis, p ed u n e d is pediceUisque gracilibus, involucri
campanulati squamis acutis apice pubescentibus glabratisve^ ligulis breviusculis, acheniis linearibus pubes-
centibus, pappo molli tenuissimo.
Var. (S ? velleia ; robustior, foliis rigide coriaceis subtus glaucis venis prominulis, capitulis la tioribus,
acheniis brevioribus.
Var. 7 ? scahrosns; caule foliisque subtus scaberulis pilis raris brevissimis rigidis, foliis angustioribus
superne nitidis corymbisque glaberrimis. S. scabrosus, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . B a n k s and Solander, Colenso.
The S. Banksii in its usual form is a rather slender, branched, perfectly smooth plant, with flexuose, leafy,
grooved stems aud 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 haii-s. Ray fiorets 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 ^ and y may belong to different species, but my specimens of
them are very indifferent. Var. /3 is a very thickly leathery-leaved plant, with stout stem and branches of the
corymb, which bears very numerous broader heads, th a t have much shorter achenia. Var. y again is a more
rigid plant, covered on the stem aud under surface of the leaf with hispid scattered hairs. I t was originally
found by Sii* Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander. This species is allied to the S. velleioides, Cunn., of New Holland
and Tasmania, but is a more slender plafit (except var. ^ ), and has much smaller capitula.
§ c. Woolly or haiiy, simple or branched herbs, ivith leafy stems, often woody below, and corymbose heads
1 0 . Senecio Colensoi, Hook. fil. ; to tu s molliter albido-lanatus v. araneosus, caule robusto decumbente,
ramis foliosis ascendentibus, foliis lineari-oblongis oblongo-spathulatisve acutis obtusisve grosse e t irreg u la
rite r sinuato-dentatis marginibus recurvis basi sessilibus amplexieaulibus, corymbis oligocepbalis, involucris
hemispbæricis, ligulis brevibus revolutis, aclieniis sulcatis pilosis, pappo molli pilis tenuissimis albidis.
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. Bay of Islands, E a s t Cape, and Cape Kidnappe r, Colenso.
Stems and leaves more or less covered with suow-white appressed wool, 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 thick and coriaceous, 3 -6 inches long, f - l y broad, narrow-oblong,
acuminate, coarsely and irregularly toothed or lobed, sessile, with a contracted two-lobed stem-clasping base. Corymbs
of three to eight heads. Involucres broad, hemispherical, \ iuch long and as broad. Ray fiorets with revolute ligulæ.
Achenia neither long nor slender, pubescent, grooved.—Youug 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 iu many respects.
Obs. I have another species of this section gathered on the east coast by Mr. Colenso, but in too young a state
for description. It is covered everywhere with short, white, hispid hairs. Stems short, leafy. Leaves 1 inch long,
obovate-oblong or spathulate, coriaceous, blunt, sinuate-pinuatifid and toothed, narrowed into short petioles, that
are dilated at the base and half stem-clasping. Corymbs of many heads.
§ d. Shnibs or small trees. Stems and branches woody. Achenium obconic, dilated at the top. (Brachyglottis,
Forst., and Bedfordia, BC.)
11. Senecio g lastifolius. Hook, fil.; glaberrimus, subarboreus, ramis apice foliosis, foliis petiolatis ob ovatis
obovato-lanceolatisve obtusis subacutisve iutegerrimis v. obtuse sinuato-dentatis, corymbis axillaribus
terminalibusve ramosis ad axillas foliosis, pedunculis strictis, capitulis magnis, involucri squamis la te lineari-
oblongis obtusis, ligulis elongatis pallidis, acbeniis lineari-obconicis glaberrimis apice dilatatis, pappi setis