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paucis inæqualibus scabridis rigidis sordide albidis. Cineraria glastifolia, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic . Aster
retroflexus, A . Cmm. Herb. Solidago arborescens, A. Cunn. Proclr. et Herb., non Ba n k s et Sol. nec Forst.
T a b . X X X IX .
H a b . N o rth e rn Is la n d ; from th e Thames river, northward. E a s t coast. B a n k s a n d Solander.
A small tree, 6-1 0 feet high, everywhere perfectly smooth, with brittle, naked branches, leafy at the tops, and
bearing corymbs of large pale yellow heads of flowers, with spreading or reflexed ligulæ. Young branches scarred.
Leaves black when dry, 2-5 inches long, on short, slender petioles, very variable in shape, lanceolate or obovate-
oblong, quite entire or bluntly sinuate. Conjmhs 6-8 inches across, branches and peduncles spreading, leafy at the
axils. Involucral scales 4 inch long, rather broad, blunt. Ligulæ nearly an inch long, pale straw-coloured. Achenia
quite smooth, linear obconic, dilated at the top, striated. Pappus rather scanty ; setæ scabrid, rigid, dirty white.—
This fine plant has nothing of the habit of any other New Zealand species of Senecio, but yet wants characters
which will exclude it from the genus. In many respects, especially of habit aud the rigid pappus, it agi-ees with
Brachyglottis, but the long ligulæ are quite foreign to the description of that genus, which is otherwise not distinguishable
from Senecio ; on the whole, it is more closely allied to S.pei-dicioides than to any other New Zealand
plant.—P l a t e XXXIX. Fig. 1, involucre and receptacle ; 2, ray floret ; 3, disc floret ; 4, pappus ; 5, stamen ; 6,
arms of style ;—all magnified.
1 2 . Senecio Greyii, Hook, fil.; fruticosus, ramis lignosis petiobs foliisque subtus dense albo-lanatis,
fobis longe petiolatis oblongis obtusis basi ro tu n d a tis integerrimis coriaceis, paniculis terminalibus ramosis
fobosis polycephalis, pedunculis bracteis capitubsque glanduloso-pubescentibus rarius gossypinis lanatisve,
involucri lineari-oblongi squamis bnearibus obtusis, bgulis elongatis, acbeniis obconicis sericeis, pappi setis
scabridis. T a b . X X X V I I I .
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Cape Pabiser, Colenso.
A very handsome species, from the contrast between the snowy-white wooby under surface and dark gi*een
upper surface of the leaf, and the racemes of numerous golden-yebow flowers. I t forms a shrub about 5 feet high.
Branches woody, covered (as are the petioles, leaves below, and sometimes inflorescence) with appressed white wool.
Leaves on petioles about an inch long ; the blade 3 -5 inches long, bnear-oblong or ovate, blunt, thick and coriaceous,
quite entire. Panicle tenninal, of very numerous yeUow heads, with spreading bgulæ; its branches, leaves and
peduncles covered with glandular pubescence, and sometimes with white wool, which extends on to the narrow linear-
oblong involucral scales, which are 4 ~ ï iuch long. Ligulæ 4~4 inch long. Achenia rather short, obconic, silky.
Pappus scanty, rigid, white.—I have named this beautiful plant, at Dr. Sinclair’s suggestion, in honour of his Ex-
cebency Sir G. Grey, Lieut.-Governor of New Zealand, who is no less distinguished in his official and political
capacity than as the zealous promoter of the extension of knowledge and scientific inquiry.—P l a t e XXXVIII. Fig. 1 ,
receptacle and involucre ; 2, floret of ray ; 3, of disc ; 4, stamen ; 5, arms of style :—all 9.
13. Senecio (Brachyglottis) Forsteri, Hook, fib ; arboreus, ramis ramulisque cinereo-pubescentibus
lanatisve, folds ampiis longe petiolatis late ovatis rotundatisve repandis sinuato-dentatis subtus cano-tomentosis,
paniculis effusis termiuabbus ramosis ramis dense lanatis flexuosis polycephabs, capitulis parvis,
involucri squamis linearibus glabratis, flosculis rad ii ligula brevi irregulariter 3 -5-fida, pappo parco vix 2-
seriali setis scabridis, acheiuis glanduloso-puberulis. Brachyglottis repanda, Forst. Char. Gen. A . Cunn.
Prodr. BC . Prodr. Cineraria repanda, Forst. Prodr. A . R ic k . Flora. Cineraria dealbata. B a n k s et
Solander, MS S . et Ic. T ab. XL.
H a e . Th roughout th e Islands ; •ùmaòexai. B a n k s and Solander. El. November. N a t. name, " P u k a
Pu k a,”
A small branching tree, 10-20 feet high, covered more or less with white or grey down or wool. Leaves very
e, sometimes a foot long, broadly ovate, rounded, sinuate or bluntly toothed, smooth above, white below;
petioles 3-5 inches long. Racemes effuse, drooping, as large as the leaves ; branches zigzag, slender. Heads very
smaU, 2 -3 lines long. Involucre campanulate, of smooth or pubescent, bnear, scarious scales, with hyabne edges.
Rag fiorets few, with a short inconspicuous three- to five-lobed ray. Achenium short, covered with transparent papillæ.
Pappus white, scanty, in one series.— This is a well-known plant, the natives having used tbe broad leaves as
paper, wlience the native name came to be applied by them to Engbsh paper. I have abandoned the genus Bra-
chgglottis, which was founded upon this species, S. rotundifolius, because it has no characters that are not common to
various species of Senecio. For the same reason Bedfordia (a Tasmanian genus) must also be reduced to Senecio, its
species being referable to Brachyglottis were th a t genus tenable. With respect to the species of Senecio, they vary
remarkably in the presence or absence of a ray, some of the rayed species even having the florets of the circumference
absent, or reduced to tubular ones. B. I'epanda shows well the conversion of a tubular into a rayed corolla,
the latter cut extremely irregularly, and often even simply tubular with unequal divisions. The pappus again, which
is normally soft and of many setæ in Senecio, varies extremely in these respects ; it is nearly simple in this plant,
double in most others, of unequal setæ in many, pure white or dirty white. The obconic achenium with a dilated
top would offer a better character for Brachyglottis, but it is not always very evident, and is one of degree only,
for the Senecios with short achenia have also a strong tendency to this form.—P l a t e XL. Fig. I , receptacle and
involucre ; 2, floret of the ray ; 3, of the disc:—all mo
1 4 . Senecio (Brachyglottis) perdicioides, Hook. fil. ; fruticosus, ramulis pubescentibus apice foliosis,
foliis glaberrimis gracile petiolatis elliptico-ovatis obtusis crenato-dentatis, corymbis versus apices ramulorum
axillaribus terminalibusque, capitulis pedicellatis tu rb in atis sub-8-floris, pedicellis pubescentibus, involucri
squamis paucis obtusis puberulis, achenio profunde sulcato glaberrimo, pappi pilis 2-seriatis scaberulis.
Perdicium senecioides, Banks et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Tolaga, in woods, Ba n k s a n d Solander.
A bush, with rather slender pubescent branches, which are striated, covered with brown bark and scarred at the
places whence the old leaves have fallen away. Leaves on sleuder petioles, quite smooth, 1 -1 4 iiich long, elliptic-
ovate, blunt, crenated and toothed, finely reticulated on the under surface. Corymbs of few heads, axillary and terminal
on the ultimate branches. Heads on pubescent pedicels. Involucre obconic, 4 inch long, eight-flowered ;
scales few, broad, blunt, Ray fiorets few, with short broad ligulæ. Receptacle convex, pitted, with raised margins to
the hollows. Pappus of two series of scabrid hairs. Achenium obconic, deeply fuiTowed, quite smootli and glabrous.
—I only know this very distinct plant from a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium.
15. Senecio (Brachyglottis) rotundifolius, F o r s t.; arbuscula, to ta (nisi pagina snperiore folii) dense
appresse lanata, ramis ramidisque crassis, fobis valide petiolatis crassis coriaceisque late ovato-rotundatis
cordatisve obtusis integerrimis, corymbis ampiis ramosis polycephalis, ramulis foliosis pedimcuUsque crassis,
involucri lineari-obloiigi squamis coriaceis erectis, floscubs radii brevissime ligulatis, achenio elongato sub-
compresso glaberrimo, pappo biseriali setis plurimis inæquilongis scabridis apice barbeUatis.
H a b . XTorthern an d Middle Islan d . Dusky Bay, Forster. Mo u n t E gm ont, 600 0 feet, Bieffenhach.
Milford Sound, Lya ll.
This is a remarkably leathery, thick-leaved, and very robust plant, every part except the upper side of the leaf
covered with a dense, appressed, whitish or bufl’-coloured, woolly coat. Leaves large and spreading, on long petioles,
broadly rounded, ovate, more or less deeply cordate, blunt, quite entire, 3 -7 inclies long. Corymls terminal, much
branched, many-headed ; branches very stout, erect, leafy. Involucre 4 inch long ; scales very thick, erect. Ray
fiorets with short ligulæ or none. Achenia quite smooth, compressed, 14 bn. long. Pappus longer than the ache-
uia, of two rows of unequal scabrid hairs, with bearded, thickened tips. Receptacle pitted.—This aud the two fol-
lovdng species are very closely allied indeed, and are remarkable for their very robust habit and thick leathery fobao-e.
Dr. Dieffenbacli’s Mount Egmont specimens are in bud only, but appear to belong to this species.