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FLORA OF NEW ZEiiLANB,
16. Senecio (Brachyglottis) elaagni/olius, Hook. fil. ; fmticosus, to tu s (nisi p ag in a snperiore folii) dense
appresse sericeo-tomentosiis, foliis petiolatis coriaceis ovato- v. elliptico-oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis,
racemis terminalibus elongatis ramis involucrisque molliter lanuginosis, capitulis oblongis, flosculis
omnibus tubulosis, acheniis sulcatis pubescentibus, pappo barbellato. T a b . X L I.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Ruahine mountahis, Colenso,
Tliis plant (lifters markedly from the former in the more slender branches, less woolly and silky shining
covering of these, of the petioles, and under surface of the leaves, in the shape of the leaves and in the racemose, not
coiymbose inflorescence, which bears much fewer heads.—A shrub 6-8 feet high, diffusely branched. Leaves 3-5
inches long, obovate-oblong or lanceolate, blunt, shining on the upper surface. Racemes as long as the leaves, terminal.
Head without a ray, i inch long, densely woolly, the wool not appressed. Flowers all tubular. Achenia
furrowed and pubescent. Hairs of the pappus rough with bristles throughout their length.—Plate XLI. Fig. 1,
involucre and receptacle ; 3, floret; 3, pappus; 4, stamen:—all magnified.
17. Senecio (Brachyglottis) B idw illii, H o o k .f ll.; fruticulus robustus, totus (nisi pagina snperiore
folii) dense lanatus, foliis (parvis crassissimis concavis) breve petiolatis ramulo articulatis late elliptico-ob-
longis u trin q u e obtusis enerviis superne reticulatim venosis n itid is politis, corymbis te rminahbus, capitulis
molliter lauatis campanulatis, flosculis radii tubulosis, acheniis glaberrimis elongatis sulcatis, pappo u t
in priore.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Mount H ik u ran g i and Ruahine range, Colenso. Mountains
near Nelson, alt. 6 000 feet, B id vn ll.
A small, veiy robust, alpine shrub, densely woolly. Leaves extremely thick, hard and leathery, 4 - l | inch long,
on short stout (rarely elongated) petioles, which are jointed on to the branches, eUiptic-oblong, the nerves wholly
concealed by wool below, upper surface very concave, glossy, smooth, polished and reticulated. Corymbs terminal,
of many heads ; branches slender or stout, short or elongated, densely woolly. Heads 4 inch long, similar to those of
S. elceagnifolius. Achenia quite smooth, furrowed.
18. Senecio Raoul ; scandens, ramis gracihbus elongatis flexuosis ramulisque pubescentib
u s V . glabratis,'foliis sparsis petiolatis ro tu n d a tis ovato-rotundatfrve grosse dentatis u trin q u e glabratis
(siccitate nigris), capitulis racemosis, racemis axülaribus terminalibusve, involucri foliohs paucis puberulis,
acbenio glaberrimo sulcato, pappi pilis albidis scaberuhs. Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p . 21. t. 18.
H a b . Middle Island. Akaroa, in woods, F l. February.
A climbing shiaib, with sleuder, flexuose, pendent, smooth or pubescent branches, and terminal or axillary
racemes of few capitula, which have long slender pedicels. Leaves petiolate, 1 -2 inches long, ovate or rounded, very
coai’sely toothed, smooth or with a few scattered hairs on both surfaces. Capitula as in S. perdicioides, but the
bgulæ are longer and revolute.—Very nearly allied to B. perdicioides, but distinct, especially in the rambling scandent
habit, slender stems and branches, broader, more coarsely toothed leaves, slender, nodding panicles and longer ligulæ
to the flowers of the ray. I t has been found by M. Raoul only.
Gen. X IX . M IC ROSERIS , Hon.
Capitulum multiflorum; flosculis omnibus hermapbroditis, ligulatis. Involucrum anguste campanulatum
; squamis linearibus, l-se ria tis, basi squamulis abbreviatis bracteolatis. Receptaculum imilam, alveolatum.
Achenium lineari-elongatum, glaberrimum, stria tum, erostre. Pappus 1-scrialis, subpaleaceus ;
paleis glaberrimis, basi dilatatis,, superne in setam rigidam scaberulam productis.
The only New Zealand species is a small smooth herb (with milky juice, I believe), 2 inches to a foot long,
with niuncrous, rather flaccid, linear leaves and scapes, that bear one yellow head. Leaves 1-6 inches long, linear,
quite entire, toothed or pinnatifid, very irregularly cut. Scapes longer or shorter than the leaves, often downy above.
Heads 4—| inch long. Involucre narrow, campanulate, of one series of linear, erect, fleshy scales, \tith membranous
borders ; surrounded at the base by two series of much smaller, ovate, acummate scales. Florets all ligulate, yellow,
with narrow spreading ligulæ and short tubes. Achenia linear, quite smooth. Fappus pale yellow-brown, of
one series of slender, smooth bristles, expanding below and becoming paleaceous. Receptacle smooth, glabrous,
pitted.—This plant is common to Tasmania and South Australia, varying extremely in both countries, sometimes
attaining a height of nearly 2 feet, with leaves as broad as the finger : these vaiy extremely in amount of lobing,
being entire, or pinnatifid, with long, narrow, spreading segments an. inch long. The only other species is also a veiy
variable and quite similar plant, found 011 the west coast of Chili ; it differs from this only in the broader hairs of
the pappus, which are quite paleaceous. (Name from fiiKpos, small, and a-epis, a lettuce)
1. Microseris Hook. fil. ; foliis an g u ste linearibus integerrimis sinuato-dentatis pinnatifidisve
lobis elongatis, pappi setis basi solum an g u ste paleaceis. Scorzonera scapigera, Forst. Prodr. B a n k s et
Solander, M S S . eb Ic. Mouermos Lawrencii, Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 6. p . 124. Microseris pygmæa,
Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p . 4 5 . non Hook, et A rn . Leontodon lactucoides, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H a b. N o rtliern and Middle Islan d s ; frequent in many places, especially along th e east coast, from th e
Thames river southward. B a n k s a n d Solander, etc.
In the ‘ London Journal of Botany’ I proposed making this plant a subgenus of Scorzonera, to which it had
been referred, having failed to reduce it to any genus of this difficult tribe described in De Candolle ; it is, however,
truly congeneric wfltli the Microseris of Chili, as rightly determined by M. Raoul, but the species is quite a
difierent one.
Gen. X X . R IC R IS , L .
Capitulum multiflorum ; flosculis omnibus ligulatis. squamæ imbricatæ, exteriores patulæ.
Receggtaculum nudum. Acheni sulcata, ju g is apice transverse rugosis. Pappus 1 -2 -serialis ; pilis plumosis.
Tall, erect, leafy herbs, with milky juice, of wliich one European species also inhabits various parts of India,
Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, vaiying considerably, especially in liairiness, iu all places, being sometimes
nearly smooth, at others very hispid with stiff spreading bristles. Stems 2 -4 feet high. Radical leaves petiolate,
linear-oblong, blunt, more or less sinuate, toothed and hispid ; cauline smaller, sessile, linear, acummate. Panicle
loosely branched ; peduncles long aud slender, often qnite smooth ; pedicels bracteolate. Involucres 4“ i inch long,
campanulate ; scales in two to tluce series, hispid and pubescent, the outer shorter, often recui'ved, inner long, forming
one row, acuminate. Flowers all ligulate, yellow ; rays spreading. Pappus of one series of fine white feathery soft
hairs. Achenia contracted above, turgid below, furrowæd, the ridges tuberculate.—The other species of this genus
are chiefly natives of the South of Europe, (Name from itiKpos, bitter, as is the juice of this and many others of
the tribe.)
1. Pici’is hieraoioides, L. ; plus minusve liispido-püosa_, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis sinuatis
dentatisve caulinis basi semiamplexicaulibus, capitulis corymbosis, acheniis superne constrictis striatis tra n s verse
rugulosis. L in n . Sp. P I. A . Cunn. Prodr.
Yhir. /3. glabrata. P . attenuata, A . Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn Island. Dry hills about th e Bay of Islands, etc., Cunningham, etc.
1 cannot distinguish this from the common European plant, whicli I have also gathered in the Himalaya
Mountains at 9000 feet elevation. The var. /3 is only a rather more slender and smooth state of the plant,