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parvis paucifioris, involucri squamis l-seriatis scariosis dorso sericeis, fl. g 6 - 8 glaberrimis.
E a st H a b . N o rth e rn Island. coast, a t Turakirae,
Mr. Colenso has sent this curious little species several times, but always in a very unsatisfactory state, as I
nowhere find female fiowers. Stem rigid, wiry, creeping, several inches long, emitting very short, erect, leafy
branchlets. Leaves silky, 1 inch long, very n a n w . pinnatifid ; the lobes out sharply and deepfy, or entire. Scapes
silky and almost shaggy, shorter than the leaves. Capitula very small, i inch broad, with a few quite smooth
flowei-s ; the males only seen. Involucral scales few, four to six in one series, silky, rather membranous and transparent.—
This little plant will probably be found to vary much in the size of the foliage and capitula. though Mr.
Colenso’s specimens are very uniform in those respects.
Gen. IX . M YM O G Y N E , Less.
! multiflorum, beterogamum, discoideum. Involucri squamæ pauciseriatæ, disco breviores.
Î convexum, papillosum, n u d um v. pilosum. Flosculi exteriores Î , multiseriati; corolla tubulosa,
perbrevi, ore subintegro ; stylo exserto, bifido : disci ¡ , pauci ; corolla late campanulata, 4-fida ; stylo apice
discoideo v. bifido. Achenia fl. ¥ linearl-clavata, angulata, epapposa, inferne pilosa, fl. g stipitiformia.
A very curious, prostrate, creeping weed, quite smooth, with sessile, axillary, rounded, inconspicuous, yellow
heads, which are many-flowered ; all but a few central flowers female. Involucre of two series of linear, blunt,
smooth or pubescent scales, shorter than the flowers. Receptacle convex, papillose, naked or with a few long hairs.
Female flowers very numerous, densely packed; achenium very long, club-shaped, hairy, ribbed or angled ; corolla
very short indeed, tubular ; style bifid, exserted. Hermaphrodite flowers very few, in the centre of the female, barren ;
corolla broadly campanulate. four-cleft; stamens four; anthers very short; style exserted, discoid and bifid. (Name
from papioi, a myriad, and yow¡, female ; in allusion to the numerous female fiowers.)
1. Myriogyne minuta. Less. ; glaberrima v. glabrata, caule repente, ramis decumbentibus prostratisve,
foliis lineari-cuneatis spathulatisve apiee grosse dentatis. A. Cunn. Frodr. BC. Frodr. Cotula minuta,
Forst. Frodr. A . R ich . Flora.
H a b . N o rth e rn an d Middle Is la n d s ; abu n d an t in waste places, chiefly about settlements. Ba n k s and
Solander, etc.
A very common Australian, Mauritius, South Sea Island, and Indian plant ; sometimes, especially when it
grows m dry places, possessed of pungent properties, causing sneezing when bruised under the nose. Stems four
inches to a foot long. Leaves f - l j incli long, smooth, linear-cuneiform, coarsely toothed towards the point. Heads
of florets i inch broad.—This is very closely alhed to the Chilian M. elatinoides, Less.
Gen. X. T E IN E U E O N , H o o k .fll.
Capitulum heterogamum, discoideum. Involucrum campanula tum; squamis coriaceis, linearibus, 2-
senatis, æquahbus. Reeeptaculum. angustum, papillosum, nudum. Flosculi ra d ii ¥ , plurimi (8 -1 0 ), jiluri-
se ria ti; corolla tubulosa, elongata, ore .3-fido; stylo longe exserto, bifido : disci g , pauci, masculi, tubulosi,
tubo superne suboampanulato, 4-fido; staminibus 4 ; stylo exserto, apice incrassato, bifido. Achenium fl. ¥
lineari-oblongum, .S-4-gonum, angulis incrassatis ; fl. g breve, stipitiforme.
Yery small, smooth, coriaceous, linear-leaved, alpine herbs, liitherto only found in the mountains of New Zealaud,
Lord Auckland’s Group, and Campbell’s Island, where they form tufts amongst rocks, etc. The genus is
nearly allied to Scleroleima of Mount Wellington in Tasmania, and to AbrolaneUa of Cape Horn ; and still more
nearly to Ceralella of Lord Auckland’s Group, a genus established with this in the ‘ Flora Antarctica.’ The New
Zealand species differs from the original T. spathulalum in having a four- not three-angled achenium of the female
ilowers, and in wanting the cellular margins of the achenium and the three transparent nerves of the involucral
scales (from which the generic name was derived). In respect of the tetragonous achenium, it is more allied to
Ca-atella, whence it is probable that these genera should be combined.— Capitulum hidden among the leaves, ol
eight to fourteen flowers. Involucral scales coriaceous, linear, in two series, equal in length, erect, with one or more
transparent nerves. Receptacle naiTow, convex, papiEose, naked. Female flowers much the most numerous, with
large tlnee- to four-angled achenia, and tubular three-toothed corollas ; style far exserted, bifid. Disc flowers very
few, central, on short achenia, tubular and rather campanulate. foni'-cleft, with four included stamens, and an exserted,
discoid, or bifid style.
1. Triueuron p im llum . Hook. 111. ; glaberrimum, caulibus cæspitosis fohosis gracilibus radices numero-
sas fibrosas emittentibus, fohis eonfertis patulis curvis an g u ste huea ribus rigidis coriaceis subacutis supra
planis subtus costa prominula, capituhs breve pedunculatis, involucri squamis hnea ribus coriaceis nervis
vix pellucidis, acheniis fl. ¥ 4-gonis, stylo 11. disci bifido.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Snowy places amongst th e Ruahine Mountains, Colenso.
Stems an inch high, slender, why. leafy aU over, emitting long fibrous roots. Leaves coriaceous, i inch long,
spreading, linear, narrow, acute, flat above, with a prominent midi'ib below. Heads solitary, inconspicuous, sunk
amongst the upper leaves, a inch long, on short peduncles. Achenia of the female flowers fonr-angled. StyU of
the disc flowers bifid.
Geu. X I . CRASPEDIAy Forst.
Capitula 5-8-fiora, homogama, in glomerulum ro tu n d um bracteatum aggregata, raohidi communi
brevi pedicellis brevissimis inserta. Receptaculum angustissimum, margine paleis hnea ribus liyaliuis onus-
tum . Involucri squamæ membranaceæ, liyalinæ, lineari-ellipticæ, flosculis æquilougæ. Corolla tubulosa,
5 -d en ta ta ; antheris basi 2-setosis ; stigmatibus inclusis. oblongum, villosum. Fappus l - æ m -
tus, dense plmnosus.— Herbæ simplices, basifolioso!, scapigeroe; soapis elongatis, \-cephalis.
Herbaceous, stemless plants, with spreading radical leaves, and single, erect, long scapes, bearing a round,
silky, bracteate ball, which consists of many capitula or heads, crowded together and attached by short pedicels
to a central stalk. Heads of five to eight small, yellow, tubular, five-toothed florets. Involucre of long, very membranous,
transparent, hyaline, linear scales. Receptacle very narrow, bearing towards the margin slender hyaline
scales scattered amongst the flowers. Pappus of one row of very feathery hairs. Anthers terminated below witb
two tails. SUjles included. Achenia h a iry .-T h is genus m.ay be recognized by its solitary round balls of minute
yellow flowers ; it has been found nowhere else but in Australia and Tasmania. The species are extremely variable
in size, hairiness, and habit, being slender or stout, according to the nature of the soil, exposure, etc. I have therefore
referred to one species all the very different-looking specimens from New Zealand, many of wliich resemble tbe Tasmanian
C. Rkhea very closely indeed. (Name from spaaertèm, a frin g e ; on account of the white border of the leaf.)
1. Craspediayiffifovafe, DC. ; foliis radicalibus lineari-oblougis obovatis spathulatisve obtusis apiculatis
margine crispato v. piano tomento niveo fimbriato v. imdo. A . Cunn. Frodr. BC . Frodr. C. uniflora, Forst.
Prodr. A . Rich. Flora. Stælielina fimbriata, Forst. i l S S . Cartodium apricum. Bank s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
Var. a. margiuata; foliis obovato-spatlmlatis subcoriaceis u triu q u e puberulis pilosisve margine crispato
dense iiivco-tomeiitoso, scapo valido pubesceute, glomerulis 1 unc. diametro.
Yar. /3. minor; foliis u t ill v an a sed pilis sparsis albidis subliispida, scajiis gracilibus puberulis, glo-
incrulis parvis uuc.
Var. y. major; foliis liucari-obovatis petiolatis glabratis venosis niargiiiibus obscure tomentosis v.
nudis, scapis gracilibus capitulis parvis.
Var. S. robusta; foliis amplis lineari-spathulatis glaberrimis petiolo lato margiue plaiio nudo, scapis
robustis glabratis, capitulis 1 - 2 unc. diametro. (Ad C. macrocephalam ïa sm a u iæ accedit.)