axillary and terminal, ½–1 in. long. Heads ⅓ in. diam., yellow; involucral bracts 10–15, in about 2 series; outer ovate-lanceolate, inner broadly oblong. Female florets in many series; corolla ovoid or conical, swollen at the base, obscurely toothed at the contracted mouth. Disc-florets numerous, tubular, 4-toothed. Achenes narrow-obovoid, prominently costate, glandular.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 326. Leptinella Featherstonii, F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. 27, t. 5.
Chatham Island: Usually near the coast, H. H. Travers! Cockayne and Cox!
A very remarkable species, quite unlike any other.
15. C. linearifolia, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 299.—Small, dark-green, rather thick and fleshy, aromatic, sparingly pilose. Stems prostrate, branched, ascending at the tips. Leaves alternate, ½–1½ in. long, narrow-linear or linear-spathulate, obtuse, gradually narrowed to the sheathing base, quite entire, coriaceous, gland-dotted. Peduncles 2–4 in. long, slender, terminal, with 4–8 small linear bracts. Heads unisexual, ¼–⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, with purplish scarious margins. Receptacle convex. Florets studded with transparent glands; female corolla swollen at the base, obscurely tetragonous, narrowed above, minutely 4- toothed; corolla of the males smaller and more slender, narrow funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Achene linear-obovoid, compressed.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 326.
South Island: Nelson—Mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, T.F.C. 3000–4500 ft. December–January.
Distinguished from C. pyrethrifolia by the entire leaves. In outward appearance it closely resembles Abrotanella linearis.
16. C. pyrethrifolia, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 142.—Stout, rather fleshy, aromatic, glabrous or sparingly pilose. Rhizome creeping, often branched; stems prostrate or decumbent at the base, ascending at the tips. Leaves alternate, fleshy or coriaceous, ½–1½ in. long; petiole usually half the length, sheathing at the base; blade pinnatifidly cut into 5–8 alternate narrow-linear to linear-oblong obtuse segments 110–14 in. long. Peduncles variable in length, ½–4 in., with 1 or several linear bracts. Heads unisexual, large, ⅓–¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2–3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, herbaceous, with purplish scarious margins. Receptacle convex. Florets glandular; corolla of the females inflated and truncate at the base, 4-toothed at the mouth; of the males funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Achene narrow-obovoid.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 327.
South Island: Abundant in mountain districts in Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury, rare and local in Otago. 2500–6000 ft. December–February.
