North and South Islands: Not uncommon from Taupo and the Ruahine Mountains to the south of Canterbury. Sea-level to 4500 ft. November–January.

Var. glabratus, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves broadly oblong, glabrous beneath, sparingly setose above.

Var. angustatus, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves linear-oblong, apex rounded or subacute.

This appears to pass into &. S. lagopus, but in its usual state can generally be distinguished by the smaller size and more membranous leaves, which are often quite glabrous beneath, seldom white and cottony.

South Island: Nelson—Clarence Valley, T. F. C. Canterbury—Broken River, Enys! Kirk! T. F. C.; Mount Cook district, Haast! T. F. C.; shores of Lake Ohau and source of the Ahuriri, Haast. Otago—Lake Hawea, Haast; not uncommon in the interior, Hector and Buchanan! Petrie! 1500–4000 ft. December–January.

South Island: Port Lyttelton and other localities on Banks Peninsula, not uncommon. January–March.

A handsome species, separated from large states of S. lagopus, some of which approach it. very closely, by the much stouter habit, more copious villous hairs, and larger thicker leaves, which are silky above and never show the stout bristly hairs so characteristic of S. lagopus and bellidioides.

Var. scorzonerioides, Kirk, l.c. 340.—Glandular-pubescent. Stems more robust. Leaves shorter and broader, 2–8 in. long, ¼–¾in. broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-nerved. Heads larger; rays varying in colour from yellow or salmon-coloured to pure white.—S. scorzonerioides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 146.

An exceedingly handsome plant, forming one of the chief ornaments of the subalpine flora of the South Island.

Antipodes Island: Kirk! January–February.

A very distinct species, quite unlike any other found in New Zealand. Kirk compares it with the Fuegian S. candidans, but that has ovate leaves with crenate-toothed margins.

Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Island: Abundant near the sea, not so common inland. Sea-level to 4500 ft. October–March.

This is a widely diffused plant in Australia and Tasmania as well as New Zealand, and is everywhere exceedingly variable, not a few forms having been described as distinct species. The chief varieties found in New Zealand may be briefly characterized as follows, but it must be borne in mind that intermediates are not uncommon:—

Var. a.—Much branched, erect or decumbent. Leaves deeply pinnatifid; segments long and narrow, often again toothed, rarely short and broad. Heads ⅓–½ in. diam., radiate.—Usually near the coast, but occasionally found inland. Mr. Kirk's variety carnosulus is probably a form of this.

Var. montanus.—Sparingly branched or quite simple, erect. Leaves oblong to lanceolate or spathulate, entire or toothed or shortly pinnatifid. Heads ½–¾ in. diam., radiate; rays often revolute.—A common mountain plant in both the North and South Islands.

Var. discoideus.—Sparingly branched, prostrate or decumbent, rarely erect. Leaves very fleshy, obovate or spathulate, coarsely toothed or lobed, sometimes pinnatifid below. Heads large, ½–¾ in. diam.; rays wanting.—Mountain districts in the South Island.

Var. radiolatus, Kirk, Students' Fl. 341.—More or less pubescent. Lower leaves broad, membranous, narrowed into slender petioles, toothed or lobed or pinnatifid; upper sessile, auricled at the base. Heads ⅓–½ in., radiate; rays short, broad. Achenes very mucilaginous when soaked in warm water.—S. radiolatus, F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. 24, t. 4. Chatham Islands, H. H. Travers! Cox and Cockayne!

South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur, on limestone rocks, alt. 4000 ft., T. F. C. January.

A very curious plant, its bushy mode of growth and glaucous leaves giving it a very different appearance to any of its allies. The stems appear to die down to the root in winter, a fresh crop appearing in the following spring. My specimens are in young flower only, and the above description may require modification when more perfect, examples have been obtained.

Var. rufiglandulosus, Kirk, l.c.—Glandular-pubescent or glabrate. Leaves coarsely and sharply irregularly doubly dentate or serrate, sometimes lobed at the base. Corymbs very large. Achenes densely pubescent.—S. rufiglandulosus, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 599.

Var. sinuatifolius, Kirk, l.c.—Stems slender, flexuose. Leaves distant, ovate-oblong, sinuate, not toothed. Corymbs small; heads few.

North Island: From the Paparata Valley and Waikato River southwards, but rare and local to the north of the East Cape. South Island: Western part of the Nelson Provincial District and Westland, not uncommon as far south as Ross. Sea-level to 3500 ft. November–February.

Var. angustatus.—Much less robust and more rigid, glabrous or sparingly clothed with short scabrid hairs. Leaves 1½–3 in. long, ¼–¾ in. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, all sessile or the lower sometimes petiolate, coriaceous, sharply and irregularly sinuate - serrate; veins usually prominent beneath.—S. Banksii var. scabrosus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 147. S. pumiceus var. angustatus, Kirk, Students' Fl. 343.

North Island: Mokohinou Island, Herb. Col. Mus.! Mercury Bay, Banks and Solander; East Cape Island, Boss; Anaura and Tolago Bay, Banks and Solander, Adams and Petrie! near Table Cape, A. Hamilton! between Tolago Bay and Gisborne, Colenso. Var. angustatus: East Cape, A. Hamilton; Karangahake Cliffs, Lake Taupo, T. F. C. Sea-level to 1500 ft. December–January.

Mr. Kirk limits S. Banksii to a form with more decidedly flexuous stems and rather membranous glaucous leaves, keeping up Colenso's S. pumiceus for the reception of those states with stouter and straighter stems and more coriaceous leaves. But a series of the Tolago Bay plant, which is that collected by Banks and Solander, shows that this distinction cannot possibly be maintained, some of the specimens exactly matching the types of S. "pumiceus in Mr. Colenso's herbarium, while others show a regular gradation to more slender and membranous forms. An examination of the ripe achenes of both varieties also proves that the supposed difference in size and shape does not exist.

North Island: Usually on cliffs near the sea. Bay of Islands, Colenso; East Cape, Colenso; Napier, Bishop Williams! A. Hamilton! Cape Kidnappers, Colenso, Kirk! Waipawa, Petrie.! Patangata, Tryon! November–January.

South Island: Nelson—Collingwood, Hector, Travers; between Takaka and Riwaka. Kirk; sources of the Takaka, Upper Motueka and its tributaries, T. F. C.; Upper Buller Valley, McGregor, Hector! Kirk! Westland—Valley of the Grey, Kirk. 250 to 3500 ft. December–February.

One of the finest species of the genus, well marked off from any other by a small portion of the very base of the leaf being pinnatifid or pinnate, all the remainder being dentate. The heads are sometimes as much as 2½ in. diam.

Nobth Island: Common in hilly and wooded districts from the North Cape to Wellington. Sea-level to 2500 ft.

A very remarkable and beautiful species. The flower-heads are often so abundantly produced as to conceal the leaves, the multitude of snow-white rays then rendering the plant conspicuous from afar. In the northern forests it is often epiphytic on the distorted trunks of the rata (Metrosideros robusta).

North Island: Ravines on the Cape Colville Peninsula, from Coromandel to Tairua and Waitekauri, T. F. C., Adams! Sea-level to 750 ft. November–December.

A handsome and distinct species, well characterized by the membranous leaves, large elongated panicles, and small white ray-florets. The flowers are deliciously sweet-scented.

South Island: Nelson—Riwaka, Rev. F. H. Spencer; Wairoa Gorge, Bryant. Canterbury—Akaroa, Raoul; Alford Forest, J. D. Enys! Peel Forest, W. Barker. Otago—Not uncommon in the vicinity of Dunedin, 67. M. Thomson! Petrie! Sea-level to 2000 ft. January–April.

North Island: From Hicks Bay and the East Cape to Mahia Peninsula; not uncommon. Raukumara. November–January.

Chatham Islands: Not uncommon, H. H. Travers, Hair! Cox! Cockayne! Rautini. December–February.

Herekopere Island (in Foveaux Strait): C. Traill, Kirk! The Snares: Kirk! December–January.

This is clearly identical with Armstrong's S. Stewartiœ, a name which has two years' priority over the S. Muelleri of Kirk. It is very closely allied to the preceding species, but the leaves are more acuminate, and the tomentum of [unclear: the] under-surface is whiter, while the narrow contorted rays are quite unlike the short broad ones of S. Huntii.

South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Owen, T. F. C.; Wairau Gorge, Bryant, T. F. C.; Spencer Mountains, Gibbs; Discovery Peaks. Travers! Fowler's Pass, Kirk! 2500–3000 ft. December–February.

North Island: Wellington—From the Pahau River to Cape Palliser; rare and local. Sea-level to 1500 ft.

A handsome species, nearest to S. laxifolius, but at once separated by the larger obtuse leaves, dense corymbs, glandular-pubescent involucral bracts, and silky achenes.

North Island: Wellington—Limestone cliffs near Castlepoint, Kirk! January–February.

Closely allied to S. Monroi, but differing in the larger broader leaves with smoother and whiter tomentum beneath, narrow few-flowered inflorescence, and the white cottony tomentum of the pedicels and involucral bracts.

South Island: Nelson—Wangapeka, Kingsley Jollie's Pass, T. F. C. Marlborough—Not uncommon from the Awatere to the Conway River. 1000–4500 ft. December–January.

South Island: Otago—Ben Lomond, Mount Bonpland, and other high peaks to the west, Petrie! mountains above Lake Harris, Kirk! Mount Eglinton, Morton! 3000–4500 ft. January–March.

North Island: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, W. Townson! South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, T. F. C.; Mount Rintoul and Ben Nevis, Gibbs, Bryant; Mount Duppa, J. Macmahon! 3500- 5500 ft. January–February.

Distinguished from S. revolutus by the much more coriaceous leaves, with the midrib prominent beneath, narrow laxly branched corymbs, and by the peduncles, pedicels, and involucral bracts being nearly glabrous.

South Island: Dusky Bay, Lyall, Hector and Buchanan! 1500–3000 ft.

Two specimens in Mr. Buchanan's herbarium are all I have seen of this curious and most distinct species.

South Island: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson to northwest Otago. 2000–4000 ft. January–February.

A singular species, quite unlike any other. It has much of the habit of Cassinia Vauvilliersii, but is a larger plant, with more numerous crowded branchlets and different tomentum.

Var. Buchanani, Kirk, l.c.—Smaller, densely branched, 3–4 ft. high. Leaves broadly oblong, 1–2 in. long. Panicle reduced to a short raceme.—S. Buchanani, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 339.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Not uncommon in mountainous localities from the East Cape and Taupo southwards. Ascends to 4500 ft., descends to sea-level in Otago and Stewart Island. December–January.

South Island: Nelson—Near Westport, W. Townson! Westland and Otago—From Jackson's Bay to Milford Sound and Foveaux Strait, Lyall, Hector and Buchanan! Kirk! Stewart Island: Petrie! Kirk! Sea-level to 3500 ft. Puheritaiko. December–January.

Var. viridis.—Rather taller and not so stout. Leaves 1½–3 in. long, ob-long-obovate, narrowed to the base, not so coriaceous; petioles ½ in. long. Corymbs larger, 3–6 in. long. Heads much as in the type.—S. viridis, Kirk, Students' Fl. 350.

North Island: Not uncommon on the mountains from the East Cape and Taupo southwards. South Island: Var. viridis: Mountains of Nelson, Marlborough and Canterbury, from Mount Arthur to the Rakaia Valley. 2500–5000 ft. December–January.

Mr. Kirk has described the South Island plant as a distinct species under the name of S. viridis. It is somewhat larger in all its parts, but differs in no essential character, and is far better regarded as a variety only. Specimens of S. Bidwillii collected at the foot of Ruapehu by the Rev. F. H. Spencer almost match others gathered in the South Island by myself.

South Island: Mountains of Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury; not uncommon from Mount Arthur to the Upper Waimakariri. 1500–4500 ft. January–February.

A very remarkable species, with a more rigid pappus than is usual in Senecio, and in other respects resembling the Juan Fernandez genera Balbisia and Robinsonia. Sir J. D. Hooker created the genus Traversia for its reception, but in the "Genera Plantarum" it was reduced to Senecio.