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274 diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 rows, linear, acute, with scarious margins, keeled, midrib distinct, often tipped with purple. Achenes oblanceolate, compressed, with a rather long beak and thin margins."

5. L. pinnatifida, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 126.—Softly hairy or pilose in all its parts. Leaves all radical, spreading, 1–3 in. long, narrow obovate-oblong or obovate-spathulate, obtuse at the tip, narrowed into a long broad petiole, membranous, deeply crenatelobed or almost pinnatifid; margins ciliate. Scapes 3–10 in. long, slender. Heads ¼–½ in. diam.; involucral bracts linear, acute, pubescent. Ray-florets numerous; ligules narrow, revolute. Achenes compressed, obliquely linear-obovate, narrowed to the base, suddenly contracted at the tip into a short straight neck, more or less glandular-pubescent; margins thickened.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 137; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 258.

6. L. lanata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 437.—Root-fibres stout, fleshy, almost tuberous. Leaves numerous, all radical, densely tufted, 1–1½ in. long, oblong- or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a rather short broad petiole, coriaceous, coarsely and irregularly crenate-dentate, both surfaces hirsute or villous with copious soft hairs. Scapes 2–7 in. long, slender, wiry, erect, glabrous or nearly so, naked or with a few minute linear bracts. Heads ¼–⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts linear, obtuse or subacute, glabrous, purple-tipped; margins scarious. Ray-florets numerous; ligules short, revolute. Achenes quite smooth, slightly falcate, compressed, narrowed at the base, suddenly contracted at the top into a short curved neck; margins thickened.—Raoul, Choix, 45; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 126; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 137; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 258.

Small perennial herbs; either tufted with radical leaves and 1-headed scapes, or the stems branched, elongated, and clothed with alternate cauline leaves. Heads heterogamous, usually radiate. Involucre hemispherical or nearly so; bracts in about 2 series, with scarious margins. Receptacle convex or conical,