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276 and often jagged. Achenes obovate, glabrous; margins thickened. Pappus of very minute scales.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 259. B. radicata var. b, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 127.

3. B. Sinclairii, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 137.—An exceedingly variable perennial herb 1–12 in. high, glabrous or more or less glandular-pubescent. Rhizome short, stout, branched, ascending at the tip. Leaves all radical, ½–3 in. long, oblong- or obovate-spathulate to linear-spathulate, rounded at the tip, gradually narrowed into a rather broad flat petiole, coriaceous or almost membranous, sometimes slightly fleshy, entire or variously toothed or lobed or even pinnatifid. Scapes 1 or several, strict, 1–12 in. high, glabrous or more or less glandular, naked or with 1–2 minute linear bracts. Heads very variable in size, ⅓–¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts oblong to linear, obtuse or subacute, glabrous or glandular-pubescent; margins thin, purplish or whitish, usually jagged. Ray-florets numerous; ligules very variable in length. Achenes much compressed, narrow-obovate, usually glabrous, margins slightly thickened.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 260.

4. B. odorata, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 138.—Rhizome stout, creeping, branched, ascending at the tips. Stems 2–4 in. long, erect or ascending, branched from the base, more or less pubescent or glandular, as are the leaves, scapes, and involucres. Leaves few, ½–1 in. long, including the slender petiole; blade oblong or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, deeply and unequally 3–8-lobed. Peduncles terminating the branches, 1–3 in. long, rather slender. Heads ¼–⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts oblong, obtuse. Ray-florets with short ligules. Achenes linear-clavate, densely glandular-pubescent.—Kirk, Students Fl. 260. B. radicata, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 127 (in part).''