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7. C. Traillii, T. Kirk, Students Fl. 324.—Stems slender, creeping and rooting, 3–12 in. long, silky towards the tips. Leaves 1–3 in.; petiole slender, sheathing at the base; blade linear-obovate, membranous, glabrate or with scattered lax hairs on both surfaces, deeply pinnatifid; segments close-set, broadly oblong, toothed on the upper margin and round the apex, teeth apiculate or hair-tipped. Peduncles axillary, pubescent, usually shorter than the leaves. Heads ⅓ in. diam., involucral bracts in 2–3 series, orbicular-ovate, membranous, with scarious purplish margins. Female florets few, in 1 series, shortly stipitate; corolla ovoid, compressed. Disc-florets very numerous, funnel-shaped, 4-lobed; style undivided, with a discoid stigma. Achenes of the female florets broadly ovoid or almost orbicular, turgid, 3-winged.

8. C. Maniototo, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xiv. (1882) 362.—Small, densely matted, forming broad greyish patches; everywhere covered with long silky hairs. Stems ½–3 in. long, creeping and rooting; branches very short, leafy. Leaves numerous, silky on both surfaces, dilated and sheathing at the base, ⅙–⅓ in. long, linear-oblong, deeply pinnatifid; segments narrow-linear, acute. Heads terminating the branches, almost sessile, minute, $1⁄10$–$1⁄8$ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2 series, broadly oblong or obovate, obtuse, silky on the outside, membranous. Female florets in 1 or 2 series; corolla narrow-tubular, almost filiform, with a 2-lipped mouth; style exserted, 2-fid. Disc-florets much larger; corolla funnel-shaped with a long tube, 4–5-toothed; anthers and style exserted. Achenes of the female florets oblong, smooth and turgid, hardly winged; those of the disc-florets minute, abortive.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 323.

9. C. minor, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 142.—Stems slender, creeping, branched, 2–12 in. long or more, glabrous or silky at the