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356 12. C. pectinata, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 142.—Stems 1–6 in. long, creeping and rooting, rather stout, wiry, woolly or glabrate, often putting out silky runners. Leaves few, scattered, rigid, glabrous or silky, ¾–1½ in. long, linear-oblong in outline, pectinately pinnatifid; segments short, subulate, entire. Peduncles slender, naked or rarely with a minute bract about the middle, 1–3 in. long, exceeding the leaves. Heads ⅕–¼ in. diam., involucral bracts in 2–3 series, broadly oblong, pubescent, purplish; margins jagged. Female florets in several series; corolla ovoid, compressed, minutely 2–4-toothed at the narrow mouth. Disc-florets funnel-shaped, 4-toothed. Achene narrow-obovoid, compressed and slightly winged.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 325.

13. C. Goyeni, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xviii. (1886) 295.—A small tufted species. Stems 1–3 in. long, creeping and rooting, much branched; branches short, ascending at the tips, with the leaves ¼ in. diam. Leaves alternate, imbricate, appressed to the branch, ⅛–⅕ in. long; lower half broad, membranous, glabrous or more or less pubescent, sheathing at the base; upper half cut straight down into 5–7 linear-subulate erect lobes. Heads terminal, minute, ⅛ in. diam., on short woolly peduncles rarely exceeding the leaves; involucral bracts in 1 or 2 series, ovate-oblong, with scarious purple margins. Female florets few, in 1 series; corolla ovoid, compressed, narrowed at the mouth. Disc -florets numerous, funnel-shaped. Mature achenes not seen.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 326.

14. C. Featherstonii, ''F. Muell. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 733.—Stems 6–12 in. long or more, rather stout, prostrate or decumbent at the base, ascending above, much branched, leafy, clothed with short soft pubescence. Leaves alternate, ¾–2 in. long, obovate-spathulate or oblong-spathulate, gradually narrowed to a sessile base, crenately 3- or 5-toothed at the tip or entire, flat, fleshy, finely and softly pubescent on both surfaces. Peduncles