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358 17. C. perpusilla, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 143.—Often forming broad patches, more or less silky in all its parts. Rhizome much branched, creeping, rigid and wiry, 2–9 in. long or more; branchlets short, erect, leafy. Leaves tufted, silky on both surfaces, ¼–1 in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate, deeply pinnatifid; segments close-set, sometunes slightly recurved, deeply serrate on the upper edge or entire. Peduncles short, stout, rigid, silky, ¼–¾ in. long. Heads unisexual; males ⅛–⅙ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 1 or 2 series, broadly oblong, silky, with broad purple scarious margins. Florets numerous, eglandular, funnel-shaped. Female heads larger, ⅕–¼ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3–4 series, larger and broader than in the males, incurved over the florets and often concealing them. Florets numerous; corolla ovoid, inflated at the base, contracted at the minutely toothed mouth. Achenes somewhat curved, rounded on the back or obscurely trigonous.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 327. Leptinella pusilla, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 129.

18. C. squalida, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 143.—Stems long, slender, creeping, branched, 4–12 in. long or more, silky or pilose; branchlets short, erect. Leaves 1–2 in. long, linear-obovate in outline, petiolate, flaccid and membranous, more or less pilose with long soft hairs, deeply pinnatifid; segments rather lax, recurved, deeply incised along the upper margin or more rarely along both margins. Peduncles 1–3 in. long, slender, naked, silky. Heads unisexual; males ⅙–⅕ in. diam.; involucral bracts few, in 2 series, broadly oblong-obovate, silky, with broad purplish scarious margins. Florets numerous, eglandular, funnel-shaped. Female heads larger, ¼–⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3–4 series, broad, rounded, silky, purplish, usually incurved over the florets and concealing them. Florets numerous; corolla ovoid, inflated at the base, much contracted at the m.outh, minutely 4-toothed. Achene curved, rounded at the back, almost trigonous.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 328. Leptinella squalida, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 129.

19. C. dioica, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 143.—Stems creeping, rather stout or slender, glabrous or slightly hairy, 3–12 in. long. Leaves tufted or solitary, membranous, often flaccid, petiolate,