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Abrotanella.]

1. A. spathulata, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 139.—Stems short, loosely tufted, 1–3 in. long, branched, creeping at the base, erect above. Leaves crowded, spreading, ½–1 in. long, $1⁄7$–$1⁄10$ in. broad, narrow linear-spathulate, acute or obtuse, narrowed to the base, 3–7-nerved, flat, coriaceous. Heads about ⅛ in. long, in a small terminal corymb either raised on a short leafy peduncle or almost hidden amongst the upper leaves; involucral bracts 8–12, oblong, with 3 translucent nerves. Florets 8–12; disc-florets with a 4-angled corolla with 4 short erect teeth; corolla of the females tubular with a globose base and 4 short spreading teeth. Achenes of the female florets obovoid, compressed, with 3 cellular ribs; of the disc-florets tetragonous.—Kirk, Students Fl. 330. Trineuron spathulatum, ''Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.'' i. 24, t. 17.

2. A. rosulata, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 139.—A small much-branched densely tufted little plant ½–1½ in. high. Leaves closely imbricate, spreading or recurved, the upper rosulate, ¼–⅓ in. long, narrow ovate or lanceolate, acute, rigid and coriaceous, concave above, nerved beneath. Heads $1⁄6$ in. long, in terminal clusters of 3–6 amongst the upper leaves; involucral bracts 8–10, linear-oblong, coriaceous, nerved. Florets 8–10; disc-florets with a 4-angled corolla with 4 short erect teeth; corolla of the female florets tubular with 4 spreading teeth. Achene oblong-obovoid, 4-angled, the angles produced upwards into short horns.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 331. Ceratella rosulata, ''Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.'' i. 25, t. 18.

3. A. linearis, ''Bergg. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund.'' viii. (1877) 14, t. 3, f. 28-38.—Rhizome creeping, branched. Stems slender, tufted, leafy at the base, 1–4 in. high. Leaves radical,