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Senecio.

10. S. Banksii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 146.—An erect stout or slender perfectly glabrous branched herb 2–4 ft. high or more; stems flexuose, grooved. Leaves 2–5 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, broadly oblong or ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, acute or subacute, sessile with broad auricled amplexicaul bases, coriaceous or almost membranous, shining, often glaucous, coarsely and irregularly sinuate-serrate or dentate; veins reticulated, often prominent beneath; uppermost leaves smaller and narrower, lanceolate or linear. Corymbs broad, lax. Heads numerous, campanulate, ¼–⅓ in. broad; involucral bracts linear-oblong, acuminate, pubescent at the tips. Ray-florets 10–12; ligules short, revolute. Achenes linear, grooved, pubescent.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 734; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 342. S. odoratus, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 160 (not of Hornemann)''. S. pumiceus, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 89; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 343.

11. S. Colensoi, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 147.—An erect much or sparingly branched herb 10–20 in. high, more or less clothed with white cobwebby tomentum. Stems woody at the base,