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376 flexuose, grooved. Leaves very variable, 1–4 in. long, ½–1½ in. broad, broadly oblong or obovate to lanceolate, obtuse or acute, sessile with broad amplexicaul bases or petiolate with auricles at the base of the petioles, coriaceous; margins sinuate-dentate or serrate or deeply irregularly lobulate or pinnatifid, hoary or cobwebby on both surfaces or on the lower surface only. Corymbs terminal, usually lax. Heads few or many, ⅓–½ in. diam., campanulate; involucral bracts linear-oblong, acute or acuminate. Eays short, revolute. Achenes slender, grooved, silky or hispid.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 160; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 342.

12. S. Hectori, ''Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' v. (1873) 348; vi. t. 23.—An erect branching shrub 6–12 ft. high; branches stout, spreading, tomentose. Leaves crowded near the tips of the branches, 6–12 in. long, 2–4 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate or narrow oblong-ovate, acute, narrowed to the base, membranous, scaberulous above, thinly clothed with white cottony tomentum beneath, acutely toothed, pinnatifid or pinnate for a short distance at the very base; petiole very short. Corymbs large, lax, terminal, much branched, often 1ft. or more across; peduncles and pedicels clothed with short stiff glandular pubescence. Heads large, 1–2 in. diam., broadly campanulate; involucral bracts in 2 series, outer lanceolate, inner broader and oblong-lanceolate, acute; margins broad, membranous. Ray-florets 8–12; ligules broad, spreading, white. Disc-florets numerous. Achenes linear, grooved, glabrous. Pappus-hairs rigid, scabrid.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 344.

13. S. Kirkii, Hook. f. ex T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 344.—An erect perfectly smooth and glabrous branching shrub 6–12 ft. high; branches stout, brittle. Leaves very variable in size and shape, 2–5 in. long, ⅓–2 in. broad, lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate to oblong-ovate or rhomboid-ovate, acute or obtuse, entire or sinuate-dentate, rather fleshy, narrowed into a short slender petiole or cuneate at the base. Corymbs large, often much branched, 4–12 in. diam. or more; branches spreading; lower bracts foliaceous. Heads numerous, large, campanulate, 1½–2 in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2 series, linear-oblong, acute, margins membranous. Ray-florets few; ligules