Flora of New Zealand Series

Type: W, L. Cockayne 2740, from F. A. D. Cox 23 Nov. 1914. This is a single lfy barren branchlet c. 10 cm. long.

Cockayne has: "Herba perennis, erecta, circ. 1·2 m. alta. Caules stricti, sublignosi, viridi, cicatricibus foliorum annulati. Folia obovato-spathulata, ± 4 cm. longa et ± 14 mm. lata, glabra, membranacea, 5-nervosa, basi aliquanto dilatata, apice 3-5-crenata. Capitula 11 mm. diam., flavida; pedunculi 11 mm. longi, vix pilosi pilis brevissimis albis; involucri bracteae, 2-seriatae, circ. 12, oblongae, 4 mm. longae, glabrae, apicibus scariosis. Radii flores multiseriati; corolla ovoidea, basi dilatata obscure dentata; disci flores numerosi, 4-dentati.

"Hab.―Chatham Islands: Growing on the cliffs of the small islets known as the Forty Fours. Named after Mr. Renwick, of Ouwenga, Chatham Islands."