oblong with rounded points. The scape too is sometimes 
three times as long as the leaves. In other respects the 
species is a very constant one; it ranges throughout the 
mountain regions of both the principal islands; in the 
northern it inhabits Tongariro (where it was discovered by 
Bidwill in 1889) and the Ruahine Mountains (Colenso), 
whilst in the middle island it occurs throughout the southern 
Alps at elevations of 2000 to 5000 feet. 
I am indebted to Mr. Veitch for the opportunity of 
figuring this very beautiful and interesting plant, which 
flowered in his nursery in May of this year. 
Dusor. Rootstock woody, short or long, often as thick as 
the thumb, obliquely descending. Leaves numerous, strict, 
erect, usually five to seven inches long by one-half to one 
inch broad, thickly coriaceous, ensiform, elliptic-lanceolate 
or linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, quite entire or obscurely 
serrulate, dark green above with parallel impressed nerves 
and a few silky hairs, beneath densely clothed with matted 
buff- or straw-coloured wool; base narrowed, then dilated 
into a broad sheathing laxly silky-woolly tumid sheath, 
two to four inches long. Scapes several, stout, stiff, erect, 
longer than the leaves, clothed with silky white wool; 
bracts numerous, linear, erect. Head two inches indiameter ; 
Involucre obconic, scales very narrow, woolly. Ray-/lowers 
very numerous, revolute, white or pale lilac. Disk-flowers 
yellow. Achenes narrowly ellipsoid, compressed, smooth 
and glabrous ; pappus hairs very unequal.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Ray-flower; 2, base of ligule, thickened lip of tube, and style arms; 
3, disk- flower; 4, anther; 5, style-arms :—all enlarged. : ‘i 
