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that variable plant : it further differs in the short broad 

 petiole, which rarely exceeds ^in., and is nearly fiat, brown 

 above, but silky below, the leaves being much broader at their 

 base ; and in the crowded scapigerous bracts, which are clothed 

 with very long silky tomentum. 



C. hieracifolia, Hook, f., var. oblonga. 



Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, l£in.-2|-in. long, lin.—^in. 

 broad, clothed beneath with compact yellow tomentum, 

 margins entire or crenate. Scapes 2in.-3in. high, slender, 

 bracts acute, spreading, clothed with fulvous tomentum. 

 Heads much smaller than in the type. 



Hab. South Island : Mount Stokes. P. A. Macmahon ! 



A smaller and less robust plant than the typical form, with 

 much narrower leaves, and sometimes densely tufted. In the 

 type the leaves are often broadly-ovate. "G. hieracifolia is a 

 remarkably local species, which until the discovery of this 

 form on Mount Stokes was supposed to be restricted to one or 

 two localities in the Provincial District of Nelson ; so that the 

 extension of its range is of considerable interest. 



C. parva, n.s. 



A small densely-tufted species. Leaves, including the peti- 

 ole, lin.-l^in. long; petiole broad, membranous, tomentose ; 

 blade linear-lanceolate, acute, scarcely denticulate, rigid but 

 scarcely coriaceous, white, with appressed tomentum below ; 

 margins sometimes revolute ; midrib obvious beneath. Scape 

 l|in.-3in. high, extremely slender, naked, or with 2-4 

 narrow-linear bracts, with dilated bases. Head small, m- 

 volucral bracts numerous, narrow-linear, acute, outermost 

 chaffy, sparingly pilose, with distinct midrib : rays narrow : 

 achenes hispid. 



Hab. South Island : Heaphy Eiver. J. Ball ! 



A curious little plant, scarcely larger than the common 

 daisy, and nearly related to C. spectabiUs. Hook. f. 



C. longifolia, Cass,Jvar. alpina. 



Much branched from the rootstock, branches very short. 

 Leaves lin.-l^in. long, J^in.-Jgin. wide ; petioles with a few 

 scattered hairs, blade narrow-linear, margins clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath slightly recurved, midrib promi- 

 nent beneath. Scapes 2in.-2-|in. high, strict, with several 

 almost filiform bracts. Head less than fin. across. In- 

 volucral bracts linear-acuminate. Achenes glabrous. 



Hab. South Island : In mountain-swamps, Mount Arthur, 

 W. H. Bryant ! Amuri, T.K. Canterbury, Arthur's Pass, 

 &c, T. K. 



