Cockayne. — On New Species of Flanta. 423 



fleshy at junction with lamina, gradually widening out into 

 a broad white transparent sheathing base, covered with 

 loose cobwebby hairs, numerous on under-surface, and es- 

 pecially on margin of sheath, fewer on upper surface and con- 

 stricted portion. Scapes half a^ long again as the leaves, 

 somewhat flattened, with sharp edges and slightly twisted, 

 quite flat in herbarium specimens, tomentose with hairs as 

 on leaf-sheaths, bracteate ; bracts numerous, amplexicaul, 

 fleshy, leafy, subulate or linear, 5 cm. to 6 cm. in length, 

 few towards base but very numerous and imbricating towards 

 summit of scape where the uppermost surround the flower- 

 head, green above, purple beneath, especially on prominent 

 rounded or sharp midrib, with margins of sheath very 

 cobwebby ; involucral scales numerous, densely imbricating, 

 about as long as the disc-florets, linear, cobwebby, brown, 

 inner series greener. Head 4-5 cm. in diameter; disc-florets 

 densely crowded, numerous, divisions of corolla thickened 

 round margin ; rays linear-spathulate, 17 mm. long x 2 mm, 

 broad, marked with parallel ridges and furrows, faintly 

 serrate, tip yellowish-green, often swollen or bifid ; pappus 

 6 mm. to 7 mm. long. Achenes ripe, not seen, almost 

 glabrous. 



Hah. Wet ground, near margins of swamps, in company 

 with G. petiolata, Arthur's Pass ; altitude, 900 m. ; L. C. 

 (1898). Blooms in early January or late in December. 



This species has very possibly hitherto been confused with 

 C. monroi, Hook, f., an imperfectly understood species, and 

 possibly a mixture of C. armstrongii, G. linearis, C. coriacea 

 (with narrow leaves), G. Longifolia, and the above. At once 

 distinguished from G. coriacea by its narrower and eompara- 

 tively flaccid leaves and its much smaller flower. It seems 

 most nearly related to G. brownii, of the Southern Lakes 

 district, but is altogether a smaller plant, and very distinct 

 in appearance. From G. spectabilis its tomentum at once 

 separates it. 



Celmisia mollis, sp. no v. 



Leaves lanceolate, tapering into petiole or rarely subcor- 

 date at base, from 11cm. to 23 cm. long x 2-5 cm. to 2 cm. 

 broad, not coriaceous ; lamina, upper surface shining, wrinkled 

 into unequal longitudinal furrows, sparsely hairy with scat- 

 tered weak white hairs ; under-surface covered with flannelly 

 pale-yellow tomentum, densely matted below but free and 

 shaggy towards tips of hairs, very soft to the touch, especially 

 when dry ; margins entire, slightly recurved, covered with 

 brown-coloured tomentum ; nerves evident, about six pairs ; 

 midrib raised, for short distance broad, purple, more hairy 

 than the green surface, into which it gradually merges; petiole 



