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the obscure rectangular venation are characters that ft give it a quite distinct 

 position. In very exposed situations the flowering-stems are greatly 

 reduced and almost sunk among the leaves. So far as I am aware, it has 

 not been collected on Mount Anglem. 



-L Celmisia glabrescens sp. now 



Species C. glandulosae Hk. f. aflinis ; differt foliis longioribus angusti- 

 oribus integris infra tenuiter tomentosis, scapis elongatis glabris, capitulis 

 majoribus ac radiis multo longioribus instructis. 



Stems loosely tufted, slender, giving off lateral leafy stolons that fre- 

 quently root at the base of the leafy tips. 



Leaves numerous, erect or ascending, 5-9 cm. long, 1^-2 cm. broad, 

 lanceolate-spathulate, acute, apiculate, shortly subulate-dentate at the 

 edges, glabrous and green above, below clothed with thin appressed greyish- 

 green tomentum, the midrib glabrous and prominent, graduallv narrowed 

 into an almost linear petiole J as long as the blade and expanding below 

 into a broad strongly-veined sheath, venation obscurely reticulate. 



Scapes as many as 4 on each branch, erect, or ascending at the base, 

 15-25 cm. high, striate, glabrous, slightly viscid above ; bracts few, distant, 

 linear, acute, with prominent midribs. 



Heads + 2-5 cm. across, involucral bracts in 2-3 series, linear-subulate, 

 viscid, the outer reflexed, the inner paler and ciliate, hairy at the tips ; rays 

 numerous, narrow, spreading. 



Achene silky. 



Hob. — Meadow near Freshwater River, Stewart Island, 100 ft. ; D. L. 

 Poppelwell ! I am indebted to Mr. Poppelwell for specimens of this species. 



5. Celmisia Poppelwellii sp. nov. 



Species C. Haastii Hk. f. aflinis ; differt foliis numerosis multo minori- 

 bus angustioribus integerrimis dense imbricatis, capitulis minoribus, scapis 

 gracilioribus, foliorum parte petiolari quam lamina ^ angustiora. 



Stems moderately stout, + 10 cm. high, giving off several horizontal 

 or ascending branches. 



Leaves closely imbricating, ± 2 cm. long, 5 mm. broad, linear-sub- 

 spathulate, rather coriaceous, acute or subacute, recurved at the edges, 

 not toothed, suddenly expanded below the petiolar part into a broad glab- 

 rous strongly-nerved sheath with thin brown edges, above more or less 

 plaited and covered with a rather loose pellicle of silvery-grey tomentum, 

 clothed below with loose grey tomentum ; midrib prominent below, more 

 or less glabrous. 



Scapes 1 to 3 from each branch, 8-12 cm. long, slender, more or less 

 tomentose, bracts numerous, linear, sparingly or densely tomentose. 



Heads 2-2'5 cm. across, involucral bracts in 2 or 3 series, linear-subulate, 

 somewhat viscid ; rays numerous. 



Achenes glabrous. 



Rah. — Subalpine meadow, on the Eyre Mountains, Central Otago ; 

 D. L. Poppelwell ! I have seen only three or four specimens of this plant. 

 Mr. J. Crosby Smith sends from Mount Cleughearn, Fiord County, what 

 seems to be a smaller and narrower-leaved form ; his specimens are not 

 in flower. 



