lib' Transactions. 



South Island : Fairly common <>n Mount Charon, near Hanmer. Named 

 in honour of Mr. C. E. Christensen, who is adding so greatly to the know- 

 ledge of the botany of Hanmer and its vicinity. 



The plant here dealt with is almost certainly a hybrid between 

 G. spectabilis Hook. f. and C. Traversii Hook. f. It strongly resembles 

 G. mollis Cockayne, as may be seen by comparing the above description 

 with that of the latter in Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 31, pp. 423-24. But 

 0. mollis is undoubtedly a hybrid between C. spectabilis Hook. f. and 

 0. petiolata Hook, f., the latter a species closely allied to C. Traversii. 



x C. Ckristensenii is at once distinguished from G. spectabilis by the 

 softer slightly rust-coloured tomentum, the purple midrib and petiole, and 

 matted rather dirty-white hairs somewhat rusty-coloured at their bases, 

 which form a fringe round the margin of the leaf. 



X Celmisia Morrisonii Cockayne nov. typ. hybrid. (C. coriacea, Hook f. 

 X C. Traversii Hook f.) 



Folia vaginam includens 21 cm. longa, subflaccida ; lamina oblonga. 

 circ. 12 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, subcoriacea, supra pallide viridis sed pilo- 

 rum tenuissimorum pellicula tenue ex parte occulta, subtus tomentosa 

 pilis sericeis albis adpressis dilute flavido tinctis, inaequaliter sulcata, 

 margine remote dentata mucronibus brevissimis purpureis et indistincte 

 marginata pilis albis sericeis intextis, apice obtusa vel subacuta, nervo 

 medio basi 10 mm. lato carinato et purpureo sed tomento occulto ; petiolus 

 carnosus, 2 cm. longus, 1-4 cm. latus, tomentosus, in vaginam 4 cm. longam 

 2-5 cm. latam lanuginosam lana alba dilatatus. Scapus vix duplo folia 

 excedens, rigidus, crassus, purpureus, pilis albis sericeis adpressis vestitus ; 

 bractae numerosae, lineares vel lineari-spathulatae, ad 7-5 mm. longae, 

 ut foliis tomentosae. Capitulum 6 cm. diam. ; involucri bractae lineares, 

 ut scapo pilosae, apice scariosae brunneae ; ligulae albae, 3 cm. longae. 

 apice obtusae vel 3-dentatae. 



South Island : Mount Miromiro, near Hanmer. C. E. Christensen ! 

 Named in honour of Mr. W. G. Morrison, who is industriously collecting 

 the high-mountain plants in the neighbourhood of Hanmer. 



The more open tomentum, which is not parchment -like, and the 

 flexible leaves with purple midribs, at once separate X C. Morrisonii from 

 C. coriacea Hook, f., which it resembles in the silvery pellicle of the upper 

 leaf -surf ace and to a considerable degree in the scape and flower-head. 

 The relationship to C. Traversii Hook. f. is more obscure, but it is visible 

 in the purple midrib and petiole, the shape of the leaf and its texture, and 

 in the faint brown tinge of the tomentum. 



The purple colour in C. Traversii is evidently a distinct unit character. 

 Hybrids between C. coriacea and C. spectabilis are without a trace of 

 purple. 



Eegarding the hybrid forms of Celmisia on the Hanmer mountains, 

 Mr. Christensen sends me the following interesting particulars : " The 

 peculiar part about the hybrid forms of Celmisia at Hanmer is that 

 X C Christensenii only grows where C. Traversii and C. spectabilis grow 

 near one another ; while X C. Morrisonii only grows where C. coriacea and 

 C. Traversii are very plentiful — namely, on Mounts Charon and Miromiro. 

 I have not met with it on Mount Captain. There is one gully on Miro- 

 miro occupied almost exclusively by X C. Morrisonii. Further, C. Traversii 

 does not occur on Mount Perceval, so that the hybrids on that mountain 

 must all be between C. coriacea and C. spectabilis. " Specimens of this 



