230 COMPOSITAE 



OLEARIA. New Zealand Daisy Bush. Evergreen shrubs with stiff leathery 

 Is., usually green above and white, grey, or silvery below. Fls. small, white or 

 purplish, in branched clusters. 



(b) Ls. alternate, toothed 



* O. argophylla. 30. May-June. Branchlets silver-felted. Ls. ov., lane, 6, 



shallowly and distantly toothed, silver-felted below. Fls. white, three to 

 six ray florets. Australia and Tasmania. (Fig. 99 a.) 



* O. chathamica. 6. May-June. Ls. lane, 5, evenly and bluntly toothed, 



white-felted below, prominent veins run lengthwise besides midrib. 

 Fls. li, purple. Chatham Islands. (Fig. 99 b.) 



* O. Colensoi. 10. July. Ls. ov,, lane, 6, very leathery, glossy green above, 



white wool below, stout-stalked, veins netted and prominent below. Fls. 

 I, brownish purple, in racemes up to 6 long. New Zealand. (Fig. 99 c.) 



* O. erubescens. 5. May-June. Branchlets brown, downy. Ls. ov., lane, 



very variable in size, h to 2, conspicuously toothed, glossy green above, 

 brown-felted below. Fls. i, white, in cylindrical panicles up to 18 long, 

 Australia. (Figs. 99 h-k.) 

 Variety ilicifolia. Ls. large, 



* O. Gunniana (O, stellulata). 10. May. Branchlets white-felted. Ls. lane, 



i\, rounded at end, coarsely round-toothed, white- or brown-felted 

 below. Fls. I, white, in erect open-branched clusters; ten to sixteen ray 

 florets. New Zealand. (Fig. 99 l.) 



* O. macrodonta. 20. June-July. Bark peeling; branchlets angled, downy. 



Ls, ov,, 5, leathery, coarsely toothed, dark glossy green above, silver-felted 

 below. Fls, \, white with reddish centre, ten or more ray florets. New 

 Zealand, (Fig. 99 d.) 



* O. myrsinoides. 5, May-June. Branchlets angled, silvery, Ls, ov., \, 



blunt-ended, silvery and scaly below, Fls, white, in cylindrical panicles 

 up to 12 long. New Zealand, 



* O, nitida. 12, May-June. Branchlets grooved, brown-felted. Ls. ov,, 3, 



distantly toothed, dark glossy green above, silver-felted below, margins 

 often wavy. Fls. \, white, fifteen to twenty ray florets. New Zealand, 

 (Fig, 99 E.) 



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(a) Ls. opposite or in opposite clusters 



O. odorata. 10. August. Branchlets slender, cylindrical, wiry. Ls, Hnear, 



I, blunt-ended, green above, silvery below. Fls, ^, greyish brown, « 



fragrant. New Zealand. (Fig. 53 f.) 1 



* O. Solandri. 10. May-June. Branchlets angled, yellowish, downy. Ls, 1 



linear, obov., I, yellow-felted below. Fls. \, solitary from centre of 1,- 

 cluster. New Zealand. (Fig. 49 l.) I 



* O. Traversii. 15. June, Branchlets 4-angled, silver- felted, Ls. ov., 2, * 



entire, apex ending in minute tip, bright dark green above, silver-felted 

 below. Fls. dull grey, without ray florets. New Zealand, (Fig, 70 d,) 



* O, virgata. 10, May-June. Branchlets slender, wiry, 4-angled, hairless. 



Ls. linear, oblane, f , white-felted below, stalkless. Fls. yellowish white, 

 in opposite clusters, three to six ray florets. New Zealand, (Fig. 53 E.) 



Variety lineata. Branches more pendulous. L. -clusters further apart; 



Is. narrower. Eight to fourteen ray florets (Bean). 



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