COMPOSITAE 231 



OLEARIA — continued 



* O. semidentata. 12. May-June. Branchlets slender, white-felted. Ls. 



linear, lane, 3, toothed at outer end, dark green and wrinkled above, 

 white wool below. Fls. 2, purple, solitary. Chatham Islands. (Fig. 99 f.) 



* O. speciosa. 4. June. Ls. ov., lane., 4, dark glossy green and wrinkled 



above, brown-felted below, coarsely and unevenly toothed. Fls. i, 

 white, in loose branched clusters. New Zealand. (Fig. 99 G.) 



(c) Ls. alternate, entire 



* O. albida. 20. July. Branchlets grooved, brown-felted. Ls. ov., 4, blunt- 



ended, dark green above, white-felted below. Fls. \, white, one to three 

 ray florets. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 o.) 



* O. avicenniaefolia. 20. August-September. Branchlets ribbed, white-felted. 



Ls. ov., lane, 4, greyish green above, white- or yellow-felted below, 

 stalk grooved. Fls. |, white, two to three ray florets. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 120 L.) 



* O. floribunda. 6. June. E. A heath-like plant with minute Is. in alternate 



clusters. Fls. J, white, in leafy racemes, forming large panicles, three to 

 four ray florets. Australia. (Fig. 49 o.) 



* O. Forsteri. 20. October. Branchlets ribbed, dark brown, scurfy. Ls. ov,, 



3, rounded or heart-shaped base, margins wavy, glossy green above, 

 white-felted below, stalk grooved. Fls. j, dull white, in small axillary 

 panicles; each fl. consists of a solitary tubular floret. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 120 M.) 



* O. furfur acea. 20. Ls. ov., 4, very leathery, sometimes with a few teeth, 



glossy green above, silver-felted below. Fls. h, white, in axillary branched 

 clusters, two to five ray florets. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 Q.) 

 O, Haastii. 9. July-August. Branchlets downy. Ls. ov., i, rounded at end, 

 glossy green above, white- or tawny-felted below, very shortly stalked. 

 Fls. i, white, in branched clusters at end of twigs. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 120 R.) 



* O. lineata. 10. Stems slender, often drooping. Ls. linear, 2, mostly in 



alternate clusters, white-felted below, margins recurved. Fls. small, in 

 small axillary clusters, 8-14 ray florets. New Zealand. (Fig. 53 G.) 



* O. nummidarifolia. 10. July. Branchlets slightly downy. Ls. ov., \, thick 



and leathery, margins recurved, glossy green above, yellowish white felt 

 below, closely set on stem. Fls. |, white, solitary and erect from terminal 

 1. -axils. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 n.) 



* O. oleifolia. 9. July-August. Branchlets downy. Ls. lane, 3, blunt-ended, 



glossy green above, white-felted below, very shortly stalked. Fls. |, white, 

 in branched clusters at end of twigs. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 P.) 



* OzoTHAMNUS ANTENNARIA. 10. Junc-July. E. Branchlcts angled, sticky, 

 covered with grey or tawny scurf. Ls. alternate, oblanc, i, entire, dark green and 

 smooth above, scurfy below, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. \, dull white, in dense 

 terminal clusters. Tasmania. (Fig. 120 j.) 



* Pachystegia insignis (Olearia insignis). 6. July. E. Branches stout, 

 densely hairy. Ls. alternate, broadly ov., 7, entire, blunt-ended, leathery, dark 

 green above, white-felted below, stout-stalked. Fls. 3, white with yellow centre, 

 long-stalked, solitary or in 2-5-flowered clusters at end of branchlets, ray florets 

 very numerous. New Zealand. (Fig. 121 a.) 



