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luvolucral scales iu two series, cottony on the back and 

 <idges, the inner longer and more membranous ; florets 5 to 8, 

 yellow, the outer series shortly ligulate ; corolla sub-tomentose 

 at the top. 



Achene hispidly silky. 



Hab. Otepopo ; Dunedin (Yauxliall and Saddle Hill) ; 

 Taiaroa Head ; Catlin's Eiver. 



This species has been hitherto confounded with Olearia 

 Jtcciori, Hook, til., under which name it was noticed by me in 

 the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute " (vol. xvi., 

 p. 393). Until last spring the flowers of Olearia hectori were 

 unknown to me, and, so Jar as I am aware, to all other 

 botanists. They are now found to be very like those of Olearia 

 rirgata, Hook, til., and to differ very widely from the raceme- 

 like inflorescence of the present species. The alternate 

 arrangement of the leaves should long since have suggested 

 its specific distinctness, but this point of difference was some- 

 how overlooked. The present species of Olearia is perhaps 

 the most attractive of all the native shrubs of New Zealand, 

 and its strong and delicious perfume is sure to make it a 

 favourite plant for gardens and shrubberies. The flower 

 clusters, though of a pleasing yellow tint, are rather small, 

 but their great fragrance makes ample amends for their want 

 of show. Like the other species of the genus, it is readily 

 propagated by cuttings placed in a warm shady border. 

 Some of the localities assigned to it in my notice above 

 referred to apply to the true Olearia hectori, Hook, til., and 

 not to the present species. Tlie time of flowering is Novem- 

 ber and the earlier part of December. 



2. Olearia odorata, sp. nov. 



An erect, much-branched, twiggy shrub, 6ft. to 10ft. 

 high ; branchlets strongly divaricating, terete, with numerous 

 shallow grooves. 



Leaves fascicled or in opposite pairs, on short usually 

 opposite aborted lateral branchlets, -J^in. to|-in. long, sub-sessile, 

 narrow-obovate or almost linear-spathulate, rounded at the 

 apex, coriaceous, green and almost glabrous above, densely 

 clothed below with nearly white cottony tomentum. 



Heads in small clusters of 5 or fewer, on the aborted 

 lateral branchlets ; pedicels short, rather stout, tomentose ; 

 iuvolucral scales usually in 3 series, the outer series shorter 

 than those within, the innermost half the length of the heads, 

 viscid, puberulous, dark-brown ; florets numerous (30 or 

 more), tlie outer series shortly ligulate, the ligule more or less 

 streaked with purple, the top of the corolla in the disc-florets 

 viscid and puberulous. Achenes silky. 



Hab. Maniototo Plain (at Sowburn and elsewhere) ; Upper 



