Olearia.| COMPOSITE. 279) 
**** Leaves alternate, small, }-1}in. long (longer in O. oleifolia), coria- 
ceous, quite entire. 
Leaves 4-3in., oboyate-oblong, clothed with soft white 
tomentum beneath. Florets 12-20 .. a -. 21. O. moschata. 
Leaves 4-1} in., oblong or oblong-oyate. Florets 8-10 .. 22. O. Haastii. 
Leaves 1-3 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Florets 4-8 23. O. oleifolia. 
Leaves 4—}in., ovate or orbicular-ovate, excessively thick 
and coriaceous. Heads unknown a 42 .. 24. O. coriacea. 
Leaves 4-3in., orbicular to oblong. Heads solitary. 
Florets 6-12 by ay she Bt: .- 25. O. nwmmulari- 
folia. 
C. Heads small, 4-4 in. long, narrow, cylindrical, panicled. FHlorets few, 1-5, 
rarely more. Leaves large, 14-4in., alternate. 
Leaves 13-24 in., elliptic, obtuse, undulate. Florets 3-5.. 26. O. angulata. 
Leaves 2-4in., oblong or ovate-oblong, white beneath, 
often undulate. Florets 3-6 i .. 27. O. albida, 
Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, ‘flat. Florets 2-3 28. O. avicennia- 
folia. 
Leaves 13-3 in., oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse, undulate. 
Florets never more than one wt we .. 29. O. Forsteri. 
D, Heads small, in. long, crowded in axillary sessile glomerules. Leaves small, 
alternate or wn alternate fascicles. 
Leaves #-14 in., elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate  .. .. 80. O. fragrantis- 
suma. 
EH. Heads small, 4-4 in. long, solitary or fascicled. Leaves opposite or in opposite. 
fascicles, small, 4-1} im. long. 
Leaves #-13 1n., obovate to linear-obovate, thin, membran- 
ous. Heads fascicled on slender pedicels. Florets 20-25 31. O. Hectori. 
Leaves 4-lin., linear-spathulate, coriaceous. Heads 
fascicled ; pedicels short. Involucre viscid and glandu- 
lar. Florets 20-35 . ve ae .. 32. O. odorata. 
Leaves 4-lin., linear - spathulate, coriaceous. Heads 
fascicled; pedicels slender. Involucre tomentose, not 
viscid. Florets 6-8 : .. 33. O. laxiflora. 
Leaves }-4in., linear- obovate, white beneath. Heads 
solitary or "fascicled, shortly pedicelled or sessile. 
Florets 5-12 5 . 34. O. virgata. 
Leaves 4-1 in. , linear | or linear- obovate, yellowish beneath. 
Heads solitary, terminating short lateral branchlets. 
Florets 8-20 ef A on ne .. 30. O. Solandri. 
Olearia rigida, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 194; Kirk, Students’ FI. 
271, is proved by the type specimen in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium to be Senecio 
Bidwillui, Hook. f. Ina similar manner O. xanthophylla, Col. l.c. 193, is shown 
to be Cassinia Vawvilliersii, Hook. f. 
1. O. insignis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zeil. 11. 331.— A low robust 
spreading shrub 1-6it. high, rarely more; branches stout, densely 
tomentose. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 3-7 in. 
long, 1-4in. broad, oblong or oblong-ovate or narrow-obovate, 
obtuse, equal or unequal at “the base, quite entire, excessively thick 
and coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, under-surface thickly 
