284 COMPOSIT#. [Olearia. 
very short. Pappus l-seriate. Achenes striate, silky.—Kirk, 
Forest Fl. t. 834; Students’ Fl. 267. Hurybia Traversii, #. Muell. 
Veg. Chath. Is. 19, t. 2. 
‘ CuatHAmM IsnANDs: Abundant in woods. Akeake. October-Novem- 
er. 
A well-marked plant, easily recognised by the opposite leaves, axillary 
panicles, and discoid heads. 
11. O. furfuracea, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 125.—A much- 
branched shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high ; branches stout, spread- 
ing; younger ones terete or grooved, velvety-pubescent. Leaves 
alternate, 2-4 in. long, 13-24 in. broad, variable in shape, oblong or 
elliptic -oblong to ovate-oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or rarely 
acute, rounded and often unequal at the base, coriaceous, glabrous 
above, beneath clothed with densely appressed smooth and silvery 
tomentum ; margins flat or undulate, entire or remotely sinuate- 
toothed; veins reticulated on both surfaces or obscure beneath ; 
petiole stout, 4-lin. long. Corymbs large, much-branched, on long 
slender peduncles. Heads very numerous, in. long, narrow- 
turbinate ; scales of the involucre in several series, imbricate, 
oblong, villous or fimbriate. Florets 5-12; ray-florets 2-5, with 
a short broad ray; disc-florets 8-7. Pappus-hairs often thickened 
and fimbriate at the tips, outer hairs short. Achenes small, faintly 
striate, pubescent.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 267. Hurybia furfuracea, 
D.C. Prodr. v. 267; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 117. Haxtonia fur- 
furacea, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 440. Shawia furfuracea, Raoul, 
Choiz, 45. Aster furfuraceus, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 246. 
Nortx Isuanp: Abundant from the North Cape to Hawke’s Bay and Tara- 
naki. Wharangipiro ; Akepiro. November—February. 
A very common plant to the north of the Hast Cape, varying greatly in the 
size, shape, and texture of the leaves, the size of the flower-heads, and the num- 
ber of florets. Two forms may perhaps be distinguished, one with broad heads 
containing 8-12 florets, the other with much narrower heads and 4 to 8 florets. 
To this state Mr. Kirk gives the varietal name of angustata. 
12. O. Allomii, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. (1871) 179.— 
A dwarf sparingly branched shrub 1-3 ft. high; branches stout, and 
with the inflorescence and leaves beneath clothed with smooth and 
shining silvery tomentum. Leaves alternate, rather close-set, 1-2 in. 
long, #-14 in. wide. oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, truncate 
or rounded and often unequal at the base, shortly petiolate, exces- 
sively thick and coriaceous; veins reticulated above, midrib pro- 
minent below. Corymbs longer than the leaves, branched. Heads 
large, in. diam., or even more when fully expanded; involucre 
broadly turbinate; scales laxly imbricate, tomentose, obtuse. 
Florets 15-20; rays about 8. Pappus-hairs unequal. Achenes 
grooved, hispid.—-Students’ Fl. 271. 
Nort Iszanp: Great Barrier Island, not uncommon, ascending to 2500 ft., 
Kirk ! Noyember—December. 
