286 COMPOSITZ. [Olearia. 
14. O. macrodonta, Baker in Gard. Chron. (1884) i. 604.—A 
shrub or small tree 5-20 ft. high, with a strong musky fragrance ; 
branchlets clothed with closely appressed tomentum. Leaves. 
alternate, 2-4in. long, 1-14 in. broad, ovate or ovate-oblong to 
narrow-oblong, acute or acuminate, rounded or rarely truncate at 
the base, rigid and coriaceous, silky above when young but 
becoming glabrous when mature, beneath clothed with closely 
appressed white tomentum; margins waved, coarsely and sharply 
toothed; veins at an obtuse angle to the midrib. Corymbs large, 
rounded, much-branched. Heads numerous, 4-tin. long, cam- 
panulate ; scales of the involucre few, pubescent or villous. Florets 
8-12; ray-florets 3-5, ligules short and narrow; disc-florets 4-7. 
Pappus-hairs unequal, dirty-white or reddish. Achenes short, 
grooved, pubescent.—Bot. Mag. t. 7065; Kirk, Students’ Fil. 268. 
O. dentata, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 126 (not of Mench.). Hurybia 
dentata var. oblongifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 118. 
NortH anp Souru Istanps: In mountain districts from the Hast Cape 
and Taupo southwards. 1500-4000 ft. January—February. 
A distinct species, at once recognised by the large coarsely toothed leaves. 
15. O. ilicifolia, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 126.— Size and 
habit of O. macrodonta, and with the same musky fragrance. 
Branchlets stout, sometimes almost glabrous. Leaves alternate, 
2-4in. long, linear or linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate, truncate or more rarely rounded at the base, rigid and 
coriaceous, usually clothed with thin yellowish-white tomentum 
beneath ; margins much and deeply waved, sharply serrate-dentate, 
teeth hard and spinous; veins spreading at right angles. Inflores- 
cence and heads much as in O. macrodonta.—Kirk, Students’ F'l. 
269. HKurybia dentata var. linearifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 118. 
O. multibracteolata, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 242. 
Var. mollis, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 269.—Young branchlets, inflorescence, and 
leaves beneath densely clothed with laxly appressed white or yellowish-white: 
tomentum. Leaves rounded at the base, with much smaller, softer, and less. 
spinous teeth ; veins more prominent beneath. 
NortH AnD SoutH Isutanps, SteEwaRrT IstanpD: In mountain districts from 
the Easis Cape and Taupo southwards. Sea-level to 4000 ft. January— 
February. Var. mollis: Nelson, Dal]! Teremakau Valley, Westland, Petrie! 
Cockayne ! 
In its ordinary state this has a very different appearance to O. macrodonta, 
but intermediates are not uncommon. 
16. O. Cunninghamii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 126.—A shrub 
or small tree 8-25 ft. high; branches, inflorescence, petioles, and 
leaves beneath clothed with soft white or buff tomentum. Leaves 
alternate, 2-6in. long, very variable in shape, broadly ovate or 
elliptical to oblong or linear-oblong, acute or rarely obtuse, rounded 
or narrowed at the base; margins irregularly coarsely toothed ; 
