Olearia.| COMPOSITE. 289 
21. O. moschata, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 127.—A much- 
branched shrub 4-12ft. high, with a strong musky fragrance; 
branches stout, spreading; branchlets, inflorescence, and leaves 
beneath clothed with soft white densely appressed tomentum. 
Leaves alternate, close-set, 4-3in. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 
narrowed into a very short petiole, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous 
or slightly pubescent above, veins altogether concealed below ; 
margins flat. Corymbs small, lax or compact, on long axillary 
peduncles much exceeding the leaves; pedicels slender, tomentose. 
Heads few, tin. long, campanulate or broadly turbinate; scales of 
the involucre in few series; the outer short, ovate, obtuse, tomen- 
tose; the inner linear-oblong, obtuse, pubescent or nearly glabrous. 
Florets 12-20; ray-florets 6-12, rather long. Achenes ribbed, silky. 
—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 271. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass, Kirk! Upper Rakaia, 
Haast! Rangitata Valley, Potts; Mount Cook district, abundant, Haast, 
7. H.C.; Lake Ohau, Buchanan! Otago—Lake district, Hector and Buchanan ! 
Humboldt Mountains, Mount Tyndall, Clinton Saddle, Petrie ! 2000-4500 ft. 
January-February. 
A distinct species, easily separated from its immediate allies by the small 
obovate leaves, soft white tomentum, and broad many-flowered heads. 
22. O. Haastii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 126.—A much- 
branched shrub 4-8ft. high; branches stout, hoary with white 
pubescence. Leaves alternate, crowded, 4-14in. long, oblong or 
oblong-ovate to elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both ends, shortly petioled, 
very coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, clothed with white 
appressed tomentum beneath ; lateral veins obscure, spreading, but 
hardly at right angles. Corymbs numerous, lax or compact, on 
long naked peduncles much exceeding the leaves. Heads nu- 
merous, +tin. long; involucre cylindric; scales imbricated, pale 
straw-colour; outer smaller, broadly ovate, slightly pubescent ; 
inner much larger, linear-oblong, obtuse, nearly glabrous. Florets 
8-10; ray-florets 3-5, short, broad. Achenes narrow, grooved, 
pubescent.—-Bot. Mag. t. 6592; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 272. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Kowai River, Petrie! T. F. C.; Upper 
Rakaia, Haast; Rangitata Valley, Potts! Ohau Glacier, Haast. 1500- 
4500 ft. December—January. 
23. O. oleifolia, 7’. Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi. (1879) 463.— 
A much-branched shrub 5-8 ft. high; branches crowded, erect or 
ascending; branchlets grooved, hoary with fine appressed pubes- 
cence. Leaves alternate, 14-3 in. long, +-4in. wide, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, erect, acute or subacute, shortly petioled, very 
coriaceous, glabrous and finely reticulated above, clothed with 
white appressed tomentum beneath; veins obscure. Corymbs 
broad, rather lax, on slender naked peduncles much exceeding 
the leaves. Heads numerous, +4in. long; involucre cylindric ; 
scales imbricate; the outer smaller, slightly tomentose; the inner 
10—F 1. 
