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96. O. angulata, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. (1881) 384. 
—A much-branched shrub 8-12 ft. high; branches short, spreading, 
grooved, almost hoary. Leaves alternate, 1}—23 in. long, 1 in. broad, 
oblong or broadly elliptic, rounded at the apex, truncate at the base, 
shortly petioled, coriaceous, clothed with appressed white tomentum 
beneath; margins undulate. Panicles spreading, exceeding the 
leaves. Heads tin. long; involucral scales laxly imbricating; the 
lower farinose; the upper linear, obtuse, ciliate or pubescent. 
Florets 3-5. Pappus-hairs unequal. Achenes strigose.—Students’ 
Fil, 2738. 
Nort Isnanp: Spirits Bay, North Cape district, Kirk ! April-May. 
This only differs from O. albida in the shorter and broader much more 
waved leaves, and, in my opinion, would have been best treated as a form of 
that plant. 
27. O. albida, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 128.—A small tree 
10-20 ft. high; branchlets grooved, more or less hoary with white 
tomentum. Leaves alternate, quite entire, 2-4in. long, oblong or 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, rounded or narrowed at the base, 
petiolate, coriaceous, farinose above when young, glabrous when 
old, clothed with soft white appressed tomentum beneath ; margins 
undulate or nearly flat. Panicles large, broad, with spreading 
branches ; pedicels short, tomentose or farinose. Heads numerous, 
qin. long, subcylindric; involucral scales imbricate, farinose or to- 
mentose; the outer short, obtuse; the inner linear-oblong, often 
ciliate. Florets 3-6; ray-florets 1-3. Pappus-hairs unequal, 
thickened at the tips. Achenes linear, grooved, pubescent.— Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 273. Hurybia albida, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 118. 
Norru Isuanp: North Cape to Taranaki and the East Cape, usually near 
the sea, but not common. April-May. 
28. O. avicennisefolia, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fi. 127. — A 
small branching tree 8-20 ft. high ; branchlets grooved and angular, 
more or less hoary with fine white tomentum. Leaves alternate, 
quite entire, 2-4in. long, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
subacute, narrowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous, glabrous 
above, clothed with thin closely appressed white or buff tomentum 
beneath ; veins finely reticulated, conspicuous on both surfaces ; 
margins flat. Corymbs large, much-branched, long-peduncled, 
usually exceeding the leaves. Heads very numerous, small, }—}in. 
long, narrow ; involucre cylindric; scales few, imbricate, glabrous 
or minutely pubescent. Florets 2 or 3, rarely 4; ray-florets 1 or 
rarely 2, sometimes wanting. Pappus-hairs in one series. Achenes 
silky.—Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 111; Students’ Fl. 274. Hurybia avi- 
cenniefolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 120. Shawia avicenniefolia, 
Fiaoul, Choix, 19. 
SoutH Isnanp, Stewart Istanp: Abundant throughout, ascending to 
3000 ft. Akeake. January-February. 
