302 GOMPOSITH, [Celmisia. 
involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute, glandular and silky, 
margins often scarious. Rays numerous, narrow, $in. long. 
' Achene linear, silky.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 281. 
Var. villosa, Cheesem.—Leaves densely clothed on both surfaces with soft. 
spreading glandular hairs. 
Sourn Isnanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, Rev. F. H. Spencer! T. F. C.; 
mountains near Lake Guyon, H. H. Travers; Mount Rochfort, Townson! 
Westland—Mountains near Greymouth, Helms! Var. villosa: Mount Mur- 
chison, Buller Valley, Townson ! 3000-4500 ft. December—January. 
A very singular species, quite unlike any other. 
6. C. holosericea, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 36.—Leaves all 
radical, spreading, 6-12 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, lanceolate, oblong- 
lanceolate or spathulate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed 
to the base, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with thin 
appressed white tomentum beneath, midrib and principal veins 
distinct on both surfaces; margins flat, distantly acutely serrate ; 
petiole broadly sheathing, glabrous, smooth and shining, grooved. 
Scapes few, 1-2 ft. long, slender, glabrous; bracts usually several, 
1-14 in. long, linear, white beneath. Heads large, 2-3in. diam. or 
more; involucral bracts in several series, sometimes lin. long ; 
inner narrow-linear, glabrous, usually viscid ; outer broader, lanceo- 
late, tomentose on the back. MRay-florets very numerous, with long 
narrow ligules. Achene pilose.—fFl. Nov. Zel. i. 121, t. 31; 
Handab. N.Z. Fl. 180; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 282. Aster holosericeus, 
Forst. Prodr. n. 296; A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 248; A. Cunn. Prodr. 
n. 438. 
SoutH Istanp: Dusky Bay, Forster, Hector and Buchanan! Jackson’s 
Bay, Buchanan! Port Preservation, Lyall; Clinton Saddle and mountains 
west of Lake Te Anau, Petrie ! Sea-level to 4000 ft. December—January. 
7. C. Dallii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 355, t. 35.— 
Leaves numerous, all radical, spreading, 4—8 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 
narrow obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute or 
apiculate, narrowed to the base and then expanded into a broad 
grooved membranous sheathing petiole, coriaceous, glabrous above, 
clothed with appressed pale-buff tomentum beneath; margins flat, 
sharply minutely serrate. Scapes 1-6, 6-18 in. long, rather stout, 
glabrous; bracts usually numerous, large, 1—2 in. long, leafy, clothed 
with buff tomentum beneath, usually several are aggregated under 
the head, forming a spurious involucre. Heads large, 14-24in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts in several series, narrow-linear; inner 
cottony, outer slightly tomentose, viscid. Rays numerous, rather 
narrow. Achene pilose.— Kirk, Students’ Fl. 282. 
Soutu Istanp: Nelson—Mountains at the head of the Aorere River, Dall! 
Mount Arthur Plateau, Rev. #. H. Spencer! T. F. C.; Mount Rochfort, Spencer 
Townson ! 3000-5000 ft. December—January. 
A handsome plant, closely allied to C. holosericea, but distinguished by the 
smaller size, more coriaceous leaves with buff, not white, tomentum, and especi- 
ally by the large leafy bracts. 
