Celmisia. | COMPOSITH. 303 
8. C. hieracifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 124, t. 348.—Stems 
short. Leaves 1—din. long, 4-lin. broad, obovate-oblong to linear- 
oblong, obtuse or acute, narrowed to the base, coriaceous, obtusely 
ecrenate or serrate, glabrous or slightly pubescent above, viscid, 
clothed with appressed buff tomentum beneath; sheathing petiole 
strongly grooved, short, broad, glabrous. Scapes 2-10in. long, 
stout, viscid, usually densely glandular-pubescent; bracts 3-10, 
linear, pubescent. Heads #-14in. diam.; involucral bracts linear, 
acuminate, viscid and glandular-pubescent ; inner often cottony, 
outer recurved at the tips. Rays rather long, numerous. Achene 
silky, ribbed, longer than the pappus.-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 131; 
kark, Students’ Fl. 283. 
Var. oblonga, Kirk, 1.c.—Much smaller than the type. Leaves 1-24 in. 
long, }-4 in. broad, linear-oblong. Scapes 1-3in. high. Heads 4-#in. diam. 
SourH Isxtanp: Nelson—Dun Mountain Range, Bidwill, Monro, Sinclair, 
T. F.C. Var. oblonga: Mount Arthur and Mount Owen, T. F.C. ; Mount Stokes, 
Kirk ! MacMahon! 3500-4500 ft. December-January. 
Apparently rare and local. The buff tomentum separates it from all the 
allied species except C. Dallii, which differs in its much greater size and broad 
leafy bracts. 
9. C. prorepens, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 326. 
— Stems prostrate, much-branched, often forming large patches, 
densely clothed with the remains of the old leaf-sheaths. Leaves 
numerous, crowded, green oa both surfaces, 14-3 in. long, $-1 in. 
broad, linear-oblong to linear-obovate, acute or subacute, hardly 
coriaceous, longitudinally furrowed and wrinkled, viscid, glabrous 
on both surfaces or slightly cottony beneath, coarsely serrate, mar- 
gins slightly recurved; sheathing petiole short, narrower than the 
blade, viscid. Scapes few, 3-Sin. long, slender, viscid, glabrous 
or nearly so; bracts several, linear or lanceolate. Heads 1-2 in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, viscid; inner slightly 
cottony, with scarious margins; outer shorter and broader, puberu- 
lous. Rays long, spreading. Achene silky.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 
283. 
SoutH IsnanD: Otago—Upper Waipori, Rock and Pillar Range, Old Man 
Range, Petrie ! 2000-4500 ft. December—January. 
A well-marked plant, at once recognised by the deeply wrinkled almost 
glabrous leaves, green on both surfaces. 
10. C. densiflora, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil. 130. — Leaves 
3-7 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, narrow linear-oblong, obtuse or sub- 
acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with soft white 
tomentum beneath except the prominent midrib; margins flat, 
crenate-dentate ; sheathing petiole 1}-34in. long, membranous, 
glabrous or the margins slightly cottony. Scapes usually several, 
6-18 in. long, stout or slender, glabrous, viscid; bracts few or 
