304 COMPOSITE. [| Celmisia. 
many, linear, 1-2in. long. Heads 1-2in. diam.; involucral 
bracts very numerous, in many series, linear-subulate, glabrous or 
pubescent, viscid; tips recurved. Rays long and narrow, twisted 
when withering. Achene narrow-linear, equalling the pappus, 
silky, strongly ribbed.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 282. 
Soutu Isnanp: Canterbury — Mountains at the head of Lake Ohau, 
Haast! Otago— Lake district, Hector and Buchanan! Kurow and Mount 
Ida Ranges, Mount St. Bathans, Mihiwaka, Petrie ! 800-3000 ft. De- 
cember—February. 
Best recognised by the obtuse linear-oblong crenate-dentate leaves and 
numerous involucral bracts and florets. It has been recorded from the Tararua 
Range, in the North Island, but I have seen no specimens from thence. 
11. ©. discolor, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 123.—Stems branched 
below ; branches short or long, prostrate or suberect, usually densely 
clothed with the old persistent leaves. Leaves crowded, imbri- 
cating, very variable in size and shape, 1-24 in. long, +4 in. wide, 
oblong-spathulate to linear, obtuse or acute, entire or serrulate, 
very coriaceous to almost membranous, viscid, glabrous or hoary 
above, clothed with appressed white tomentum beneath, broad or 
narrow at the base, sometimes almost petiolate; sheaths 4-4 as 
long as the blade, glabrous. Scapes 1 or several, 2-8in. long, very 
slender, viscid and glandular-pubescent; bracts usually several, 
linear-subulate. Heads 3-14in. diam.; involucral bracts linear- 
subulate, viscid, usually glandular-pubescent, outer with recurved 
tips. Rays narrow, spreading. Achene silky.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
131; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 283. Hrigeron nove-zealandiw, Buch. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 287, t. 15. 
Sour Is~tanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. Altitudinal 
range 2500 ft. to 5000 ft. December—February. 
One of the most variable species of the genus. Large much-branched states. 
approach C. Walkeri; short and broad-leaved forms come very near to C. incana; 
and states with large membranous leaves appear to pass directly into C. Sin- 
clairi. 
12. C. incana, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 123, t. 344.—Rhizome 
prostrate; branches short, stout, densely clothed with the old per- 
sistent leaves. Leaves numerous, crowded, 1-24in. long, 4-2in. 
broad, oblong-spathulate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, 
coriaceous, entire or minutely serrulate, plaited or furrowed above, 
both surfaces or the lower alone thickly coated with lax snow-white 
soft tomentum; sheaths 4 as long as the blade, thin and mem- 
branous, grooved, glabrous or slightly cottony. Scapes 1-3, stout, 
3-9in. high, tomentose; bracts many, linear. Heads 3-14in. 
diam.; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
glandular-pubescent and viscid; the outer often recurved. Rays 
numerous, spreading. Achene linear, silky, about equalling the 
pappus.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 131; Kirk, Students’ Fi. 284. C. ro- 
busta, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 215, t. 18. 
