310 COMPOSITH. [Celmisia. 
Of this I have only seen a single leaf from Mr. Chapman’s type, and a 
specimen of what appears to be the same collected by Mr. Petrie in the 
Clinton Valley. Further material is required to prepare a_ satisfactory 
description. It appears to differ from C. verbascifolia in the smaller size, 
thinner and more appressed tomentum, and much less woolly scapes, bracts, 
and involucres. A plant gathered by Mr. Cockayne on the Humboldt Moun- 
tains seems to be intermediate between the two species. ; 
24. C. Mackaui, Raoul, Choiz Pl. Nouv. Zel. 19, t. 14.— 
Leaves 6—-20in. long, 2-4in. broad, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
gradually narrowed to the base, quite entire, membranous, glabrous 
on both surfaces when mature or slightly cottony at the base, 
often rather glaucous beneath ; petiole broad, grooved, sheathing at 
the base, usually cottony on the inner surface. Scapes 12-24in. 
high, stout, glabrous or sparingly cottony; bracts numerous, 
lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at the base. Heads about 2 in. 
diam.; involucral bracts numerous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
membranous, glabrous. Rays long and narrow. Disc-florets very 
numerous ; corolla thickened at the base. Achene linear, glabrous, 
strongly ribbed.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 122; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
133; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 287. C. coriacea, Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat. 
1844, 119 (non Hook. f.). 
SourH Isztanp: Marlborough—-Mount Fyffe, H. B. Kirk (leaves only). 
Canterbui y — Rocky places near Akaroa, Raoul; Mount Herbert, W. Gray! 
January—February. 
A very distinct species, remarkable for the long acuminate leaves green 
and glabrous on both surfaces, the large heads, and herbaceous acuminate 
involucral bracts. 
25. C. coriacea, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 836.—Leaves 8-24 in. 
long or more, #-3in. broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate or 
linear-oblong, acute, narrowed towards the base, coriaceous, upper 
surface longitudinally furrowed or almost plicate and covered with 
a delicate silvery pellicle, beneath clothed with appressed white 
and silvery tomentum; margins entire or very obscurely ser- 
rulate; sheaths short, broad, grooved, densely clothed with soft 
cottony or woolly tomentum. Scapes stout, 1-3ft. high, densely 
woolly or cottony; bracts numerous, linear, erect, cottony. 
Head 14-3in. diam. or more; involucral bracts numerous, linear- 
subulate, cottony or almost glabrate. Rays very numerous, spread- 
ing, 14in. long; tube of corolla more or less pubescent. Achene 
linear, compressed, grooved, pubescent. — Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 121, 
t. 32; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 182; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 287. C. Martini, 
Buch. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 218. C. flaccida, Cockayne 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi. (1899) 422. Aster coriaceus, Forst. 
Prodr. nu. 297; A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. 250; A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 439. 
Nort Isnanp: Tararua Mountains, Buchanan. SourH Istanp: Abund- 
ant in mountain districts. Altitudinal range 1500-4500 ft. Cotton-plant ; 
Leather-plant. December—February. 
