312 COMPOSITH. [Celmisia. 
flat elsewhere; sheaths 14-3in. long, broader than the blade, 
deeply grooved, more or less covered with thin cottony tomentum. 
Scape 12-18in. long, stout, densely cottony; bracts numerous, 
narrow-linear, the lower often 2-3in. long. Head 14 in. diam. or 
more; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, chaffy and 
rather rigid, glabrate or the outer somewhat cottony, often re- 
curved. Achene hispid. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—Clinton Saddle, Lake Te Anau, Petrie! Humboldt 
Mountains, H. J. Matthews ! 
A remarkable plant, of which I have seen only very imperfect specimens. 
The straight dagger-shaped leaves, with their two longitudinal plaits and rigid 
acuminate points, are quite unlike those of any other species. 
28. C. Lyallii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 133.—Stem short, stout, 
crowned with a dense tuft of crowded radiating leaves. Leaves 
9-18in. long or more, +4in. broad, narrow-ensiform, straight or 
slightly curved, gradually tapering from the base to the rigid 
almost pungent tip, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous and smooth and 
even above, beneath strongly grooved and clothed with thin ap- 
pressed tomentum or almost glabrous; margins quite entire; 
sheaths broader than the blade, thin, grooved, clothed with snow- 
white tomentum. Scapes 1 or several, longer or shorter than the 
leaves, rather slender, white with cottony tomentum ; bracts linear. 
Head 1-2in. diam.; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, rigid, 
glabrate or the margins cottony, tips recurved. Rays rather short, 
narrow. Achene linear, hispidulous, longer than the pappus.— 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 290. 
Var. pseudo-Lyallii.— Leaves not so rigid, grooved and plaited above, 
beneath clothed with thick soft tomentum, which usually conceals both yeins 
and midrib. Heads more cottony. Achene nearly glabrous. 
SoutH Jstanp: Common in mountainous districts throughout. 1000- 
4500 ft. December-January. 
One of the most distinct species of the genus, easily recognised by the 
narrow tapering rigid leaves, with almost pungent tips. 
29. C. viscosa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 133.—More or less 
viscid in all its parts. Stem branched ; branches short, stout, with 
the old sheaths 1-14 in. diam. Leaves numerous, crowded, erect, 
3-5in. long, $in. broad, linear, obtuse or acute, viscid, very thick 
and coriaceous, rigid, longitudinally grooved on both surfaces, 
glabrous or hoary above, beneath white or grey with appressed 
tomentum; sheaths about lin. long, broader than the blade, 
glabrous, brown. Scapes usually several, much longer than the 
leaves, 6-12 in. long, stout, pubescent and viscid; bracts numerous, 
linear. Head 14in. diam.; involucral bracts numerous, linear- 
subulate, densely woolly and tomentose, viscid. Rays short, 
spreading. Achene linear, silky.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 290. 
