314 COMPOSITE. [Celmisia. 
Most nearly allied to C. longifolia, from which it is separated by the 
broader and flatter membranous leaves. Mr. Kirk placed my variety rugulosa 
under C. Monroi, from which it differs markedly in the much less rigid habit, 
spreading thinner leaves, shorter cauline bracts, nearly glabrous involucre, and 
fewer rays. It is much nearer to C. Adamsiv. 
32. C. longifolia, Cass. i Dict. Sci. Nat. xxxvii. 259 —Very vari- 
able in size and degree of robustness. Leaves few or many, 1-18 in. 
long, j;-4in. broad, narrow- linear or narrow linear - lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, membranous or somewhat coriaceous but never 
rigid, upper surface glabrous or silvery, furrowed or wrinkled or 
nearly smooth, beneath clothed with white silvery tomentum ; 
margins usually much revolute but sometimes almost flat; midrib 
distinct beneath; sheaths variable in length, broader than the 
blade, membranous, white and cottony or almost glabrous. Scapes 
equalling or exceeding the leaves, slender, cottony ; bracts few or 
many, linear. Head 4-14 in. diam.; involucral bracts linear-subu- 
late, glabrous or cottony, often blackish at the tips. Rays few or 
many, narrow. Achene linear, glabrous or rarely silky.— Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 134; Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 489; Kirk, Students’ 
Fil. 288. C. gracilenta, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 35; Fl. Nov. Zel. 
1.122. Aster Celmisia, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 84. 
Var. gracilenta, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 289.—Leaves slender, usually erect, 
narrow-linear, margins revolute to the midrib. Scape slender. Head about 
1 in. diam.—C. gracilenta, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 35. 
Var. major.—Leaves broader, spreading or recurved, narrow linear-lanceo- 
late, acuminate; margins more or less revolute. Scape stout. Head 1-14 in. 
diam.—C. gracilenta var. b, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 123. CC. longifolia vars 
major and asteliefolia, Kirk, Students’ Fl. L.c. 
Var. graminifolia, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves very slender, linear-elongate, mem- 
branous, often flaccid, acute; margins flat or nearly so. Scape very slender, 
often nearly glabrous. Head 4-lin. diam., glabrate or slightly cottony.—C. 
graminifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 35. C. setacea, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxi. (1889) 88. 
Var. alpina, Kirk, l.c.—Small. Rootstock stout, branched. Leaves 1-2 in. 
long, »j, in. broad; margins slightly revolute; sheaths nearly glabrous. Scape 
slender, strict, 1-3 in. long. Head 4-?in. diam., glabrous or nearly so. 
Nortu AND SoutH IsLanps, Stewart IsuaAND: From the Bay of Islands and 
the Great Barrier Island southwards, but rare and local to the north of the Upper 
Thames and Waikato. Sea-level to nearly 6000 ft. November—January. 
The most widely distributed and variable species of the genus, found in all 
soils and situations. It is the only species that extends beyond the colony, being 
not uncommon in the Australian Alpsand in Tasmania. The varieties character- 
ized above are merely prevalent forms, and are connected by numerous inter- 
mediates. 
33. C. linearis, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. (1881) 337.— 
Stems branched at the base; branches short, stout. Leaves 
numerous, densely crowded, 1-5in. long, 1-1in. broad, narrow- 
linear, acute, not pungent, coriaceous, longitudinally grooved and 
covered with a pellicle of silvery hairs above, clothed with white 
