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tomentum beneath ; margins strongly recurved; sheaths from 
4 to 4 the length of the blade, rather broad, thin and membranous, 
cottony on the back. Scape stout, variable in length, 1-10 in. high, 
cottony or tomentose; bracts few or many, linear-subulate with 
a broad sheathing base. Head lin. diam.; involucral bracts 
lanceolate - subulate, outer tomentose or cottony, inner nearly 
glabrous. Rays short. Achene silky.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 289. 
SoutH Istanp : Nelson—Summit of Mount Arthur, 7. #. C. Canterbury— 
Armstrong ; Mount Cook district, 7’. #. C. Otago—Maungatua, Petrie ! 
Stewart Isuanp: Fraser Peaks, Petrie and Thomson! Mount Anglem, Rakia- 
hua, Taylor’s Lookout, Kirk! 1000-6000 ft. December—January. 
Most of the Stewart Island specimens have longer and narrower leaves, with 
much more revolute margins, the tomentum is thinner aud more appressed, and 
the scape is longer. Those from Mount Arthur have flatter leaves tapering from 
the base, the tomentum is buff-coloured and much looser, and the scape is 
shorter and densely woolly. It is possible that more species than one are 
included under the description, but the material is not sufficient to prove this. 
34. C. laricifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 331.—Stems pros- 
trate or decumbent, much-branched at the base; branches 1-3 in. 
long, densely leafy. Leaves numerous, crowded, erect or recurved, 
4] in. long, ,,in. broad, very narrow-linear or acerose, pungent, 
glabrous or slightly silky above, clothed with silvery tomentum 
beneath ; margins strongly recurved; sheaths much broader than 
the blade, membranous, cottony or almost glabrous. Scape 2-4 in. 
long, very slender, glabrate or cottony; bracts few, very small. 
Head 4in. diam.; involucral bracts few, erect, linear-subulate, 
eottony. Rays few, short. Achene hispid.i—Handb. N.Z. #1. 
135; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 289. 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. 3000- 
6000 ft. December—January. 
The small size and very narrow acerose leaves are excellent distinguishing 
characters. 
35. C. Hectori, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 135.—Stems pros- 
trate, branched, often woody at the base; branches densely tufted. 
Leaves numerous, crowded, imbricate, 4-lin. long, ++ in. broad, 
linear-spathulate or linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, gradually 
narrowed below, coriaceous, silky or clothed with a silvery pellicle 
above, covered with appressed silky tomentum beneath, margins 
recurved ; sheaths slightly expanded, cottony or nearly glabrous. 
Seapes stout, 2-4in. long, tomentose and villous; bracts usually 
numerous, linear. Heads 2-lin. diam.; involucral bracts few, 
linear, acute, pubescent. avs rather short, broad. Achene silky. 
—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 291. . 
Norru Isnanp: Tararua Range, Budden. South Island: Can‘erbury— 
Mount Brewster, Haast; Mount Cook district, Divon! T. F.C. Otago — 
