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flat above, convex on the back; sheath usually longer and broader 
than the blade, membranous, silky or villous. Head sunk among 
the leaves at the tip of the branch, very rarely exserted, $~1 in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts few, linear-subulate, scarious, cottony or 
the inner glabrate. Rays few, narrow, spreading. Achene silky.— 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 292. 
SourH Isnanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. SrewartT 
Isuanp: Summit of Mount Anglem, Kirk! 2500-5500 ft. December— 
January. 
One of the most distinct species of the genus, often forming extensive 
carpets in open places on the mountains, easily recognised from a distance by 
the peculiar greenish-grey colour. Mr. Kirk’s var. pedwncwlata is only a form in 
which the peduncle elongates after flowering. 
39. C. argentea, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 292.—Habit of C. 
sessiliflora, but more slender and much more branched; branches 
longer, 2-5in., erect, +-4in. diam. Leaves numerous, crowded, 
» yg in. wide, 
linear-subulate, acute or subacute, coriaceous, flat or concave 
above, rounded on the back; sheaths longer and much broader than 
the blade, membranous, clothed with “long silky hairs on the 
margins and back but often nearly glabrous in front. Head ++ in. 
diam., deeply sunk among the ieaves at the tip of the branch ; 
involueral bracts few, linear, glabrate or slightly silky. Rays few, 
short. Achene silky.—C. sessiliflora var. minor, Petrie in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 359. 
SourH Is~tanp; Otago—Summit of Maungatua, Petrie! Srmwart IsLAND: 
Mount Anglem, Rakiahua, Smith’s Lookout, Kirk ! 500-3500 ft. Decem- 
ber—January. 
Closely allied to C. sessiliflora, but I think distinct. 
40. C. bellidioides, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 135.—Rootstock 
much-branched, prostrate; branches numerous, much- divided, 
creeping and rooting at the base, erect at the tips. Leaves 
usually close - set, spreading, 1-2 2 in. long, }1in. broad, linear- 
oblong or linear-spathulate, obtuse, gradually “narrowed into rather 
short cottony petioles, coriaceous, veinless, green and glabrous on 
both surfaces; margins flat, entire or obscurely toothed. Scapes 
from near the tips of the branches, slender, 1—2in. long, glabrous 
or slightly cottony; bracts numerous, leafy. Head in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts few, narrow linear-oblong, acute or subacute, 
green with usually purple margins, glabrous. Rays numerous, 
spreading. Achene densely silky.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 292. 
SourH Istanp: Mountain districts from Nelson to the south of Otago, but 
often local. Usually on wet rocks or on shingle through which water flows. 
2000-5000 ft. December—January. 
A very distinct species, at once recognised by the glabrous branching habit, 
linear-spathulate green and almost fleshy leaves, and numerous leafy bracts. 
