318 COMPOSITH. [ Celmisia. 
41. C. glandulosa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 124.—Stem 
rather stout, sending out creeping and rooting leafy stolons. 
Leaves few, rosulate, 3-14in. long, 1-4in. broad, ovate- or 
oblong-spathulate or obovate, acute or apiculate, narrowed into 
a winged petiole, acutely serrate or dentate, membranous, green 
on both surfaces, glabrous or more usually covered with minute 
glandular pubescence, veins reticulated ; petioles expanded into a 
short sheath; margins often ciliate. Scape slender, 2-5 in. long, 
glandular-pubescent ; bracts few, linear, acuminate. Head 4-2in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts in 2-8 rows, linear-subulate, erect or the 
outer recurved, glanduiar-pubescent, often ciliate at the tips. Rays 
few or many, spreading. Achene silky.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 135; 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 293. C. membranacea, Col. in. Trans. N.Z. 
inst. xxii. (1890) 470. 
Norty Istanp: Tongariro, Colenso! H. Hill! Rangipo Plain, G. Mair! 
Kirk! Petrie! Sours Istanp: Not rare in mountain districts from Nelson 
to the west of Otago, usually in peaty swamps. 1500-4500 ft December— 
January. 
42. C. vernicosa, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 34, t. 26, 2/.—Per- 
fectly glabrous, leafy, densely tufted. Leaves very numerous, most 
densely crowded, rosulate, spreading, 1-4 in. long, $+ in. broad, 
linear, straight or curved, obtuse or subacute, in small specimens 
oiten knobbed at the tip, rigid and coriaceous, polished andgshining, 
entire or obscurely toothed, flat or convex above, margins recurved, 
midrib prominent beneath; sheath short, broad. Scapes usually 
numerous, 1—9in. high, rather stout, often flexuose, clothed with 
leafy coriaceous bracts. Head 1-14 in. diam.; involucral bracts 
linear, erect, margins often ciliate. Rays numerous, white, rather 
broad, spreading. Disc-florets purple ; corolla-tube pilose. Achene 
hispid.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 1386; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 293. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: Abundant from sea-level to over 
1200 ft. November—December. 
An exceedingly handsome plant, of which a beautiful plate is given in the 
‘‘ Flora Antarctica.’’ It and the following species are the only ones with purple 
‘disc-florets. 
43. C. Campbellensis, Chapm. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. 
(1891) 407.—Leaves rosulate, 3-6 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, lanceolate 
or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to a 
short broad sheathing base, hardly coriaceous, glabrous above and 
longitudinally furrowed, sparingly tomentose and with prominent 
longitudinal ribs beneath ; margins flat, finely and sharply serrate. 
Scapes 6-10in. high, sparingly tomentose; bracts numerous, 
linear, sheathing at the base. Head 14-2in. diam.; involucral 
bracts linear, acute, glabrate or sparingly cottony, midrib evident. 
Rays spreading, white. Disc-florets purple; corolla-tube pilose. 
Achene hispid.—C. Chapmani, Kirk in Gard. Chron. ix. (1§91) 731, 
fig. 146; Students’ Fl. 293. 
