320 COMPOSITZ:. [Haastia. 
8. HAASTIA, Hook. f. 
Densely or laxly tufted perennial herbs, often forming large 
rounded or amorphous masses in alpine localities; root stout, 
branched, often very long; branches hard and woody, altogether 
concealed by the persistent leaves. Heads large, solitary at the 
tips of the branches, sessile and sunk among the uppermost leaves. 
Involucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate ; bracts in about 
two series, linear, with scarious tips, the inner usually narrower, 
almost glabrous, the outer broader, densely woolly. Receptacle 
flat, papillose. Outer florets numerous, female, in 2 or several 
series; corolla very short, slender, narrow-tubular, minutely 5- 
toothed ; style-branches long, far-exserted. Disc-florets numerous, 
hermaphrodite, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed; style-branches not so 
long. Achene linear-oblong, glabrous, subterete, smooth or ob- 
scurely grooved. Pappus- hairs of one series of numerous rather 
rigid bristles, thickened at the tips. 
A very remarkable and distinct genus, confined to New Zealand. 
Forming compact pulvinate masses. Leaves most densely 
imbricate, broadly obcuneate, crenulate at the tip .. 1. H. pulvinaris. 
Laxly branched, rufous or fulvous. Leaves loosely im- 
bricated, obovate-spathulate, sharply recurved. Heads 
4-3 in. es ays Ac BE Be .. 2. Hy recurva. 
Laxly branched, whitish or pale fulvous. Leaves loosely 
imbricated, oblong-obovate, flat, suberect. Heads 
Z-ltin. .. 3n At Ae 54 .. 3. A. Simclari. 
Small, densely tufted, fulvous. Leaves densely imbricated, 
obovate-cuneate, clothed with long straight hairs .. 4. H. Greeni. 
1. H. pulvinaris, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 156.—Forming 
large rounded or amorphous cushion-like masses 3-6 ft. diam. or 
more. Root long, stout, branched. Branches numerous, densely 
compacted, with the persistent leaves 2in. diam. Leaves spread- 
ing, most closely imbricated, thickly clothed with pale fulvous wool, 
especially towards the tips, ++ in. long, broadly obcuneate, gradu- 
ally narrowed to a broad sessile base, membranous below, tip 
thickened and provided on the upper surface with numerous fleshy 
projections, giving it a crenulate appearance, 3-veined when the 
wool is removed, veins anastomosing above. Head 4in. diam. ; in- 
volucral bracts in 1-2 series, narrow-linear, free. Achene linear- 
oblong, glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus- hairs free at the base.— 
Ic. Plant. t. 1003; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 295. 
South Istanp: Nelson—Summit of Gordon’s Nob, 7. F. C.; mountains 
above the Wairau Gorge, Sinclair, T. F. C.; Discovery Peaks, Travers; Mount 
Captain, Kirk! T. F.C.; Lake Tennyson, 7. F.C. Marlborough—Mount 
Mouatt, Awatere, Sinclair, Kirk ! Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan ! 4000- 
6500 ft. Vegetable sheep. December—January. 
Oue of the most remarkable plants known. The branches are everywhere 
covered and altogether concealed by the densely imbricated woolly leaves, and 
are so closely compacted that it is impossible to thrust the finger in between. In 
