Gnaphalium.] COMPOSITZ, 323 
1. G. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 137.— Stems 1-2 ft. high, 
stout, branched, decumbent or prostrate at the woody base, then 
erect, cottony above. Leaves close-set or the upper remote, 
spreading, 2-4in. long, }~?in. broad, narrow oblong-lanceolate or 
narrow obovate-lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowed to a sessile 
base, membranous, glabrous above, beneath clothed with thinly ap- 
pressed white tomentum and distinctly 3-nerved. Heads rather 
large, in. diam., disposed in many - flowered terminal corymbs 
2-4in. across; pedicels cottony. Involucral bracts numerous, 
scarious, white, radiating, with short woolly claws. Female florets 
very numerous, disc-florets much fewer. Achene linear-oblong, 
smooth, glabrous. Pappus-hairs few, very slender.—Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 152; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 297. G. adherens, Col. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 244. 
Norte IstanpD: Ruahine Range, Colenso! Andrew, Howlett! Murimotu 
and Moawhango, Petrie! Rimutaka Range, Kirk! SourH Is~tanp: Not un- 
common along the western side from Collingwood to the Otira Gorge and south- 
wards to Milford Sound. Sea-level to 2500 ft. November—January. 
A handsome plant, in its usual state at once recognised by the large size, 
broad distinctly 3-nerved leaves, and large heads. But small states with 
narrower leaves and smaller heads are difficult to separate from G. Keriense, and 
there is little doubt that the two species pass into one another. In both 
G, Lyallti and Keriense the disc-florets are frequently sterile, showing a tendency 
in the heads to become unisexual. 
2. G. trinerve, Forst. Prodr. n. 289.—Stems 1-2 ft. long, 
rather slender, sparingly branched, prostrate or decumbent, glabrate 
below, more or less white and cottony above. Leaves distant, 
spreading or deflexed, 4-1 in. long, obovate-lanceolate or spathulate, 
broadest towards the tip, acute or apiculate, gradually narrowed to 
a broad base, glabrous above and faintly 3-nerved, white with 
appressed wool beneath. Heads in corymbs of 3 to 10 or solitary, 
terminating the branches, which are produced into slender cottony 
bracteate peduncles, $-%in. diam. Involucral bracts numerous, 
white, radiating, the outer woolly at the base. Achene linear- 
oblong, glabrous. Pappus-hairs few, slender.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. 
Zel. 239; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 455; Raoul, Choiw, 45; Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 188; Handb. N.Z. Fl. i. 153; Kirk, Students’ 
Fil, 297. 
Nort Istanp: Rimutaka Range, Kirk! SourH Istanp: West coast of 
Nelson to Westland and Milford Sound, south and east coasts of Otago; not 
uncommon. Sea-level to 2000 ft. November—December. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but sufficiently characterized by the more 
slender stems, shorter obovate-spathulate leaves, which are seldom 3-nerved 
beneath, and by the bracteate peduncles. 
3. G. Keriense, 4A. Cunn. Precur. n. 454.—Stems short or 
long, prostrate or decumbent, with numerous erect or ascending 
leafy branches 3-9in. long, cottony above. Leaves spreading, 
