324 COMPOSITE. [Gnaphalium. 
4-21 in. long, $4in. broad, narrow linear-lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate or spathulate-lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowed to 
the base, glabrous above, beneath white with appressed cottony 
tomentum but with the midrib evident, rarely faintly 3-nerved. 
Heads small, 4in. diam., in many-flowered corymbs terminating 
the branches, which are produced into leafy or bracteate cottony 
peduncles. Involucral bracts numerous, white, radiating; outer 
cottony at the base. Achene minute, glabrous. Pappus-hairs 
few, very slender.—Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 138 ; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 153; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 298. G. novee-zealandie, 
Sch. Bip. in Bot. Zeit. ii. (1845) 171. Helichrysum micranthum, 
A. Cunn. ex D.C. Prodr. vi. 189. 
NortH Istanp: Abundant by the sides of streams, &c., from Mongonui to 
Cook Strait. Souru Istanp: Nelson, Travers; Wangapeka Valley, 7. #. C.; 
Dusky Bay, Lyall. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October-December. 
4. G. subrigidum, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 245.— 
Stems usually much branched, sometimes almost bushy, erect or 
decumbent at the base, woody, 9-20in. long; branches slender, 
brittle, somewhat rigid, glabrous or Conary at the tips. Leaves 
close-set, spreading, 4-l}in. long, ~,-;;im. broad, very narrow- 
linear or narrow linear- spathulate, acute or apiculate, stiff and 
coriaceous, glabrous above, white with appressed tomentum be- 
neath, but with the midrib evident; margins recurved. Heads 
very numerous, 4—4in. diam., in broad many-flowered corymbs 
at the ends of the branches ; pedicels usually very slender, almost 
capillary, white and cottony. Involucral bracts white and ra- 
diating. Achene and pappus as in G. Keriense.—G. Keriense var. 
linifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 188; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 153; 
Kirk, Students’ Fil. 298. ; 
Nortu Istanp: Dry rocky banks from the East Cape and Taupo to 
Wanganui; not uncommon. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October-December. 
This has generally been treated as a variety of G. Keriense, from which it 
differs in the more rigid erect and bushy habit, much narrower stiff and 
coriaceous leaves with recurved margins, and almost capillary pedicels. It 
deviates quite as much from G. Keriense as Lyallii and trinerve do, and for the 
sake of consistency should be considered as distinct, unless the four species a are 
merged into one. 
5. G. Traversii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 154.—A dwarf tuited 
perennial herb 1-4 in. high, simple or branched below, sometimes 
forming small patches. Leaves radical, petiolate, +-2in. long, 
linear-spathulate or linear-obovate, clothed on both surfaces with 
soft cottony wool, petiole long or short. Scapes erect, variable in 
length, $-3in., white with cottony wool; bracts 1-3, linear. Head 
solitary, terminal, 4in. diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 series, 
erect, linear, obtuse, pale brownish-yellow, scarious and hyaline, 
shining; outer shorter and broader, cottony at the base. Female 
