328 COMPOSIT. {Raoulia. 
this being specially the case with those to which, on account of the remarkable 
habit, the popular name of vegetable sheep has been applied. It is quite 
possible that several species are confounded under R. eximia and allied forms. 
All the New Zealand species are endemic, and in addition there are one or two 
found in Australia and Tasmania. 
A. Leptopappus. Pappus-hairs in several series, copious, very slender, not 
thickened upwards. 
* Inner involucral bracts without white radiating tips. 
Leaves ;4,in., erect or recurved, resale wre obtuse, white 
and silvery, Florets 12-20 . : 
Leaves ;;in., spreading or recurved, linear- ‘oblong < or 
spathulate, acute or apiculate, glabrate or tomentose. 
Florets 10-16 - 
Leaves +; in., erecto-patent, ovate-subulate from a broad 
base, glabrate. Florets 4-8 : 
Leaves 4-+in., spreading and recurved, linear, 
grey with silky tomentum; margins involute. 
15-20 Ai ve ar Ae : 
obtuse, 
Florets 
* Inner involucral bracts with white radiating tips. 
Stems slender, forming loose patches. Leaves laxly 
imbricate, mae RE eee glabrous or 
nearly so .. 
Stems stout, matted. Leaves ‘closely imbricate, erecto- 
patent, linear- oblong, silky or glabrate : 
Stems stout, matted. Leaves closely imbricate, spreading 
and recurved, obovate-spathulate, densely tomentose 
B. Imbricaria. 
* Inner involucral bracts without white radiating tips. 
Leaves spreading, glabrous, rigid, subulate 
Forming hard compact masses. Leaves most densely i im- 
bricate, linear-obovate, upper 4 with a dense tuft of 
hairs concealing the leaf i af “) a3 
Forming broad patches. Leaves ovate, obtuse, clothed 
with silvery tomentum, grooved on the back when dry . 
** Inner involucral bracts with white radiating tips. 
Stems tufted, often simple. Leaves 4-+in., ovate-subu- 
late, silvery. Heads large, 4-2 in. .. 
Stems laxly branched. Leaves 4-4 in., recurved, obovate- 
spathulate. Heads}in. Florets 30-50 ye 
Forming compact masses. Leaves densely imbricate, ob- 
ovate-spathulate, upper part clothed on both surfaces 
with dense straight hairs concealing the leaf . : 
Forming compact masses. Leaves densely imbricate, ob- 
ovate-spathulate, upper part clothed on both surfaces 
with dense straight hairs concealing the leaf, but ex- 
treme tip naked. Florets red 5 
Forming compact masses, Leaves densely ‘imbricate, 
broadly cuneate or flabellate, truncate, tip of upper sur- 
face clothed with straight dense halts beneath glabrous 
and corrugated he ne : ats 4c 
5. 
6. 
7. 
Be 
Li, 
a 12, 
Seelst: 
14. 
15. 
. R. australis. 
. RK. tenwicaulis. 
. KR. Haastiz. 
. R. Monroi. 
R. glabra. 
R. subsericea. 
R. Parkit. 
Pappus-hairs in one series, few, rigid, thickened upwards. 
. R. subulata. 
R. exinia. 
. R. Hector, 
BR. grandiflora. 
. R. Petriensis. 
R.mammillaris. 
R. rubra. 
R. Buchanani. 
