Raoulia. | COMPOSITA. ¢ 331 
green, laxly imbricated or somewhat remote, spreading or erecto- 
patent, }-1 in. long, linear-ligulate or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 
flat or nearly so, 1-nerved, glabrous or slightly silky, sometimes 
with a minute pencil of hairs atthe tip. Heads rather large, +4 in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts in 3-4 series; outer green, ovate-oblong, 
acuminate; inner longer, linear-oblong, with white radiating tips. 
Florets numerous, 30-50; female in 2 series, rather less in number 
than the hermaphrodite ones. Achene puberulous. Pappus-hairs 
copious, soft, not thickened at the tips—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 149; 
Kork, Students’ Fl. 303. 
Nort IstanpD: Tararua and Rimutaka Mountains, descending almost to 
sea-level to the north of Cape Palliser. Sourn Istanp: Abundant throughout 
in mountain districts. Ascends to 4000 ft. December—January. 
6. R. subsericea, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 186.—Stouter than 
fi. glabra, and more closely branched, forming smaller and more 
compact patches with shorter erect branches. Leaves rather 
longer and broader than in R&. glabra, closely imbricated, 4-1 in. 
iong, linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, flat or nearly so, usually 
sparingly clothed with thin silvery tomentum or rarely almost 
glabrous. Heads rather larger, $in. diam.; involucral bracts 
broader, the innermost with larger and more conspicuous white 
radiating tips. Florets similar to those of R. glabra, but fewer in 
number. Achene glabrous. Pappus-hairs copious, soft, slightly 
thickened at the tips.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 150; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 
303. 
SoutH Is~tanpD: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. 1000- 
4500 ft. December—January. 
Very closely allied to R. glabra, but generally recognised without difficulty 
by the more compact habit, silky leaves, rather larger heads with more con- 
spicuous white tips to the inner involucral bracts, and by the pappus-hairs being 
slightly thickened above. 
7. R. Parkii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 355, t. 34, 
f. 3.-—Stems 1-6in. long, prostrate, creeping and rooting, often 
densely matted and forming large patches ; branches short, erect 
or ascending, 4-lin. long. Leaves closely imbricated, spreading 
and recurved, ;4,tin. long, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, clothed 
with white or buff woolly appressed tomentum except towards the 
base, which is usually glabrous. Heads 1-4in. diam., sessile 
among the terminal leaves; involucral bracts in 2-3 series; the 
outer short, tomentose on the outside; the inner longer, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, with white radiating tips. Florets 15-25, the 
females about equal to the hermaphrodite ones in number. 
Achene puberulous. Pappus-hairs slightly thickened at the tips. 
SoutH Isnanp: Canterbury — Mount Dobson, Lake Tekapo, Mount 
Ollivier, 7. F. C. Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan! Lake Wanaka, Hector 
Mountains, Old Man Range, Ida Valley, and elsewhere in Central Otago, 
Petrie ! 2500-5500 ft. December-—January. 
