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There are several forms closely related to R. eximia respecting which 
further information ismuch wanted. Mr. Townson sends a variety from Mount 
Frederic, near Westport, remarkable for the branches being quite flat at the 
tips, and so closely compacted that the tips show on the even surface of the 
hummock like mosaic. On the other hand, specimens collected by myself in the 
Mount Cook district are much less dense, the tips of the branches forming 
conspicuous mammillary knobs. I have seen no specimens of Mr. Kirk’s var. 
lata, apparently distinguished by the broader and shorter less closely imbricate 
leaves. Nor are there any specimens in his herbarium of &. Brownit, Kirk, 
provisionally separated from R. eximia on account of the linear-oblong acute 
leaves. 
10. R. Hectori, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 149.—Often forming 
broad dense patches. Stems prostrate, much branched, 1-3 in. 
long ; branches 3—2 in. high, close-set, erect or ascending. Leaves 
closely imbricated, erecto- patent, 4,4 in. long, broadly ovate, ob- 
tuse, upper half thick and coriaceous and clothed with appressed 
silvery tomentum, lower half membranous, glabrous, back longi- 
tudinally grooved when dry. Heads small, tin. diam., sunk 
amongst the terminal leaves; involucral bracts in 2 series, linear- 
oblong, scarious, subacute, glabrous, not white at the tips. Florets 
10-18; female 3-6. Achene glabrous or nearly so. Pappus- 
hairs few, rigid, thickened at the tips.— Kirk, Students’ Fl. 304. 
Var. mollis, Buch. ex Kirk, Students’ Fl. 305.—Smaller and not so rigid. 
Leaves not so closely imbricated, broader and softer, cottony at the base, not so 
silvery at the tip. Heads smaller. Florets 6-10. Achenes glabrous. Perhaps 
a distinct species. 
SourtH Istanp : Canterbury—Mount Dobson Range, T. #'. C. Otago—Lake 
district, Hector and Buchanan! Mount St. Bathans, Hector Mountains, 
Mount Pisa, Ben Lomond, Petrie! 4000-6500 ft. |December-January. 
Var. mollis: Mount St. Bathans, Petrie ! 
11. R. grandiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 136, t. 374.—Stems 
4-2 in. long, tufted, simple or branched at the base, stout, 44+ in. 
diam. with the leaves, erect or curved; rootslongand wiry. Leaves 
imbricated all round the stem, 4-4in. long, ovate- or lanceolate- 
subulate, gradually tapering to a subacute tip, rigid, striate on the 
back, clothed with silvery appressed tomentum, loosely cottony 
towards the base. Heads large, $-2in. diam., sunk among the 
terminal leaves; involucral bracts in about 2 series; the outer 
few, short, scarious; inner linear, obtuse, spreading, with long 
white radiating tips; receptacle small, convex, hispid. TF lorets 
25-40, about one-third female, narrow, the rest hermaphrodite. 
Achene silky. Pappus-hairs rather slender, thickened at the tips. 
—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 150; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 305. 
North anp Souru Isntanps: Frequent in mountain districts from the 
East Cape and Taupo to Foveaux Strait. 3000-6000 ft. December- 
January. 
This has a different habit to any of the other species included in the genus, 
and would be far more appropriately placed in Helichrysum. 
