340 COMPOSITE. | Helichrysum. 
6. H. fasciculatum, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. (1877) 529, 
t. 19.— Densely tufted, much branched below, forming small 
patches 1-2in. high; branches with the leaves 4in. diam. or 
more. Leaves closely imbricated, erect or spreading at the tips, 
1-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or narrow obovate-lanceolate, acute, 
narrowed towards the base, clothed on both surfaces with white 
silvery tomentum, which becomes loose and cottony towards the 
base, grooved beneath. Heads in fascicles of 2-4 at the tips of 
the branches, sessile, 4-4in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3 series, 
scarious, linear-oblong, obtuse, tomentose on the back, the imner 
with white radiating tips. Receptacle narrow, hispid. Florets 
12-20; female few, in 1 series. Achene silky, with a thickened 
areole at the base. Pappus-hairs few, slightly thickened above.— 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 310. 
Nort Istanp: Tararua Mountains, H. H. Travers! SoutH IsnLAnpD: 
Nelson—Mount Starveall, Bryant (‘‘Students’ Flora’’). 4000-5000 ft. De- 
cember—January. 
I have seen very imperfect specimens of this, which is evidently a very dis- 
tinct species. The silvery foliage is much like that of Raouwlia grandiflora. 
7. H. Loganii, T. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 310. — ‘‘ Forming pul- 
vinate masses 6-12 in. diam. Branches slender, woody at the 
base, with the leaves 1—3in. diam., the whole plant clothed with 
soft white or greenish-white wool. Leaves densely imbricating, 
1in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the tip or sub- 
acute, membranous, 3-nerved, tips recurved, clothed with long soft 
hairs, which are restricted to a dense tuft above projecting beyond 
the margin. Heads 4—3in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3 series, 
oblong, mostly obtuse, the outer villous, the inner broader, gla- 
brate, scarious, pale, not radiating. Achene compressed, covered 
with long silky hairs. Pappus-hairs barbellate, irregularly thick- 
ened towards the apex.’’—Haastia Loganii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xiv. (1882) 350, t. 30, f. 3. 
Sourn IstaAnp: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, Buchanan! T. P. 
Arnold ! 4000-5000 ft. 
The above description is Mr. Kirk’s. I much regret that I have had no 
opportunity of examining good specimens, particularly as an old and very im- 
perfect fragment in Mr. Buchanan’s herbarium seems to show that the heads 
are fascicled, and not solitary, as might be supposed from the original description 
and plate. 
8. H. Leontopodium, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 141, t. 37B.— 
Stems much branched, decumbent and woody at the base, erect or 
ascending at the tips, 2-8 in. high. Leaves densely imbricate, erect 
or rarely patent, 4-$in. long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, clothed on both surfaces with appressed shining silvery 
tomentum, striate when dry. Peduncles stout, terminating the 
branches, more or less densely clothed with imbricating bracts. 
