Helichrysum. | COMPOSITE. 343 
SoutH Isztanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. 
1500-4000 ft. January—March. 
The usual state of this can be recognised by the slender branches and minute 
almost quadrifariously arranged leaves, but stouter specimens are difficult to 
separate from the next species. 
14. H. Selago, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 8311.—A 
small much-branched shrub 6-15in. high; branchlets stout, crowded, 
with the leaves 4-1 in. diam. Leaves minute, closely appressed to 
the branch, densely imbricating in about 5 or 6 series, ;,-¢in. 
long, ovate-triangular, obtuse or subacute, thick and coriaceous in 
the upper part, membranous below, concave and woolly on the 
inner face, polished and obtusely keeled on the back. Heads 
terminal, solitary, sessile, }in. diam. ; involucral bracts in 3 series, 
linear-oblong ; the outer obtuse, tomentose at the base ; the inner 
subacute, coriaceous below, with short scarious spreading tips. 
Florets 35-45; females few, in 1 series. Achene puberulous. 
Pappus-hairs few, not thickened at the tips.—Kirk, Students’ F'. 
312. Ozothamnus Selago, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 332; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 147. 
Var. tomentosum.—Leaves oblong, subacute, almost concealed by fulvous 
woolly tomentum. Heads not seen. Perhaps a distinct species. 
SourH Is~tanp: Nelson—Wairau Gorge, T. Ff. C.; Clarence Valley, Kirk ! 
T. F. C. Marlborough—Kaikoura Mountains, Monro, Buchanan! Awatere 
Valley, Kirk. Canterbury—Mount Torlesse, Carrington ; Rangitata, Armstrong. 
Var. tomentosum: Mount Dobson, 7. F’. C. 2000 — 4500 ft. December-— 
January. 
Very closely allied to H. microphyllwm, and only to be distinguished by the 
stouter branches, 6-ranked leaves, larger heads, and more numerous florets. 
Intermediates which might almost be referred to either species are not infre- 
quently seen. 
15. H. coralloides, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 311.— 
A short stout much-branched shrub 4—12in. high, hard and woody 
below; branches spreading, cylindrical, 4 in. diam., densely tomen- 
tose between the leaves, which resemble tubercles on their surface. 
Leaves closely appressed to the branch, imbricated in many series, 
41+ in. long, oblong, obtuse, very thick and coriaceous towards the 
tip, membranous below, inner face concave and densely clothed with 
long woolly tomentum, back convex or obscurely keeled, glabrous 
and polished. Heads }4-4in. diam., terminal, solitary, sunk 
amongst the uppermost leaves; involucral bracts in about 3 series, 
linear-oblong, rigid and cartilaginous at the base; tips thinner, 
scarious, often recurved. Florets numerous; female few, in one 
series. Achene pubescent. Pappus-hairs few, stout, slightly 
thickened above.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 312. Ozothamunus coral- 
loides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 83832; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 147. 
