346 COMPOSIT#. [Cassima. 
ous, close-set, erect or spreading, +4in. long or more, linear- 
obovate or linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short broad 
petiole or sessile, coriaceous, glabrous and usually glutinous above, 
fulvous or white and strongly costate beneath; margins recurved. 
Heads very numerous, in terminal rounded corymbs, shortly pedi- 
celled, turbinate, 4-4 in. long; involucral bracts in several series ; 
the outer shorter, ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, tomentose or 
glabrate, often reddish towards the tips; inner linear-oblong, with 
short white obtuse radiating tips. Scales among the florets numer- 
ous. Florets 8-15. Pappus-hairs thickened at the tips.—Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 145; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 315. Ozothamnus Vauvilliersii, 
Homb. et Jacq. Bot. Voy. Astrol. et Zél. 38, t. 5; Hook. f. Fl. 
Antarct.i. 29. Olearia xanthophylla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. 
(1888) 193. 
Var. rubra,—Involucral bracts red, glabrous.—-C. rubra, Buch. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 216; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 315. 
Var. albida, Kirk, 1.c.— Branchlets and leaves beneath clothed with 
whitish tomentum. Leaves linear-spathulate, strongly costate beneath. 
NortH anp SoutH IsLtanps, Stewart IsLAND, AUCKLAND IsLANDS: Not 
uncommon from the Hast Cape and Taupo southwards. Sea-level to 4500 ft. 
December—January. 
A very variable plant. I am unable to maintain Buchanan’s C. rubra as a 
species. 
4. C. amoena, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 391. 
—A small round-topped densely branched shrub 1-2 ft. high ; 
branches stout, furrowed, the younger ones clothed with greyish- 
white tomentum. Leaves close-set, spreading or suberect, +? in. 
long, narrow linear-obovate or linear-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed 
into a short petiole, coriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with dense 
white tomentum beneath; margins recurved. Heads numerous, in 
rounded terminal corymbs, narrow turbinate, shortly pedicelled, 
4-4 in. long; involucral bracts in several series ; the outer shorter, 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, tomentose; the inner linear-oblong, with 
short white radiating tips. Florets few, 4-6; scales of the recep- 
tacle usually absent or rarely 1 or 2 present. Achene silky, with a 
thickened areole at the base. Pappus-hairs thickened at the tips. 
—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 315. 
NortH Istanp: Cliffs near the North Cape, 7. F. C. December-— 
January. 
A pretty little plant, with much of the aspect of C. Vawvilliersit var. 
albida, but easily distinguished by the smaller size, narrower heads, fewer 
florets, and almost total absence of the receptacular scales. 
5. C. fulvida, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 145.—A slender erect 
much-branched shrub 2-6 ft. high ; branches glutinous, clothed with 
fulvous tomentum. Leaves close-set, spreading or suberect, §—-41n. 
