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23. S. revolutus, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 348.—A small robust 
shrub 6-20 in. high; branches stout, often decumbent at the base, 
suberect above. Leaves viscid, on petioles 1—-%in. long; blade 
1-24 in., oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, narrowed into the petiole, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous 
and reticulated above, beneath clothed with pale-buff or white ap- 
pressed viscid tomentum. Corymb terminal, dense, about 2 in. 
diam., on a long and stout peduncle clothed with ascending linear- 
oblong foliaceous bracts; peduncle and pedicels tomentose. Heads 
5-15, campanulate, }-?in. diam.; involucral bracts lnear, acute, 
tomentose and viscid. Ray-florets 10-15, yellow; ligules broad, 
revolute. Disc-florets numerous; limb campanulate, 5-toothed. 
Achenes linear-oblong, grooved, glabrous.—S. robustus, Buch. im 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. vi. (1874) 248 (not of Sch. Bipont.). 
SourH IsLanp: Otago—Ben Lomond, Mount Bonpland, and other high 
peaks to the west, Petrie! mountains above Lake Harris, Kirk! Mount 
Eglinton, Morton ! 3000-4500 ft. January—March. 
24. S. Adamsii, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 
536.—A small robust much-branched shrub 3-dft. high; young 
branches, leaves, and inflorescence excessively viscid. Leaves 
shortly petiolate, 1-2in. long, oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
quite entire, extremely thick and coriaceous, glabrous above, 
beneath covered, except the midrib, with dense white or pale-buff 
closely appressed tomentum; margins revolute. Corymbs terminal, 
few-flowered, laxly branched; peduncles and pedicels nearly gla- 
brous but excessively viscid; bracts varying from oblong to linear- 
spathulate. Heads 5-15, broadly campanulate, #in. diam. ; invo- 
lucral bracts linear, obtuse, almost glabrous except a tuft of woolly 
hairs at the tip. Ray-florets 10-15, yellow; lgules +in. long, 
spreading. Disc-florets numerous; limb 5-toothed. Achenes gla- 
brous or pubescent. Pappus-hairs white, slender, scabrid.—Kzrk, 
Students’ Fl. 348. $8. pachyphyllus, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xvi. (1884) 410 (not of Remy ex C. Gay). 
Nort Istanp: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, W. Townson! SoutH 
Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, 7. #.C.; Mount Rintoul 
and Ben Nevis, Gibbs, Bryant; Mount Duppa, J. Macmahon ! 3500- 
5500 ft. January—February. 
Distinguished from S. revolutus by the much more coriaceous leaves, with 
the midrib prominent beneath, narrow laxly branched corymbs, and by the 
peduncles, pedicels, and involucral bracts being nearly glabrous. 
25. S. bifistulosus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 144.--A small 
much-branched shrub 1-2 ft. high; branches decumbent at the 
base, erect above; bark pale, closely marked with the scars of the 
fallen leaves. Leaves crowded at the tips of the branches, spread- 
ing, lin. long, #4;in. broad, narrow-linear, subacute, coriaceous, 
grooved above, beneath with the margins revolute to the midrib, a 
