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Var. Buchanani, Kirk, l.c.— Smaller, densely branched, 3-4ft. high. 
Leaves broadly oblong, 1-2in. long. Panicle reduced to a short raceme.—S. 
Buchanani, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 339. 
NortH anp SoutH Isnanps, StBwaRt IsLAnD: Not uncommon in moun- 
tainous localities from the Kast Cape and Taupo southwards. Ascends to 
4500 ft., descends to sea-level in Otago and Stewart Island. December- 
January. 
98. S. rotundifolius, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 149.—A stout 
branching shrub or small tree 6-30ft. high; bark thin, smooth; 
branches grooved, and with the petioles, leaves beneath, and 
inflorescence densely clothed with pale-buff tomentum. Leaves on 
stout grooved petioles 1-3 in. long; blade 2—5in. diam., orbicular or 
broadly oblong, unequal or rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 
very thick and coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, quite entire. 
Panicle terminal, corymbosely branched; pedicels stout. Heads 
numerous, +in. diam., campanulate, discoid; involucral bracts 
9-12, linear-oblong, very coriaceous, densely woolly. Female 
florets 1-4, small, narrow-tubular with a minutely toothed mouth. 
Disc-florets numerous, with a campanulate 5-toothed limb. Achenes 
grooved, hispid. Pappus-hairs rigid, scabrid.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
162; Kirk, Porest Fl. t. 116; Students’ Fl. 349. Brachyglottis 
rotundifolia, Forst. Char. Gen. 92; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 464. 
Cineraria rotundifolia, Forst. Prodr. n. 294; A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. 
Zel. 254. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—Near Westport, W. Townson! Westland and 
Otago—F'rom Jackson’s Bay to Milford Sound and Foveaux Strait, Lyall, Hector 
and Buchanan! Kirk! Srewarr Istanp: Petrie! Kirk! Sea-level to 
3500 ft. Puheritaiko. December—January. 
_ 29. S. Bidwillii, Hook. 7. Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 150.—A small stout 
much or sparingly branched shrub 1-5it. high; branches, peti- 
oles, leaves beneath, and inflorescence densely clothed with ap- 
pressed whitish or pale-buff tomentum. Leaves 4-2in. long, 
broadly oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded or narrowed 
at the base, excessively thick and coriaceous, glabrous and shining 
above, with reticulated venation; margins often tomentose; peti- 
oles §—#in., stout, articulated to the branch. Corymbs terminal, 
stout, branched, 1-3in. long. Heads few or many, +-}in. diam., 
campanulate, discoid; involucral bracts 8-12, linear, very thick 
and coriaceous, densely woolly. Female florets 3-5, tubular, 
mouth minutely toothed. Disc-florets numerous, with a 5-toothed 
campanulate limb. Achenes linear, grooved, glabrous. Pappus- 
hairs white, rigid, scabrid.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 162; Kirk, Students’ 
fl. 350. Olearia rigida, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 194. 
Var. Viridis.—Rather taller and not so stout. Leaves 14-3in. long, ob- 
long-obovate, narrowed to the base, not so coriaceous; petioles 4-lin. long. 
Corymbs larger, 3-6in. long. Heads much as in the type.—S. viridis, Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 350. 
