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Journey across the Tararuas ” (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlii (1910), 13, t. 6) with the plate 
of H. grandiceps presented in this work. 
H. grandiceps is essentially a rock-plant, and is usually seen on rocky 
slopes and ledges, or on the moraines of many of the glaciers. The resemblance 
which both it and H. Leontopodium bear to the European edelweiss has obtained 
for both plants the name of New Zealand edelweiss, by which they are now 
commonly known. 
Puate 105, Helichrysum grandiceps, drawn from specimens gathered on Arthur’s Pass, Canter- 
bury Alps, at an altitude of 3,000 ft. Fig. 1, leaf (x 4); 2, flower-head (x 4); 3, involucral bract 
(x 6); 4, outer floret (x 8); 5, inner disc-floret (x 8); 6, pappus-hair (x 12); 7, anthers (x 12); 
8, style-branches (x 15). 
