416 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Oleapia macrodonta {The Large-toothed Olearia). 



A small tree, 6 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves and branchlets whitish. Leaves 

 2 in. -4 in. long, 1 in.-lj in. broad, acute ; veins divergent. Corymbs large ; 

 heads Jin. long; florets 8-12 ; rays 3-5. Achenes ribbed, hairy. Both islands : 

 mountainous places. Fl. Jan. The whole plant emits a musky scent. 



Olearia ilicifolia {The Holly-leaved Olearia). 



Leaves glaucous, musk scented, 3 in. -4 in. long, J in.-f in. broad, acute 

 margins with spinous teeth, yellowish below. Corymbs large, musk-scented. 

 Disk-florets 5-6 : rays 5-7. Achenes ribbed, hairy. Both islands. Fl. Nov.- 

 Jan. Much cultivated. 



Olearia moschata {The Musky Olearia). 



A shrub or tree, 5 ft. -14 ft. in height. Leaves white below, J in.-f in. long, 

 obtuse, leathery. Corymbs 2-4 times as long as the leaves. Heads few, florets 

 12-20, rays 7-12, long, white. Achenes ribbed, silky. South Island: local, FL 

 Jan. -March. 



Olearia avicennisefolia {The Avicennia-leaved Olearia). 



Branches grooved. Leaves l§in.-4in. long, fin.-l^in. broad, narrowed at 

 both ends, white below. Heads small. Ray-florets 1, rarely 2, ray broad : disk- 

 florets 2. Achenes silky. Pappus-hairs in one series. South Island : Stewart 

 Island. Fl. Jan. -Feb. Much cultivated. 



Olearia virgata {The Twigcjy Olearia). 



A twiggy shrub, often forming thickets. Leaves \ in. -J in. long, opposite, 

 leathery, white beneath. Heads \ in. across ; florets 7-12, white. Achene 

 glabrous. Pappus white or reddish. Both islands. Fl. Nov. -Jan. A plant of 

 the open country or seashore. 



Olearia Forsteri {Forsters Olearia). 



Stem 5 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves IJ in. -3 in. long ; 1 in. -2 in. broad, 

 leathery, oblong, white below, obtuse, margins waved. Heads numerous, 

 sessile, shining. Anthers exserted. Both islands. Fl. Apr. -May. Maori 

 name Akiraho. A plant of the open country, or edge of the bush. 



Genus Pleurophyllum. 



Large, succulent herbs. Leaves mainly radical, with strongly-marked ribs. 

 Flowers in racemes, on a long scape. Florets numerous. Achene marked with 

 lines, and set with stiff hairs. Pappus-hairs in 3 series. Name from the Greek, 

 meaning ribbed-leaved), 3 sp. 



