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$ a. Trees or large shrubs, with large broad leaves and much-branched panicles. — Capitula with many florets. 
1. Eurybia furfuracea, DC.; arborea v. fruticosa, foliis alternis petiolatis ovatis ovalibusve coriaceis 
integerrimis v. obscure sinuato-dentatis undulatisque utrinque reticulatim venosis subtus ramulis petiolis 
corymboque appressissime argenteo-tomentosis nitidis, corymbo amplor amoso, involucri elongati subtur- 
binati squamis eglandulosis apices versus marginibusque lanatis, capitulis 6-8-floris, acheniis glandulosis, 
radii ligulis breviusculis. DC. Prodr. Aster, A. Rich. Flora. Haxtonia, A. Cunn. Prodr. Shawia, Raoul, 
Choix de Plantes. Solidago illita, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Throughout the Islands; abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. name, “ Ake piro," Col. 
(Cultivated in England.) 
A large shrub or small tree, 8-15 feet high, with the under surface of the leaves, petioles, and branches of the 
corymb covered with white or yellowish tomentum, so closely appressed as to be smooth and shining. Leaves ovate 
or oblong, sharp or blunt, very coriaceous, 2-3 inches long, on petioles 1-1 inch long, reticulated with raised veins 
on both surfaces, quite entire, waved, or obscurely remotely toothed. Corymös terminal and lateral, 6 inches to a 
span across, of very numerous white-rayed capitula, which are many-flowered. Zwvolucre turbinate, i inch long; 
scales oblong, blunt, pubescent or tomentose at the margin and sides. Flowers of the ray few, with broad white 
rays; those of the disc six to eight, yellow. Achenium glandular. 
2. Eurybia nitida, Hook. fil. ; arborea, foliis alternis petiolatis late ellipticis ovatisve acutis v. acumi- 
natis marginibus undulatis integerrimis v. repando-subsinuatis subtus pube dense appressa sericea nitenti- 
bus costa nervisque fuscis, ramulis corymbique polycephali ramis pilis fuscis densis appressis nitidis, 
peduneulis gracilibus, involucri breviter obeonici squamis laxe imbricatis exterioribus brevissimis dense 
lanatis interioribus linearibus glabratis, fl. radii 15-20 ligulis elongatis, acheniis sericeo-pilosis. E. 
alpina, Lindl. in Lindl. & Past. Magazine. Solidago arborescens, Forst. 
Has. Southern parts of the Northern, and throughout the Middle Islands. Mount Egmont, 4000 
feet, Dieffenbach. (Cultivated in England.) 
Very similar in habit and general appearance to the ZE. furfuracea, but the leaves are broader, usually more 
acuminate, not so coriaceous or reticulated, with a less closely appressed and more silky shining tomentum on their 
under surfaces. Young branches, petioles, arid peduncles covered with silky brown appressed tomentum.  Corymó 
very large, effuse. Capitula ž inch broad, on rather slender peduncles. Involuere very different in shape from that 
of E. furfuracea, being short and broadly obconic, of few loosely-imbricated scales; the outer very short, densely 
woolly; inner nearly smooth, as long as the disc. Achenia very hairy.— This pretty species grows and flowers 
freely in the Horticultural Society’s greenhouse at Chiswick, where it was named Æ. alpina by Dr. Lindley, a name 
I had previously applied to a Tasmanian species. The under surface of the leaf is lustrous and very pretty when 
fresh. 
3. Eurybia Cunninghamii, Hook. fil. ; arborea, ramulis corymbis petiolis involucris foliisque subtus 
molliter tomentosis, foliis petiolatis alternis ellipticis oblongis lineari-oblongisve acutis acuminatisve sinüato- 
dentatis venis remotis reticulatis, corymbo composito polycephalo, involucri breviter turbinati squamis 
omnibus brevibus dense tomentosis glabratisve, floribus radii ligula breviuscula, pappo fusco v. rufescente, 
acheniis costatis glaberrimis. Brachyglottis Rani, 4. Cunn. Prodr. Solidago canescens, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Tas. XXX. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; frequent from the Bay of Islands southward to Banks’ 
Peninsula. Nat. name, “ Wharangi piro," Middle Island, Zyall. 
A small tree, 12—14 feet high. Branches, leaves below, petioles, and branches of the corymb covered with 
thick, soft, white or ashy tomentum. Leaves petioled, very variable in size and shape, 2-5 inches long, varying from 
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