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tomento dense appresso nitidis, capitulis axillaribus breve pedunculatis, involucri turbinati squamis pauci- 
v. multiseriatis imbricatis extimis parvis, fl. radii 3-5 ligulatis ligula latiuscula brevi v. elongata disci 6-8, 
pappo fuscescente, acheniis pubescentibus. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Tongariro and mountains above Nelson, altitude 4500 feet, 
Bidwili. East coast, Mount Hikurangi, etc., Colenso. 
A rigid, erect, branching, leafy shrub, 2-3 feet high. Branches all stout, woody, scarred at the places where 
leaves have fallen away, covered with pale brown bark; younger ones and leaves generally gummy. Leaves nume- 
rous, closely set, uniform in size and shape, + inch long, shortly petiolate, very thick and coriaceous, round, oblong 
or obovate, margin recurved, entire, young reticulated above, all covered below with dense white appressed tomen- 
tum. Capitula on short axillary peduncles, nearly $ inch long. Involucre obconic-turbinate, of few or many scales, 
the lower or outer much the smaller. Florets about eight or ten; outer ligulate ; ray variable in length and 
breadth. Achenia pubescent.— This species, like the following, varies a good deal in the number of involucral 
scales and in the length of the ray florets. It is a very handsome plant, and very closely resembles Cassinia 
Vauvilliersii. 
7. Eurybia Solandri, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, erecta, fastigiatim ramosa, ramulis gracilibus virgatis 
tomentosis glabratisve junioribus foliisque viscosis, foliis parvis fasciculatis oppositisve anguste linearibus 
lineari-obovatisve obtusis superne medio sulcatis marginibus integerrimis recurvis subtus albido-lanatis, 
capitulis sessilibus axillaribus ramulis abbreviatisve terminalibus, involucri turbinati squamis brevibus 
imbricatis dorso tomentosis, ligulis paucis brevibus, pappo pallido v. rufescente, acheniis glaberrimis sulcatis. 
Calea axillaris, Sol. MSS. non DC. 
Has. Northern Island. Sandy places by the coast, ete., Banks and Solander, etc. Thames, Sinclair. 
An erect, branching, twiggy shrub, 5 feet high. Branches slender, twiggy, round or angled, smooth or tomen- 
tose, the younger and young leaves glutinous. Leaves small, about + inch long, in opposite tufts, or solitary and 
opposite on young twigs, linear-oblong, blunt, sometimes recurved, margins recurved, under surface thickly covered. 
with appressed tomentum. Capitula longer than the leaves, solitary and terminal on the very short branchlets, or 
axillary. Involucral scales viscid when young, in few or many rows, imbricated, short, blunt, tomentose along the 
back. Florets eight or ten, those of the ray with short ligule. Achenia quite smooth.— Very similar to Z. ramulosa, 
DC., of Tasmania, but the involucres are of a different shape. 
8. Eurybia virgata, Hook. fil; frutex gracilis, ramosus, ramis sulcatis elongatis virgatis oppositis 
divaricatis parce foliatis ultimis lanatis glabratisve angulatis, foliis fasciculatis parvis (fasciculis oppositis) 
obovatis obtusis breve petiolatis subtus appresse tomentosis, capitulis solitariis geminisve gracile peduncu- 
latis, pedunculis folio sequilongis brevioribusve tomentosis, involucri late campanulati squamis brevibus 
tomentosis pauciseriatis, flosculis radii paucis ligulatis, disci 6-8, acheniis puberulis. 
Haz. Northern and Middle Islands. In bogs, Wairarapa, Colenso. Warrau Pass, Nelson, Bidwill. 
A shrub 5-8 feet high, with slender, twiggy, sparingly leafy branches, the younger tomentose. Leaves few and 
small, in opposite fascicles, solitary and opposite on the terminal branchlets, 4—4 inch long, obovate or linear-obovate, 
blunt, on short petioles, under surface thickly covered with closely appressed down. Capitula small, on slender to- 
mentose peduncles, which are sometimes bracteate, 4 inch broad. Jnvolucral scales small, woolly, in few series, short. 
Florets of the ray with short ligule. Pappus white or reddish. Achenia pubescent. 
$ c. Trees or large shrubs, with large broad leaves and much-branched panicles. Capitula with 1-4 florets. 
(Shawia, Forst.) 
9. Eurybia Forsteri, Hook. fil.; arbuscula, ramis ramulisque sulcatis paniculisque fuscis pubescenti-to- 
mentosis, foliis petiolatis elliptico-oblongis ovatisve obtusis undulatis integerrimis utrinque reticulatis subtus 
