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broad purple rays, those of P. criniferwm without a ray. The characters of the flowers in the genus Pleurophyllum 
are all but identical with those of Celmisia, as are those of the latter with Olearia, which is to be distinguished by its 
shrubby habit and long achenia. 
8 a. Leaves large and long (6 inches and upwards), not narrow and grass-like. Heads of flowers broad, very large. 
1. Celmisia olosericea, Hook. fil.; vaginis glaberrimis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis argute 
serratis superne glabris subtus tomento niveo dense appresso argenteis, scapo glaberrimo bracteato, bracteis 
lineari-elongatis dorso niveo-tomentosis, capitulo maximo, involucri squamis viscosis linearibus multiseriatis 
recurvis extimis dorso niveis, ligulis perplurimis, acheniis breviusculis sericeis. Aster, Forst. Prodr. 
A. Rich. Flora. Tas. XXXI. 
Has. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Forster. Port Preservation, Lyall. 
A most magnificent plant. Leaves a span to a foot long, numerous, their bases sheathing round the top of a 
stout root, which is as thick as the thumb, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrate, acuminate, with distinct 
fine veins above, below densely covered with silvery tomentum, except the midrib; substance of the leaf more mem- 
branous than in the following species. Scape 1-2 feet high, smooth, with scattered linear bractex an inch long; bear- 
ing a capitulum 2-4 inches broad, yellow, with a white ray of innumerable revolute linear ligulate florets. Involu- 
eral scales rather gummy, very numerous, linear, sharp, recurved, the outer white at the back. Achenia rather 
short, silky. —PLATE XXXI. Fig. 1, floret of the ray; 2, of the disc :—oth magnified. 
2. Celmisia verbascifolia, Hook. fil.; vaginis elongatis glabratis herbaceis sulcatis (purpureis) margine 
lanuginosis, foliis subpetiolatis elliptico-ovatis lanceolatisve subacutis integerrimis subtus marginibusque 
dense lanatis, scapo bracteis involucrisque tomento niveo v. fulvo laxe sericeo-lanatis, involucri squamis pauci- 
seriatis erectis, ligulis linearibus vix recurvis, acheniis glaberrimis. 
Has. Middle and Southern Islands. Milford Sound and Port Preservation, Zyall. 
A very similar plant to the foregoing, but quite different in many respects. Sheaths of the leaves of a pale purple 
colour, ribbed, margined with silky wool. Leaves very variable in size and shape, 6 inches to a foot long, linear- 
oblong and lanceolate, or broadly elliptical-ovate, stout and coriaceous, smooth and whitish above, densely clothed 
below and along the margins (which are quite entire) with a thick, soft, somewhat silky white or buff-coloured wool. 
Scapes 6 to 12 inches long, with scattered linear bracts an inch long, covered with a loose, shaggy, silky white wool, 
often becoming buff-coloured about the involueral scales, which are narrow-linear, fewer in number than in C. kolose- 
ricea, and not recurved. Heads of florets about 2 inches across, deep yellow, with a white ray. Achenia quite 
smooth. 
8. Celmisia coriacea, Hook. fil.; vaginis albo-lanatis araneosisve senioribus glabratis, foliis (longissi- 
mis) lineari-lanceolatis acutis sulcatis plicatisve integerrimis superne nitidis cuticula laxa pellucida e lana 
dense appressa indutis subtus tomento, sericeo appresso albidis, scapis araneo-tomentosis, bracteis linearibus, 
capitulis magnis, involucri squamis anguste linearibus apicibus subreflexis glabratis araneosisve, flosculis 
radii plurimis elongatis revolutis, acheniis pubescentibus. Tas. XXXII. 
Has. Middle and Southern Islands. Dusky Bay, Forster, Lyall. Warrau Pass, Nelson, Bidwell. 
Ruahine range, Colenso. 
A very much longer-leaved plant than the former; conspicuous for the delicate transparent skin, which is 
loosely spread over the upper surface of the leaves in all my specimens, and which, in a young state, appears formed 
of fine woolly hairs. Stems tufted, covering the ground in broad patches. Sheaths 2-4 inches long, grooved, 
covered with silky white wool. Leaves 8 inches to 14 foot long, coriaceous, linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, quite 
entire, sharp, deeply grooved longitudinally or plaited, covered below with a thick layer of appressed white silvery 
down, margins a little recurved. Scapes longer than the leaves, with linear scattered leafy bracts, covered with silky 
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