122 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Composite. 
white wool, cobwebby about the base of the capitulum. Heads 2-3 inches broad. Jnvolucral scales linear, narrow, 
sharp, with recurved tips, nearly smooth. Ray florets very numerous, linear, revolute. Achenia linear-oblong, 
pubescent or hairy.—Mr. Bidwill says that horses are fond of this plant, tearing it up in large tufts; also, that the 
woolly epidermis of the leaf is spun into thread, and said to be woven into a kind of fabric. —PLATE XXXII. Fig. 
1, floret of the ray; 2, of the disc :—both magnified. 
4. Celmisia Mackaui, Raoul; vaginis elongatis glabratis intus araneosis, foliis longissime lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis submembranaceis utrinque glaberrimis, scapis glabratis, bracteis plurimis 
lineari-subulatis basi latioribus vaginatis membranaceis, involucri glaberrimi squamis e basi late ovatis 
subulatis longe acuminatis, acheniis glaberrimis. Raoul, Choiw de Plantes, p. 19. t. 14. 
Has. Middle Island. Akaroa, Raoul. 
Very similar indeed to C. coriacea; but the leaves are more membranous and smooth, and have no loose cuticle ; 
the scape also and involucres are quite glabrous, or nearly so. Bractee $-l inch long, with broad sheathing 
bases, and long attenuated acuminate points. Involucral leaves glabrous, with ovate broad bases, and very long, 
subulate, sguarrose or recurved points. Pappus yellowish. Achenium quite smooth. 
5. Celmisia spectabilis, Hook. fil.; vaginis elongatis pilis molliter sericeis laxe et longe villosis, foliis 
crassis et coriaceis anguste lineari-oblongis obtusis subacutisve marginibus recurvis obscure remote crenato- 
dentatis integerrimisve superne glaberrimis nitidis suleatis subtus tomento albido v. fulvo dense obtectis, 
scapis bracteisque anguste linearibus dense sericeo-villosis, involucri villosi squamis anguste subulatis 
pauciseriatis, flosculis radii plurimis ligula latiuscula, acheniis glaberrimis. Nobis in FI. Antarct. p. 35 
in nota. Tas. XXXIII. 4. 
Var. 8? lanceolata ; foliis angustissime lanceolatis angustatis acuminatis. Tas. XXXIII. B. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Tongariro and Nelson, alt. 2-6000 feet, Bidwill. Mount 
Hikurangi; on the east coast, Colenso. Var. 8. Middle Island, Zyall. Ruahine Mountains, Colenso. 
A very different-looking plant from any of the former species, smaller-flowered, with shorter, more linear- 
oblong, sharp or blunt, and very thick coriaceous leaves, covered below with a coarse, thick, appressed tomentum, 
which turns yellow in drying. Sheaths of the leaves beautifully clothed with long silky soft wool, as are the scapes 
and involucres. Leaves 5-10 inches long, 3 inch broad, smooth and shining above, marked longitudinally with 
shallow grooves; margins slightly recurved, quite entire, or remotely obscurely crenate. Bractee very narrow, 
linear. Involucre obeonical; scales very narrow. Ray florets numerous, broad. Aehenia quite smooth.—I have 
referred the var. 8 here doubtfully, my specimens being unsatisfactory. Mr. Colenso's are in flower, and have the 
leaves upwards of a span long, very narrow lanceolate, with long acuminated points. Dr. Lyall's are still longer, 
1-14 foot, with more appressed silky white tomentum below, like that of C. coriacea ; but the specimens not being 
in flower, I cannot speak decisively about them. In both there is a tendency in the margin of the leaf to become 
remotely notched. —PLAtE XXXIII 4. Fig. 1, ray floret; 2, its tube; 3, disc floret; 4, stamen; 5, styles :—all 
magnified. Prata XXXIII. B. represents a leaf of the var. 8? 
8 b. Leaves very narrow, grass-like. Heads of flowers much smaller than in the former section. 
6. Celmisia gracilenta, Hook. fil.; foliis anguste lineari-elongatis obtusis acutis acuminatisve margi- 
nibus integerrimis planis plus minusve revolutis superne glaberrimis araneosis vel pube arcte appressa 
argenteo-sericeis et nitidis subtus dense lanatis niveis, scapis foliis longioribus brevioribusve dense lanatis 
floccosisve, bracteis linearibus, involucri sguamis anguste linearibus obtusis acuminatisve apice sphacelatis 
pauciseriatis, acheniis elongatis glaberrimis, styli ramis fl. disci elongatis. 
Var. a; foliis anguste linearibus acuminatis marginibus ad costam revolutis superne araneosis v. pube 
appressa argenteo-sericeis nitidis. Aster gracilenta, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Celmisia, FI. Antarct. p. 35 
in nota. 
