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recurvis obovato-oblongis linearibusve obtusis superne incanis v. glabratis subtus pube appressa dense 
vestitis marginibus recurvis, corymbis terminalibus 2—8-cephalis, involucris turbinatis tomentosis radiatis. 
DC. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island. Wangaroa Bay, Auckland, etc., generally near the coast, Frazer, Cunning- 
ham, ete. 
Very nearly allied indeed to C. leptophylla, as stated in the description of that plant; but more robust, with 
larger, broader, more obovate, and more constantly recurved leaves, densely tomentose below. Corymds of few 
(three to eight) heads, with very woolly peduncles. Heads of flowers larger than in C. leptophylla, i-i inch long, 
broadly turbinate, woolly, with eight to ten florets. 
9. Cassia Vawvilliersi, Hook. fil.; ramulis robustis fastigiatis foliosis sulcatis foliisque subtus to- 
mento fulvo appresso dense vestitis, foliis lineari-oblongis obovatisve obtusis v. retusis marginibus revolutis 
superne glabratis costa subtus prominula, corymbis terminalibus polycephalis tomentosis, capitulis radiatis. 
Ozothamnus, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. au Põle Sud. t. 5. Fl. Antaret. p. 29. 
Has. Northern Island; common on the mountains, Bidwill, ete. Middle and Southern Islands ; fre- 
quent on the mountains and west coast, Bidwill, Lyall. 
An erect, dense shrub, 6-10 feet high, with fasciculate branches, which are furrowed and covered with a closely 
appressed, buff-coloured tomentum, which also clothes the under surface of the leaves. Leaves coriaceous, much 
larger than in the two previous species, i-i inch long, spreading or recurved, decurrent on the stem, linear-ob- 
ovate, oblong, or spathulate, blunt or retuse, smooth or a little pubescent above; margins recurved. Corymbs ter- 
minal, of many (ten to forty) closely-packed white heads, on tomentose peduncles. Heads obconic, with tomentose, 
imbricating involucral scales, of which the inner have white spreading tips. Florets eight to ten.—This plant was 
originally published as an Ozothamnus from Lord Auckland’s Group, where it is very abundant. It so very closely 
resembles the C. cuneifolia, A. Cunn. (in DC. Prodr.), of Mount Wellington, in Tasmania, that were that plant a 
true Cassinia I should possibly have united them, but the latter having no pales on the receptacle amongst the 
flowers, it must be referred to Ozothamnus. 
Gen. XIII. OZOTHAMNUS, Br. 
Omnia Cassini, sed receptaculum epaleaceum. Flores feminei speciebus Nove Zelandise 0. 
This genus so elosely resembles the former, that it reguires some care to distinguish them; the absence of any 
pales amongst the florets characterizes this. All the species are Australian and Tasmanian, except those of New 
Zealand; many are very strongly scented. I have never found any female flowers in the New Zealand species. 
(Name from ofw, to be scented, and Bauvos, a bush.) 
§ a. Capitula corymbose. Leaves spreading, petiolate. 
1. Ozothamnus glomeratus, Hook. fil. ; frutex, ramis tortis laxe foliatis, ramulis incano-tomentosis, 
folis sparsis petiolatis ovato-rotundatis apiculatis planis subtus dense niveo-lanatis, corymbis congestis 
glomeratis axillaribus terminalibusque tomentosis, involucri squamis scariosis. Swammerdammia glomerata, 
Raoul, Choia de Plantes, p. 90. t. 16. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; on dry hills, from the Bay of Islands (Cunningham) to Otago, 
Lyall. 
A bush, with slender, spreading, flexuose, twiggy branches, the top ones woolly. Leaves scattered, 2-1 inch 
long with the petiole, broadly ovate-rotundate, blunt, with a little point, bright green and smooth above, white with 
soft wool below. Heads crowded into dense rounded corymbs, which are terminal, or sessile and axillary, 3-1 inch 
in diameter. Involucral scales very delicate and hyaline, woolly at the base.— This is a very distinct plant, easily to 
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