416 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Olearia macrodonta (The Large-toothed Olearia). 



A small tree, 6 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves and branchlets whitish. Leaves 

 -2 in. -4 in. long, 1 in.-l in. broad, acute; veins divergent. Corymbs large; 

 heads | in. long; florets 8-12 ; rays 3-5. Achenes ribbed, hairy. Both islands : 

 mountainous places. Fl. Jan. The whole plant emits a musky scent. 



Olearia ilicifolia (The Holly-leaved Olearia). 



Leaves glaucous, musk scented, 3 in. -4 in. long, in.-f in. broad, acute 

 margins with spinous teeth, yellowish below. Corymbs large, musk-scented. 

 Disk-florets 5-6 : rays 5-7. Achenes ribbed, hairy. Both islands. Fl. Nov.- 

 Jan. Much cultivated. 



Olearia moschata (The Musky Olearia). 



A shrub or tree, 5 ft.- 14 ft. in height. Leaves white below, Jin. -fin- long, 

 obtuse, leathery. Corymbs 2-4 times as long as the leaves. Heads few, florets 

 12-20, rays 7-12, long, white. Achenes ribbed, silky. South Island: sub-alpine 

 .scrub. Fl, Jan. -March. 



Olearia avicenniaefolia (The Avicennia-leaved Olearia). 



Branches grooved. Leaves lin.-4in. long, f in.-ljin. broad, narrowed at 

 both ends, white below. Heads small. Bay-florets 1, rarely 2, ray broad : disk- 

 florets 2. Achenes silky. Pappus-hairs in one series. South Island : Stewart 

 Island. Fl. Jan. -Feb. Much cultivated. 



Olearia virgata (The Twiggy Olearia}. 



A twiggy shrub, often forming thickets. Leaves Jin. -Jin. long, opposite, 

 leathery, white beneath. Heads in. across ; florets 7-12, white. Achene 

 glabrous. Pappus white or reddish. Both islands. Fl. Nov. -Jan. A plant of 

 the open country or seashore. 



Olearia Forsteri (Forster's Olearia). 



Stem 5 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves 1J in. -3 in. long ; 1 in. -2 in. broad, 

 leathery, oblong, white below, obtuse, margins waved. Heads numerous, 

 sessile, shining. Anthers exserted. Both islands. Fl. Apr. -May. Maori 

 name Akiraho. A plant of the open country, or edge of the bush. 



Genus Pleurophyllum. 



Large, succulent herbs. Leaves mainly radical, with strongly-marked ribs. 

 Flowers in racemes, on a long scape. Florets numerous. Achene marked with 

 lines, and set with stiff hairs. Pappus-hairs in 3 series. Name from the Greek, 

 meaning ribbed-leaved}. 3 sp. 



