DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY 423 



Genus Haastia. 



Tufted, woolly shrubs, forming dense masses, sometimes several feet across. 

 This genus differs from Raoulia in having tailless anthers. Flower-heads large, 

 solitary, sunk amongst the upper leaves. Ray-florets female. Disk-florets 



Fig. 146. Cehnisia longifolia, var. (2 nat. size). 



numerous. Achene shining, narrow, sometimes ribbed. Pappus-hairs rigid, 

 white. (Name in honour of Sir Julius von Haast). This genus is endemic in 

 New Zealand. 4 sp. 



