Buchanan. — On the Botany of the Chatham Islands, 337 



respect from young plants of 0. operina and 0. angustifolia, to both of which 



it is allied. 



^Olearia traversii, F. Muell. 



Nat. name — Akeake ; 20 — 30 feet high, and sometimes 2 feet in diameter. 



This may be considered as the only valuable timber tree in the islands, being 



durable and not subject to the attacks of insects. 



Brachycome sinclairi, Hook. fil. 

 Cotula coronopifolia, Linn. 



^{Myriogyne) featherstoni% F. Muell. 



lanata, Hook. fil. 

 Craspedia fimhriata, DC. 

 Gnaphalium hellidioides, Hook. fil. 



Jilicaule, Hook. fil. 



luteo-album, Linn. 



involucratum, Forst. 



coUinum, Labill. 

 Erechtites prenanthoides, DC. 



scaberula, Hook. fil. 



quadridentatus, DC. 

 Senecio lautus, Forst. 



„ Forst., var. radiolatus {S. radiolatus, F. Muell., I. c). 



A broader leaved var. of this species than that from the Chatham Islands 



has since been collected by Mr. Travers on the Brothers Bocks, Cook Strait. 



The leaves are remarkably thick and fleshy, and only show membranous, as 



stated in the Handb. IST.Z. Flora, p. 734, after drying. 



^Senecio huntii, F. Muell. Nat. name — Rautine. (F. Muell., I, c.) 



TaraxacuTYi dens-leonis, Desf. 



J^onchus oleraceus, Linn. 



Wahlenhergia gracilis, A.DC. • 



Lobelia anceps, Thunb. 



I'ratia macrodon^ Hook. fil. 



EmcE^. 



^Cyathodes rohusta, Hook. fil. [C. acerosa, Br., var. h. latifolia, Flora N.Z. i., 



163, and Yeg. Chatham Islands, 43). 

 LeuGopogon richei, Br. (F. Muell., I. c. 45). 

 Pentachondra pumila, Br. 

 Dracophyllum scoparium, Hook, fil.. Flora Antarct. i. 47 {D. urvilleanum, A. 



Bich, var. d. Handb. N.Z. Fl. i. 182 j D. latifolium, Hook, fil., var. 



ciliolatum, I. c. ii. 736). 



A small tree 20 — 30 feet high. Specimens in Mr. Travers' collection show 

 the young leaves flat, 8 — 9 inches long, and j inch broad, becoming reduced 

 in size before flowering to 2 — 3 inches long, very narrow, involute, and ciliate 

 on the lower margin in all stages ; both sizes may be found on the same plant, 

 the larger form on the lower branches only. 



In the young state the fascicles of large broad leaves bear a considerable 



resemblance to those of JD, latifoliurriy A. Cunn., and D. menziesiiy Hook, fil., 



neither of which are found on the islands. 



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