﻿Buchanan.— 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Celmisia. 
  427 
  

  

  Male 
  flowei's 
  terminal 
  on 
  the 
  sliort 
  lateral 
  branclilets, 
  in 
  fascicles 
  of 
  

   three 
  or 
  sometimes 
  more 
  ; 
  each 
  fascicle 
  enclosed 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  by 
  a 
  cupular 
  

   involucel, 
  apparently 
  formed 
  of 
  metamorphosed 
  stipules 
  ; 
  calyx 
  short, 
  

   cupular, 
  with 
  four 
  or 
  fewer 
  short 
  blunt 
  lobes 
  ; 
  corolla 
  bell-shaped, 
  four« 
  

   partite 
  almost 
  to 
  base 
  ; 
  stamens 
  exserted 
  ; 
  the 
  fascicles 
  of 
  male 
  are 
  often 
  

   on 
  twigs 
  destitute 
  of 
  leaves. 
  

  

  Female 
  flowers 
  terminal 
  on 
  the 
  short 
  lateral 
  branches, 
  usually 
  solitary, 
  

   but 
  sometimes 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  together, 
  with 
  a 
  four-lobed 
  tubular 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   ciliated 
  involucel 
  enclosing 
  the 
  calyx 
  ; 
  calyx 
  tubular, 
  indistinctly 
  four- 
  

   lobed 
  at 
  the 
  ciliated 
  margin 
  ; 
  corolla 
  four-partite 
  to 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  lobes 
  narrow, 
  

   oblong 
  ; 
  styles 
  papillose, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  corolla 
  lobes 
  ; 
  drape 
  not 
  seen. 
  

  

  Habitat 
  : 
  Dunedin, 
  Water 
  of 
  Leith, 
  Vauxhall, 
  Saddle 
  Hill, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   first 
  gathered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Purdie. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  with 
  fascicled 
  female 
  flowers, 
  and 
  is 
  

   very 
  distinct 
  and 
  well 
  marked 
  in 
  its 
  characters. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  to 
  another 
  undescribed 
  species 
  growing 
  near 
  Dunedin, 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  

   Jink 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  C, 
  rotundifolia. 
  

  

  Abt. 
  LXIII. 
  — 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Celmisia. 
  By 
  J. 
  Buchanan. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XVIII. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  llth 
  January, 
  1879.] 
  

  

  Celmisia 
  cordatifolia, 
  n.s. 
  

   Leaves 
  entire, 
  with 
  the 
  petiole 
  6-8 
  inches 
  long, 
  2 
  inches 
  broad, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  

   acute 
  at 
  tip, 
  and 
  cordate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  below 
  with 
  rusty 
  

   brown 
  tomentum, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  dull 
  green 
  above 
  in 
  old 
  leaves, 
  and 
  in 
  young 
  

   leaves 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  white 
  silky 
  hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  at 
  base 
  

   and 
  on 
  midrib 
  ; 
  petiole 
  and 
  petiolar 
  sheath 
  ribbed, 
  covered 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   pale 
  brown 
  tomentum 
  ; 
  inner 
  surface 
  glabrous, 
  purple. 
  Scape 
  10-12 
  inches 
  

   hi»h, 
  with 
  long 
  linear 
  bracts, 
  the 
  whole 
  covered 
  with 
  rusty 
  brown 
  

   tomentum, 
  which 
  often 
  disappears 
  on 
  the 
  bracts 
  after 
  flowering, 
  leaving 
  

   terminal 
  tufts. 
  Head 
  1^ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  ; 
  involucral 
  scales 
  numerous, 
  in 
  

   two 
  series, 
  outer 
  series 
  with 
  termmal 
  tufts 
  of 
  rusty-brown 
  tomentum 
  ; 
  rays 
  

   narrow, 
  f 
  inch 
  long 
  ; 
  pappus 
  i 
  inch 
  long 
  ; 
  achene 
  large, 
  glabrous. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  McKay, 
  January, 
  1879, 
  on 
  Mount 
  Starvation, 
  

   J^elson, 
  

  

  