266 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Olearia. 



coriaceous^ ljin.-6in. lougj lin— 3in. broad, broadly oblong, obloiig-laiiceolate or 



obovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, acutely serrate or doubly serrate or crenate, 



narrowed into a short stout petiole, shining above, white with loosely appressed 



tomentum beneath. Heads in fascicled terminal racemes with a bract at the 



base of each peduncle, Jin.— lin. in diameter, discoid; involucral scales in 



1 or 3 series, acute, villous at the tips. Outer florets female, rayless ; inner 



hermaphrodite, campanulate at the mouth. Achenes silky. Pappus-hairs in 



several series, unequal. — Handbk. 124 ; T. Kirk, Forest M. N.Z. t. 102. 



NORTH Island: Mount Hikurangi, Euahine and Tararua Banges, but local and never 

 descending below 3,000ft. SOUTH Island : Mount Stokes and Mount Arthur to Poveaux Strait, but 

 local except on the west coast of Otago ; ascends to 5,000ft. STEWART Island: plentiful from 

 sea-level to summit of Mount Anglem. Tupari. Nov. to Jan. 



The leaves are clothed with white tomentum above as well as below when young, and vary 

 greatly in size and shape. 



7. O. Lyallii, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 116. A shrub or small tree, some- 

 times nearly 30ft. high, with trunk 2ft. in diameter. Branches open, robust, 

 tomentose. Leaves 6in. long, 4in.— Bin. broad, broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 

 abruptly acuminate, rarely narrowed below, excessively rigid and coriaceous, 

 doubly serrate or crenate, white with floccose tomentum above and closely 

 appressed tomentum beneath ; petiole short, stout, sheathing at the "base. 

 Racemes 4in.— 7in. long. Rhachis, bracts, peduncles, and outer involucral 

 bracts white with appressed tomentum. Involucral bracts in 5—8 series. Heads 

 discoid as in 0. Colensoi, but larger ; florets darker. Achenes silky. Pappus 

 unequal. — Handbk. 125. Eurybia antarctica, Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. ii. 543. 



The SNARES ; EWING Island and ROSS Island, Lord Auckland Group. Dec, Jan. 



Very closely allied to 0. Colensoi, of which it should perhaps be considered a variety. Its 

 chief points of difference are the more open habit, stouter branches, orbicular-ovate leaves, and 

 especially the many seriate involucre. The leaves on young plants often attain a large size, 9in.-12in. 

 long (including the petiole) and 7in.-9in. broad. 



8. O. insignis, Hook. /., FL N.Z. ii. 331. A low spreading shrub, 

 lft.-3ft. high, rarely attaiaing 6ft.-8ft. Branches stout, densely pubescent. 

 Leaves crowded at the tips of the branches, varying from oblong to ovate or 

 narrow-obovate, 3in.-7in. long including the stout petiole, lin.— 4in. broad, 

 excessively thick and coriaceous, shining above, quite entire, equal or unequal 

 at the base, white with appressed tomentum beneath ; petioles fin.— Sin. long. 

 Heads on terminal usually naked pubescent peduncles. Head hemispherical, 

 with the expanded rays 3in. in diameter or more ; involucral bracts imbricating, 

 in 6-8 series, tomentose. Rays very narrow. Disk-florets gradually narrowed to 

 the base. Achene narrow, silky. Pappus-hairs in 1 series, slightly thickened 

 at the tips. — Handbk. 125. 0. marginata, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xv. (1884) 32. 



SOUTH Island : Marlborough and Nelson : Blind Bay to the Mason River. Sea-level to 

 4,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



The most magnificent species of the genus. Sometimes 1 or several sessile or pedunculate 

 bracts, sometimes of irregular shape, at others foliaoeous, are produced on the peduncle or 

 immediately below the involucre. This curious state has been described as a species by Colenso, 

 but its inconstancy deprives it of all value even as a variety. 



