Olearia.] xxxix. COMPOSITAE. 267 



9. O. Traversii, Hook. f. ex F. Mudl., Handbk. 731. An erect shrub 

 or small tree^ 15ft.— 30ft. high; trunk 1ft.— 2ft. in diameter. Bark furrowed. 

 Branchlets tetragonous, and with the petioles and peduncles pubescent, silky, 

 or hoary. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, oblong- ovate or broadly ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, entire, white and satiny beneath. Panicle cymose, much 

 branched, axillary, exceeding the leaves. Heads small, numerous ; involucral 

 bracts short, silky. Outer florets oblique at the mouth. Rays 0. Disk-florets 

 campanulate at the mouth ; segments shortly recurved. Achene pubescent, 

 faintly striated. Pappus 1-seriate. — T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 34. Eurybia 

 Traversii, F. MuelL, Veg. Chath. Isds. 19, t. 2. 



CHATHAM Islands : Mair I B. Travers ! Cox ! Akeake. Oct. 



Distinguished by the opposite leaves and discoid heads. Originally discovered by Dieffen- 

 baoh, who mistook it for Avicenmia officinalis. 



10. O. Bnchanani, n. s. An erect shrub or small tree. Branchlets as 

 thick as a goose-quill. Bark red, glabrous. Leaves all opposite, 2in.— 3iin. 

 long, iin.— lin. broad, almost oblanceolate, sharply narrowed into the short 

 slender petiole, entire, finely reticulated above, whitish with thin laxly-appressed 

 tomentum beneath. Corymbs small, lax. Peduncles very slender, glabrous, 

 equalling the leaves ; branches opposite, capillary, the lower with pauperated 

 leaves at the base, the upper pubescent. Heads mostly sessile in small terminal 

 fascicles ; involucral bracts about 10, lax, very unequal, pubescent or sparingly 

 villous. Ray-florets 3—4. Disk-florets 3—4. Mouth narrow, campanulate, 

 one-third as long as the tube. Achene short, ribbed, strigose. 



NORTH Island : probably Taranaki or Auckland ; the exact locality uncertain. Buchanan ! 

 1870. 



I have only a single specimen of this very distinct plant, so that the description must be con- 

 sidered imperfect. Except 0. Traversii, it is the only Nev? Zealand species with large opposite 

 leaves. Its nearest ally appears to be 0. furfuracea. 



11. O. furfuracea, Hook.f., Handbk. 125. A much-branched shrub or 

 small tree, 6ft.— 16ft. high. Twigs softly pubescent, grooved. Leaves 2in.— 3in. 

 long, IJin.— 2Jin. broad, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, obtuse or 

 rarely acute, margins undulate or flat, rarely sinuate-dentate, often unequal at 

 the base, reticulated on both surfaces, silvery below with shining appressed 

 tomentum ; petioles Jin.— lin. long. Corymbs on long naked much-branched 

 peduncles. Heads numerous, turbinate ; involucral bracts broadly oblong, 

 villous or fimbriate. Florets 8—12 ; 3—5 rays. Disk-florets with a funnel- 

 shaped mouth abruptly contracted into a narrow tube ; segments 5, recurved. 

 Style-arms obtuse. Outer pappus-hairs short. Achenes faintly grooved, 

 pubescent or silky. — Eurybia furfuracea, DC, Prod. v. 257 ; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. 

 i. 117. Shawia furfuracea, Raoul, Enum. 45. Haxtonia furfuracea, Caley ex 

 Don in Edin. N. Phil. Journ. 1831 ; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 440. Aster furfura- 

 cea, A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 246. A. elaeagnifolius, A. Cunn., MSS. 



Var. rubicunda. Branchlets grooved. Bark red, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, nar- 

 rowed at both ends, ljin.-2in. long, less coriaceous than the type. Branohes of panicle very slender, 



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