270 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Olearia. 



Var. miniata. A low shrub. Branohlets slender. Leaves lin.-2in. long, |in.-lin. broad, 

 elliptio-oblong ; petioles slender. Panicles much branched and pedicels slender. Heads smaller ; 

 involucral bracts short, almost subulate, red, sparingly pubescent but never villous. Aohene 

 pubescent. 



NORTH Island : from the North Cape to Cook Strait. SOUTH Island : Marlborough and 

 Nelson. Sea-level to 2,800ft. Reported from the west coast of Otago, doubtless in error. Hejtetara. 

 Daisy-tree. Nov. 



16. O. lacunosa, Hook, f., Handbk. 733. A shrub or small tree. 

 Branchlets stout, grooved, and with the petioles, leaves beneath, and panicles 

 clothed with pale rusty tomentum. Leaves 4in.— 6in. long, narrow-linear or 

 linear-oblong, Jin. — fin. broad, acuminate, cuneate at the base, entire or 

 obscurely sinuate-toothed, glabrous and strongly reticulate above ; lateral nerves 

 stout, forming a right angle with the midrib and rendering the lower surface 

 strongly rugose ; petioles very short, broad. Peduncles 2—5, slender, laxly 

 branched, spreading, forming a corymbose mass Sin. —Gin. in diameter. Heads 

 numerous, ^in. long, on long slender pedicels ; involucre turbinate ; bracts few, 

 laxly imbricate, the lower very small, villous, the upper linear-oblong, ciliate 

 and pubescent at the tips. Florets 8—12 ; rays 5 or 6, short, broad. Disk- 

 florets with a tubular campanulate mouth, longer than the silky tube ; segments 

 recurved. Achene ribbed, silky. Pappus unequal. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson and Canterbury : Rotoroa, Travers ! Source of the Takaka River ; 

 Mount Arthur plateau ; mountains between the Hope and Owen Rivers ; Cheeseman I Canaan, Dall I 

 Harper's Pass, Haast ! 3,000ft. to 4,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



Easily distinguished by the large linear acuminate leaves (rugose beneath), the large corymbs, 

 and the small involucres. 



17. O. excorticata, Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, vi. (1873) 241. A shrub or 

 small tree, 12ft.— 15ft. high. ; trunk 1ft. in diameter. Bark loose, papery, 

 brown. Branchlets, petioles, and panicles clothed with whitish tomentum. 

 Leaves linear-oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, lin.— 4in. long, Jin.— fin. broad, 

 coriaceous, obscurely sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, white with appressed 

 tomentum beneath, shortly petiolate ; lateral nerves forming rather less than a 

 right angle with the midrib. Peduncles exceeding the leaves. Corymbs 

 rounded. Heads numerous, small, ^in.— j^gin. long; pedicels short; involucral 

 bracts few, lower minute, broadly ovate, convex, villous ; upper linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, ciliate and pubescent at the tips. Florets about 12 ; rays 5—7, very 

 short. Disk-florets with a tubular mouth much longer than the very short 

 silky tube ; segments not recurved. Achene very short, broadly subulate, 

 furrowed. Pappus unequal. 



NORTH Island: Tararua Range, Afiic/ieZJ .' Mount Hold sworth, .4 rraoH .' Oct. 



A very distinct species, of which I have seen but two poor specimens, and can only give an 

 imperfect description. 



18. O. alpina, Buck, m Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 215. A shrub or 

 small tree, 8ft.-12ft. high ; trunk 6in.-8in. in diameter. Branches and leaves 

 beneath clothed with pale-buff tomentum. Leaves 5in.-6in. long, ^in. broad, 

 linear ; margins entire ; midrib very stout ; veins close-set, forming a right 

 angle with the midrib, and giving rise to a series of lacunae on each side. 



