276 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Olearia. 



0. consimilis, 0. quinquefida, and 0. parvifolia, Col., I.e. xxviii. 596, 598. Eury- 

 bia virgata, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 119. 



Var. aggregata. Branohlets slender or robust, terete or almost angular. Leaves in fascicles 

 of 8-15, coriaceous, margins recurved, sessile or nearly so, white beneath. Heads numerous, form- 

 ing large fascicles, sessile or on very short pedicels. Florets 15-17. — 0. aggregata, Col. in Trans. 

 N.Z.I, xxviii. 597. 



Var. FamuUilora. Branches slender, angled. Leaves in fascicles of 2-6. Heads in fascicles 

 of 2-6 ; involucres subcylindrioal, Jin. long ; bracts in 3 series, pubescent or villous, imbricate, inner 

 linear-oblong, villous at the tips. Bays 5. Disk-florets about 3 ; mouth funnel-shaped, shorter than 

 the tube ; segments acute, recurved. Achene glabrous. — 0. ramiUiflora, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxii. 

 467. 



Var. Uneata, Branchlets very slender, often pendulous, angled, glabrous or pubescent- 

 Leaves ^in.-ljin. long, excessively narrov?-linear ; margins much recurved, glabrate or pubescent 

 above, silky beneath. Heads fascicled ; peduncles very slender ; involucre broadly campanulate ; 

 bracts villous. Rays 8-13, very short. Disk-florets 6-10. Achene glabrous. 



NORTH Island : from the Bast Gape and Hawke's Bay to Wellington, but local in many 

 districts. SOUTH Island : Nelson to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level to 2,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



An extremely variable plant, the numerous forms of which pass gradually into each other. 

 Var. ramuliflora is a transition form between 0. virgata and 0. odorata ; var. Uneata may be worthy 

 of specific honours, although the leaves are often as short as in the typical form. 



34. O. Solandri, Hook, f., Handbk. 128. A much-branched shrub, 3ft.- 

 12ft. high. Branchlets, leaves, and involucres often viscid, the former stout or 

 slender, angled, puberulous. Leaves opposite, on very young plants Jin. long, 

 linear oblong-spathulate, flat, narrowed into short petioles, white beneath; on 

 mature plants mostly in opposite fascicles, ^in.— |in. long, linear-obovate or 

 narrow-linear, obtuse, coriaceous, clothed with whitish-yellow tomentum beneath; 

 margins recurved. Heads solitary, terminal, sessile or rarely pedicellate, \m. 

 long ; involucre subcylindrical, golden-yellow ; involucral bracts in 4 series, 

 imbricate, the upper lanceolate, subacute, puberulous or pubescent. Ray-florets 

 12—14 ; rays long, revolute. Disk-florets 6—8 ; mouth shortly funnel-shaped, 

 with very long revolute segments. Achene ribbed, glabrate. Pappus white, 

 equal. — Eurybia Solandri, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. 128. Calea axillaris, Banks and 

 Sol. MS. 



NORTH Island : common near the coast. SOUTH Island : Queen Charlotte and Pelorus 

 SouiidiS, Rutland ! MacMahon ! D'Urville Island, Bri/arai .' 



Usually a cupule formed of 4-5 diminutive leaves with short broad gold-coloured petioles is 

 developed at the base of the involucre. The tube of the disk-florets is as long as in the species 

 with large heads. On old specimens the involucres often become woody and persistent. 



[O. COriacea. A sparingly - branched rigid shrub, 6ft. - 8ft. high. 

 Branches erect or ascending, rather stout, pubescent. Leaves very thick and 

 coriaceous, Jin.-fin. long on very short petioles, patent, shortly ovate or 

 orbicular-ovate, obtuse, reticulate above, white with appressed tomentum 

 beneath. Heads not seen. Dead panicles about twice as long as the leaves, 

 apparently with 2—5 sessile or pedicellate heads. 



SOUTH Island : Marlborough : Awatere and Mount Fyfte, T. K. 



Notwithstanding the imperfect materials available, I have ventured to present a provisional 

 description of what appears to be a very distinct species, quite unlike any other.] 



