282 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Mount Arthur, Spencer ! Clieeseman I Mountains near Lake 

 Guyon, E. Travers ! Paparoa Eange, Westland, Selms ! 4,000ft. to 6,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



A very distinct species, easily recognised by the short acute or apioulate leaves and glandular 

 involucral bracts. 



5. C. holosericea, Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. i. 36; Fl. N.Z. i. 121, t. 21. 

 Leaves 6in.— lOia. long, IJin.— 2Jia. broad, coriaceous but not thick, flat, lanceo- 

 late, acute, acutely distantly serrate, glabrous above, white with appressed silvery 

 tomentum beneath ; midrib and veins obvious on both surfaces ; petiole very 

 short and broad, sheathing, glabrous. Scapes few, slender, 1ft.— IJft. long or 

 more, glabrous, with 3 or 4 acute bracts on the upper part. Heads 2in.— 3in. or 

 more in diameter ; involucral bracts in 2 or 3 series, sometimes lin. long or 

 more, viscid, linear-lanceolate, with an obvious midrib, the outer ones almost 

 leafy. Rays long, spreading. Achene pilose. — Handbk. 180. Aster holosericeus, 

 Gr. Forst., Prod. n. 296 ; A. Rich., Fl. Nouv.-Zel. 248 ; A. Cunn., Precurs. 

 n. 438; DC, Prod. v. 226. 



SOUTH Island : Dusky Bay, Forster, Wesley ! Port Preservation, Lyall. Mountains west of 

 Te Anau Lake, 2,000ft. to 4,000ft. 



A noble species, formerly cultivated by a Maori lady on Stewart Island. 



6. C densiflora, Hook.f., Handbk. 130. Leaves viscid above, narrow- 

 oblong or lanceolate, 3in.— 6in. long, fin.— IJin. broad, obtuse or acute, almost 

 coriaceous, crenate-dentate or crenulate-serrate, glabrous above, white with 

 appressed tomentum beneath ; midrib prominent beneath ; sheath broad, half 

 the length of the blade, membranous ; veins obscure. Scapes 6in.— 16in. high, 

 with few or many linear acute or acuminate bracts. Heads lin.— 2in. broad, 

 viscid ; involucral bracts crowded, linear-subulate ; tips recurved, glabrous or 

 pubescent. Rays long, flat, ultimately contorted. Achenes slightly curved, 

 silky. Pappus almost equal. 



NORTH Island: Wellington: Tararua Mountains, B«c?iomara. SOUTH Island: Canterbury: 

 mountains near Lake Ohau, Hopkins and Dobson Rivers, Haast ! Otago: lake district, Haast and 

 Buchanan ! Mihivyaka ; Mount Ida Range ; Mount St. Bathans, &o. ; 800ft. to 3,000ft. : Petrie ! 

 Jan., Feb. 



A handsome species, which, unhappily, is in danger of speedy extirpation. I have not seen 

 North Island specimens. 



7. C. Dallii, Buck, in Tram. N.Z.I, xiv. (1881) 357, ;;. 35. A stout 

 species. Leaves rosulate, clothed with thin pale-buff tomentum beneath, gla- 

 brous above, 5in.-8in. long, lin.-2in. broad, subcoriaceous, oblong or obovate- 

 obloug, obtuse, rarely acute, apiculate, sharply serrate or entire, narrowed below 

 and suddenly expanded into the broad membranous ribbed glabrous sheath a 

 quarter to half as long as the blade ; midrib and veins obvious on both surfaces. 

 Scapes 1 or several, 8in.-18in. high, usually much compressed, glabrous ; bracts 

 few or many, lin.-2in. long, leafy, often aggregated beneath the head and 

 forming a kind of spurious involucre. Head IJin.— 2Jin. in diameter; invo- 

 lucral bracts viscid, linear-acuminate, tomentose, inner cottony or ciliate. Rays 

 broad, spreading. Achene hispid. 



