Celmisia.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 283 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Mount Arthur, Spencer I Cheeseman ! Gouland Downs ; head of 

 the Aorere River ; Dall I Mount Roohfort, Spencer I 



A handsome species, best distinguished by the large leaves and leafy bracts clothed with pale- 

 bufl tomentum beneath, and by the broad strongly-ribbed glabrous sheaths. 



8. C. hieracifolia, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 124, t. 34b. Branches very 

 short. Leaves viscid, lin.-3in. long, ^in.— lin. broad, broadly oblong, narrowed 

 at both ends, subacute or acute or obovate-oblong or liuear-oblong, rounded at 

 the apex and narrowed to the short sheath, coriaceous, serrulate, pubescent, 

 glabrous or puberulous above, clothed beneath with appressed gold-coloured or 

 bufE tomentum ; midrib and veins prominent beneath. Scapes erect, rather 

 stout, viscid, 2;n.— lOin. high, pubescent or glandular-pubescent; bracts 2—10, 

 pubescent. Heads Jin.— 1 Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts linear-acuminate, 

 the outer recurved, glandular-pubescent, viscid, rarely cottony. Rays nu- 

 merous. Achene furrowed, very silky, larger than the pappus. — Handbk. 131. 



Var. oblonga, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. 328. Leaves linear-oblong, broadly rounded 

 above. Heads usually smaller. 



SOUTH Island: ICarlborough : Mount Stokes, MacMahonl T. K. Nelson: Dun Mountain, 

 &o., Bidwill, Monro, Sinclair I 4,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



This and G. Dallii are the only species with yellow or bufi tomentum. 



9. C. prorepens, Petrie in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1885) 326. Stem much 



branched at the base, stout, prostrate, densely clothed with the remains of old 



leaf-sheaths below. Leaves viscid, crowded, IJin.— 3in. long, Jin.— lin. broad, 



subcoriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, unequally coarsely serrate, 



longitudinally furrowed and rugose, glabrous on both surfaces or pubescent 



beneath ; margins slightly recurved ; midrib and veins obvious below ; sheath 



very short, narrower than the leaves, viscid. Scapes few, 3in.— 7in. long, 



slender, glabrate, viscid; bracts linear-obtuse. Head fin.— lin. in diameter; 



involucral bracts linear - lanceolate, puberulous, viscid. Rays spreading. 



Achenes slender, silky. 



SOUTH Island : Otago : Upper Waipori ; Rook and Pillar Range ; Old Man Range ; Mount 

 St. Bathans. 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. Petrie. Nov., Dec. 



A local species, easily recognised by the rugose leaves. 



10. C. discolor, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 123. Stems branched below. 

 Branches prostrate, stout or slender, usually clothed with old. leaves. Leaves 

 viscid, spreading or erect, lin.— Sin. long, Jin.— Jin. broad, linear-oblong to 

 oblong-spathulate, coriaceous, entire or serrulate, subacute or obtuse, white 

 with silvery appressed tomentum beneath ; midrib and veins obvious on both 

 surfaces or only beneath ; sheaths one-third to one-half the length of the leaves, 

 imbricating, glabrous. Scapes 1 or several, terminal, very slender, glandular- 

 pubescent ; bracts few or many, linear-subulate, acute. Head fin.— lin. in 

 diameter ; involucral bracts linear-subulate, the outer with recurved tips, gla- 

 brate, pubescent or pilose. Rays spreading, rather narrow. Anthers with 

 very short basal appendages. Achene silky. —Handbk. N.Z. Fl. 131. Erigeron 

 Novae-Zelandiae, Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xvii. (1884) 287, t. 15. 



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