284 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 



SOUTH Island: not uncommon in mountain districts from Cook Strait to Foveaux Strait. 

 2,500ft. to 5,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



This species occasionally produces strong autumnal branches with strict lateral peduncles 

 having only 1 or 2 bracts. 



11. C. Haastii, Hook, f., Handbk. 131. A small tufted species. Leaves 



oblong broadly oblong or oblong-spatbulatej lin.— 2in. long, Jin.— lin. broad, 



subcoriaceous ; petioles very short, glabrous above and often longitudinally 



furrowed, whitish with appressed tomentum beneath ; margins slightly recurved. 



Scape Sin. —Sin. high, glabrate or laxly tomentose ; bracts numerous, linear, 



acute, cottony. Heads fin.— 1 Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts linear, acute, 



glandular-pubescent or almost villous. Rays spreading. Achene glabrous. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury, Westland, and Otago ; most plentiful in the south and west- 

 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. Jan., Feb. 



In the Handbook the involucral bracts are described as obtuse. 1 do not find them so. 



12. C. incana, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 123, t. 34a. Usually stout. Stems 



branched. Branches short, prostrate, rather woody, densely clothed with dead 



leaves below. Leaves numerous, lin.— 2Jin. long, Jin.— fin. broad, oblong- 



spathulate or obovate-spathulate, sharply narrowed towards the base and suddenly 



expanded into a sheathing petiole which is about half the length of the blade, 



longitudinally furrowed above, margins serrulate or entire, both surfaces 



clothed with lax snow-white tomentum or the upper pubescent only. Scapes 



1—3, 8in.— lOin. high, with numerous acute or obtuse linear bracts. Heads 



lin.— IJin. in diameter, viscid ; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, often 



acuminate, pubescent, the outer often recurved. Rays numerous, spreading. 



Appendages of the anthers very short. Achene silky. — Handbk. 131. C. robusta, 



Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 215, t. 18. 



NORTH Island : Te Moehau, Cape Colville, Adams ! Hikuraugi, Colmso, Lee ! Ruahine and 

 Tararna Ranges. SOUTH Island : common in the mountains of Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury, 

 and Westland. Western mountains of Otago, Buchanan! 2,000ft. to 5,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



Var. petiolata. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed into a distinct petiole above the expanded 

 sheath, glabrous above, almost silvery beneath. Heads small. 



Kelly's Hill, Westland, Petriel Approaches states of G. discolor. 



13. C. Lindsayi, Hook. /., Handbk. 132. A robust much-branched 

 plant, often forming large clumps. Stems very stout, woody, prostrate. Leaves 

 numerous, 3in.-7in. long, Jin.-lin. broad, coriaceous but not thick, linear-oblong, 

 subacute or obtuse, gradually narrowed below and suddenly expanding into a 

 grooved imbricating petiole lin. long, white beneath with appressed tomentum, 

 often longitudinally furrowed above; midrib and veins obvious beneath. 

 Peduncles axillary, numerous, 2in.-8in. long, slender, flexuous, glabrate or 

 pubescent above ; bracts linear-acuminate. Heads lin.-2in. in diameter • 

 involucral bracts linear-subulate, acuminate, unequal. Rays spreading, rather 

 distant; tube thickened. Anthers obtuse at the base. Achene silky. — Lindsay, 

 Contrib. to N.Z. Bot. t. 3. Eriyeron Bonplandii, J. Buch. in Trans. N.Z I 

 xix. (1886) 213. 



