286 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia- 



A beautiful species, the rich brown velvety tomentum of the leaves and scapes forming a 

 pleasing contrast with the silky snow-white villous tomentum of the sheath and the rich purple of 

 the midrib. 



17. C. Brownii, F. R. Chapm. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxii. (1889) 444. Leaves 

 7in.— 9in. long including the petiole, l^in.— 2in. broad, broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, narrowed into the broad sheathing petiole, sparingly clothed with brown 

 pubescence above, whitish with rather loose tomentum beneath. Scapes 

 equalling the leaves, villous ; bracts linear, obtuse, villous. Involucral bracts 

 numerous, linear-acuminate, villous or cottony. E,ays very numerous, narrow. 

 Achenes pilose. 



SOUTH Island : Otago : between Lake Manapouri and Smith Sound, Chapman, Matthews I 

 Hector Mountains ; Clinton Pass ; Te Anau ; Petrie. Jan. 



I have only seen a single specimen of this handsome plant, and that in a very imperfect state. 

 Considerable allowance must be made for the brief diagnosis. It seems nearly related to G. verbasci- 

 folia, but the leaves and involucral bracts are very difierent. Unfortunately, not even a leaf of the 

 type specimen was preserved by Mr. Chapman. 



18. C. Rutlandii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 329. Leaves 

 with the grooved petioles 5in.— 12in. long, lin.— 2Jin. broad ; petiole shorter 

 than the blade, broad, clothed with snow-white tomentum ; blade broadly ovate- 

 lanceolate, aoiite or slightly acuminate, silvery beneath ; margins entire or 

 denticulate, often revolute ; midrib and lateral nerves obvious beneath. Scape 

 erect, 6in.— lOin. high, hoary ; bracts narrow-linear, purplish. Heads lin.— 1 Jin. 

 in diameter ; involucral bracts narrow linear-acuminate, the outer cottony. 

 Rays numerous. Achenes silky. 



SOUTH Island : Mount Stokes, J. MacMahon I T. E. Jan. 



A handsome species, allied to C. petiolata, from which it differs in the white tomentum of the 

 petiole, the acute broad leaves, satiny beneath, and the very numerous ohafiy involucral bracts, 

 which are not recurved. 



19. C. petiolata, Hook. /., Handbk. 134. A slender or stout tufted 

 species. Leaves 3in.— 12in. long including the petiole; blade 2in.-8in. long, 

 fin.— 2Jin. broad, oblong linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, membranous or 

 coriaceous, entire, obtuse or acute, glabrate or villous above, whitish with 

 appressed tomentum beneath, or rarely glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole 

 longer or shorter than the blade, grooved, usually purple, expanded into a short 

 broad sheath below, laxly tomentose on the margins. Scapes 1 or several, 

 4in.— 16in. long, villous ; bracts few, linear, slender. Heads IJin.— 2Jin. in 

 diameter ; involucral bracts linear-subulate, densely tomentose or rarely 

 glabrate. Rays fin. long. Achene glabrous or silky. 



Var. rigida. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or Ovate-lanceolate, rigid and coriaceous ; tomentum 

 white or ferruginous beneath ; midrib obvious on both surfaces, purple. Head larger. Kays some- 

 times liQ. long. Achene perfectly glabrous. 



Var. membranacea. Leaves narrowed at both ends, acute, membranous, glabrate or glabrous. 

 Scape pubescent ; veins obvious below. Head small ; involucral bracts glabrate or glabrous. 



Var. oordatlfolia. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, usually cordate at the base, green and 

 opaque above, densely clothed with ferruginous tomentum beneath. Scape slender. Achene 

 glabrous. — G. cordatifolia, Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xi. 427, t. 18. 



