Celmisia.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 287 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Amuri, T. K. Not unfrequent in mountain valleys, Canterbury 

 and Westland, Travers ! Sinclair and Haast I Otago: Clinton Valley, 1,800ft. to 4,000ft, Petrie. 

 Deo., Jan. Var. rigida : STEWART Island, T. E. ; descends to sea-level. Var. cordalifolia : 

 Mount Starveall, Nelson, Mackay I Bryant I 



Nearly related to C. Rutlandii, which is distinguished by the broader leaves with their satiny 

 undersurfaoes. 



20. C. Mackaui, Raoul, Choix. xix. t. 18. Leaves 6in.— 14in. long, 

 2in.— Sin. broad, broadly lanceolate-acuminate, entire, membranous, narrowed 

 into broad sheaths liu.— 2in. long, cottony on the inner surface ; midrib pubes- 

 cent or slightly tomeutose beneath ; veins obvious on both surfaces. Scape 

 12in.— 18in. high, stout, sparingly clothed with cottony tomentum; bracts 

 few, distant or numerous, glabrate. acuminate, each with a broad base and 

 obvious midrib. Head 2in. in diameter ; involucral bracts herbaceous, lanceo- 

 late-acuminate, glabrate, lin.— l^in. long. Rays narrow, acuminate, spreading. 

 Disk-florets very numerous. Corolla-tube thickened at the base. Anther-cells 

 obtuse at base. Achene glabrous. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 122; Handbk. 133. 



SOUTH Island: Mount Fyffe, Kaikoura, H. B. Kirk I (identified from leaves only). Mount 

 Herbert, Banks Peninsula, Raoul, W. Gray I Jan., Feb. 



A handsome species, distinguished from all others by the broad acuminate glabrate leaves 

 and large heads with acuminate rays. Kaoul's plate is excellent, but the bracts are much shorter 

 than in my specimens, in which they are from 3in.-8in. long, leafy and imbricating, 



31. C. spectabilis, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 122, t. 33. A rather small 



but very stout species, forming broad patches, the stems with the leaf-sheaths 



lin.— 2in. in diameter. Leaves Sin. —Sin. long, Jin.— fin. broad, linear-oblong, 



acute or obtuse, slightly narrowed at the base, very thick and coriaceous, entire 



or serrulate, glabrous and longitudinally furrowed above, clothed beneath with 



closely-appressed white or primrose-coloured tomentum ; sheath equalling the 



blade or nearly so, shaggy on both surfaces with silky white tomentum. Scape 



exceeding the leaves, rather stout, with few linear bracts, hoary or villous. 



Head lin.— 1 Jin. broad; involucral bracts subulate-acuminate, outer recurved, 



glabrate, cottony or woolly. Rays numerous, very short, narrow, scarcely 



spreading. Corolla-tube thickened at base. Achene glabrous. — Handbk. 134. 



C. Ruahinensis, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 388. 



NOETH Island : Hikurangi, East Cape, Colenso. Tongariro, Ruapehu, T. K. Mount 

 Egmout, Buchanan! Oastlepoint, &o., T. E. SOUTH Island : common in all mountain districts, 

 300ft. to 4,000ft. Leather-plant. Puhaeretaiko. Jan., Feb. 



Best distinguished by the glabrous achenes and very coriaceous linear leaves, which are 

 scarcely longer than the snow-white sheath. The compact tomentum of the undersurface of the 

 leaves is used for lamp-wicks. 



22. C. COriacea, Raoul in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. III. ii. (1844) 119. Leaves 

 8in.— 20in. long, fin.— Sin. broad, lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, longitudinally 

 furrowed, narrowed into rather short broad woolly or cottony sheaths, clothed 

 with a fine pellicle of matted hairs above and white with appressed silvery 

 tomentum beneath. Scapes 6in.— SOin. high, erect, hoary or cottony; bracts 

 numerous, linear. Head 1 Jin. -Sin. in diameter or more; involucral bracts 

 numerous, subulate-acuminate, glabrate or cottony. Rays very numerous. 



