388 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 



spreading, IJin. long. Achene linear, compressed, pubescent. — Hook. £., Fl. 



Antarc. i. 36; Fl. N.Z. i. 131, t. 33; Handbk. 133. C. Martinii, Bueh. in 



Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 313. Aster coriaceus, G. Forst., Prod.'n. 397; A. 



Rich., Fl. Nouv.-Zel. 350; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 439. 



Under cultivation this plant varies to a remarkable extent. Two forms may be specially 

 mentioned : — 



(a.) foliacea- Scape with crowded elongated foliaoeous bracts often Bin. long. 



(6.) oorymblfera- Scape much branched above. Heads forming a loose corymb. 



Var. ensata. Leaves 8in.-12in. long, Jin. broad, ensiform from the tip of the sheath or 

 sometimes lanceolate, acute, the pellicle on the upper surface sometimes 0. Scapes very slender, 

 irregularly branched ; bracts numerous, linear. Heads smaller. Approaching C. longifolia. 



I have only seen cultivated specimens of this form, and doubt its occurrence in the wild state. 



NORTH Island : Tararua Range and East Cape coast, Buchanan. SOUTH Island : common 

 in mountain-valleys, 1,000ft. to 4,000ft. White mountain daisy . Dec, Jan. Var. ensata: Lake 

 Harris, H. Matthews ! 



A magnificent plant. The appressed tomentum can be entirely detached from the under- 

 surface of the leaf ; it is used by the shepherds for lamp-wicks. 



33. C. Monroi, Hook. /., Handbk. 133. A tufted species, with spreading 



leaves 3in.-7in. long, Jin.— fin. broad, linear-oblong or lanceolate, usually acute, 



longitudinally wrinkled above and clothed with a silvery pellicle of fine matted 



hairs, white vpith appressed tomentum beneath except the midrib ; sheath about 



half as long as the blade, more or less clothed with snow-white cottony wool. 



Scapes numerous, 8in.— 13in. high, rather stout, white with cottony wool; 



bracts numerous, linear. Head lin.— l^in. in diameter; involucral bracts 



numerous, linear-subulate, the outer recurved, glabrate or tomentose. Rays 



numerous, spreading. Achenes glabrous or rarely hispidulous. 



NORTH Island : Bay of Islands, Colenso. Mount Manaia and Whangarei Harbour, T. K. 

 SOUTH Island: Marlborough: Upper Awatere, Monro, T.K. Mountains of Nelson, Cheeseman. 

 Canterbury : Hopkins River, Mount Cook, &c. Sea-level to 4,500ft. Dec, Jan. 



A handsome species, in some respects intermediate between 0. coriacea and large forms of 

 C. longifolia. I have not seen ripe achenes of the North Island plant. 



34. C. Adamsii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 339. Leaves 

 6in.-13in. long or more including the petiole, ^in.-Jin. broad, membranous but 

 firm, narrow, oblong-lanceolate, sparingly denticulate, nearly glabrous above, 

 white with loose tomentum beneath ; midrib prominent beneath ; petiole one- 

 fourth to one-third the length of the blade, cottony, grooved. Scape 6in.-15in. 

 long, slender, often flexuous, more or less clothed with loose tomentum ; bracts 

 few, short, acute. Heads lin.-ljin. in diameter; involucral bracts lanceolate- 

 acuminate, the outer cottony, the inner glabrate or glabrous. Rays few, spread- 

 ing. Achene glabrous. 



NORTH Island: Auckland: Cape Oolville Peninsula ; Castle Rook, Ooromandel; Cheeseman I 

 Kaueranga Creek, Whakairi, ^c^ffims / Cheeseman I 2,000ft. 



The flat membranous leaves distinguish this plant from C. longifolia and some forms of 

 C. discolor. 



35. C. longifolia, Cass, in Did. Sc. Nat. 37, 356. Solitary or densely 

 tufted. Leaves numerous or few, never rigid, lin.-16in. long, Ja'n.-f in. broad. 



