Celmisia.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 291 



diameter. Leaves densely crowded, erect, rigid, 3ia.— iin. long, linear, Jin. 

 broad, coriaceous, acute or subacute, glabrous and longitudinally grooved above, 

 white with closely appressed tomentum beneath, viscid ; sheaths about lin. long, 

 rather broader than the blade, glabrous. Scapes exceeding the leaves, stout, 

 pubescent or tomentose ; bracts numerous, short, acute. Head 1 Jin. in dia- 

 meter, viscid ; involucral bracts narrow-subulate, crowded, short, pilose. Rays 

 short, spreading. Achene silky. 



SOUTH Island: Nelson: Mount StatveaU, W. H. Bryant! Canterbury: Mount Torlesse, 

 Haast ! Mount Enys, &o., Enys ! Otago : Lake district, Hector and Buchanan I Central and 

 western Otago. 4,000ft. to 6,000ft. Jan. 



Easily recognised by the erect grooved viscid leaves and numerous short crowded bracts. 



31. C. MacMahoni, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 327. A 

 tufted species forming small patches ; the whole plant densely clothed with long 

 white silky hairs. Leaves numerous, densely rosulate, liu.-ljin. long including 

 the short petiole, Jin.— fin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or sub- 

 acute, thick, 5— 7-nerved beneath. Scape 3in.— oin. long; bracts very numerous, 

 narrow-linear, obtuse. Heads fin.— lin. in diameter; involucral bracts numerous, 

 the outer acute, villous, inner acuminate, more or less clothed with short hispid 

 brown hairs. Rays broad. Achene hispid. 



SOUTH Island : Mount Stokes, Marlborough, MacMahon ! 3,800ft. Bare. Jan. 



A charming little species, most nearly related to C. incana, but easily recognised by the long 

 silky tomentum, the crowded linear leaves with short petiolar sheaths and very numerous bracts. 



32. C. parva, T. Kirk in Trans. X.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 328. A small 

 densely-tufted species. Leaves, including the petiole, fin.— IJin. long, Jin.— Jin. 

 broad, membranous, tomentose ; blade linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, 

 scarcely denticulate, rigid or subcoriaceous, white with appressed tomentum 

 beneath; margins sometimes revolute ; midrib obvious beneath. Scape IJin.— 

 Sin. high, extremely slender, naked or with 2—4 filiform bracts on dilated bases. 

 Head small; involucral bracts numerous, narrow-linear, acute, the outermost 

 chaffy, sparingly pilose with distinct midrib. Rays few, narrow. Achenes 

 hispid. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : source of the Heaphy River, J. Ball I Dec, Jan. 



A curious little plant, scarcely larger than the English daisy. Most nearly related to 

 C. spectabilis. 



33. C. Hectori, Hook. /., Handbk. 133. "A densely -tufted species 

 forming extensive patches." Leaves |in.— fin. long, Jin.— Jin. broad, densely 

 crowded, imbricate, coriaceous, linear-spathulate spathulate-oblong or obovate, 

 obtuse or rarely subacute, slightly recurved, clothed with a silvery pellicle of 

 matted hairs above, cottony or sparingly tomentose beneath ; sheath slightly 

 expanded, very short. Scape 4in.— 5in. high, villous with few or many linear 

 silky bracts. Head lin. in diameter; involucral bracts few, linear-lanceolate, 

 subacute, pubescent. Rays short. Achene silky. 



