Haastia.] XXXIX. OOMPOSITAE. 395 



Eurybiopsis australis, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 125. E. Hookeri, P. Muell. in 



Linnaea^ xxv. 453. Aster humilis, Banks and Sol. MSS. and Icon. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands: from the Great Barrier Island and Auckland Isthmus to 

 Southland. 



Var. dlssecta. Stems numerous, erect, more woody, often fastigiate. Leaves usually 

 pinnatifid ; segments 3-lobed. Heads with purple rays. — Benth., Fl. Austr. iii. 491. Nelson : 

 naturalised ; Cheeseman. 



Var. linearis. Stems numerous, slender, hispid, 6in.-8in. high. Leaves lin.-ljin. long or 

 more, ^in. broad, acute, irregularly toothed or lobed or pinnatifid ; segments acute, hispid. Heads 

 larger. Eays purple. Otago : Taieri Plains, naturalised ; Petrie I 



Var. erecta. Stems erect, ljft.-2fb. high. Branches slender, numerous, dense. Leaves 

 linear-spathulate, entire or with 3 small teeth, pubescent or hoary. Bays purple. Wellington: 

 Orongorongo to White Bock. Marlborough : near Blenheim, &c. Nelson : abundant. Otago : 

 Taieri Plains, naturalised ; T. K. 



9. HAASTIA, Hook. f. 

 Flower-heads large, solitary, deeply sunk amongst the apical leaves. In- 

 volucre broadly campanulate ; involucral bracts in 2 or more series, imbricate, 

 very narrow, free or connate at the base, the outer densely villous, the inner 

 shorter, membranous at the tips, glabrous. Receptacle flat, papillose. Ray- 

 florets female, in 2 or more series. Corolla tubular, very short, mouth minutely 

 crenulate or dentate ; style-arms very long, exserted, tips papillose. Disk- 

 florets numerous, hermaphrodite, tubular, mouth expanded, minutely 5-toothed ; 

 style-arms shorter. Anthers obtuse at the base. Achene glabrous, subterete, 

 narrow, even or obtusely 4— 5-ribbed. Pappus 1-seriate ; bristles exceeding the 

 achene, thickened upwards. Perennial pulvinate or caespitose herbs. Root- 

 stock woody, sometimes much branched. Leaves alternate, densely woolly, 

 patent or recurved or densely imbricating. 



A singular genus, sometimes forming large dense woolly shapeless masses, often several feet in 

 diameter; the " vegetable sheep " of the shepherds. Although closely related to Gnaphalium and 

 Helichrysum, it is referred to Asteroidea on account of the tailless anthers. Named in honour of the 

 late Sir Julius von Haast, P.B.S., &o. The genus is endemic. 



Fulvous. Leaves most densely imbricate. Pappus-hairs free . . . . 1. H. pulvinaris 



Fulvous or rufous, woolly. Leaves laxly imbricate, recurved. Pappus-hairs 



united below . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2. H. recurva. 



White, cottony. Leaves laxly imbricate, erect or suberect. Pappus-hairs free . . 3. H. Sinclairii. 



Fulvous, woolly, small. Leaves densely imbricate . . . . . . .. i. H. QreenU. 



1. H. pulvinaris, Hook, f., Handbk. 156. Rootstock stout, woody. 

 Plant forming dense balls or pulvinate masses, 3in.— 6ft. across. Branches with 

 the leaves fin.— lin. in diameter. Leaves thickly clothed with fulvous or buff- 

 coloured wool, patent, densely imbricate, broadly obcuneate, with rounded lobed 

 crenulate tips, membranous, 3-nerved. Heads Jin.— ^in. broad ; involucre 

 hemispherical ; involucral bracts 1— 2-seriate, acuminate. Ray-florets very 

 short, tubular, minutely 5-toothed ; style long, exserted. Disk-florets herma- 

 phrodite; mouth expanded; teeth larger; style scarcely exserted. Achene 

 glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus-hairs free. — Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 100, 3. 



SOUTH Island : Marlborough : Mount Mouatt, Awatere, Sinclair I T. K. Kaikoura Moun- 

 tains, Buchanan I Nelson : Mount Captain, Amuri, T. K. Discovery Peaks, Travers I Mountains 

 above the Wairau Gorge, Sinclair I Cheeseman. 



