296 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Gnaphalium. 



One of the most remarkable plants in the world ; it is impossible to thrust one's finger between 

 the branches of even a young plant. Vegetable sheep. Jan., Feb. 



2. H. recurva, Hook, f., Handbk. 156. Branches laxly tufted, 3in.-8in- 

 long, forming loose rounded masses or spreading in a fan-shaped manner, with the 

 leaves ^in.— f in. in diameter ; the whole plant densely clothed with long fulvous 

 or rufous wool. Leaves -^in.— |in. long, loosely imbricating, obovate-spathulate, 

 recurved from the middle, woolly on both surfaces. Head Jin.— fin. in diameter; 

 involucre turbinate ; involucral bracts few, recurved at the tips. Style-arms of 

 female florets often exceeding the pappus. Pappus-hairs coherent at the base. 



SOUTH Island : chiefly on loose shingle. Marlborough : Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan I 

 Wairau Gorge, Mount Peel, Clieeseman. Tarndale, Sinclair ! Discovery Peaks, Travers ! Canter- 

 bury : Mount Torlesse, Haast ! Mount Enys and other mountains above the Broken Eiver Basin, 

 Enys I Mount White, J. B. Armstrong. 4,000ft. to 6,500tt. Jan., Feb. 



Usually a deep-rooted species with slender branches, woody at the base. When growing it may 

 easily be mistaken for a dead or withered plant. 



3. H. Sinclairii, Hook. /., Handbk. 156. Rootstock slender. Branches 

 lax, ascending or erect, as thick as a crow-quill, Sin.— lOin. long. Leaves erect 

 or rarely patent, laxly imbricating, Jin.— fin. long, Jin.— Jin. broad, oblong- 

 obovate or broadly oblong-obovate, obtuse or rarely subacute, 5— 7-nerved, 

 clothed with white cottony wool on both surfaces. Heads fin.— 1 Jin. in 

 diameter ; involucral bracts more acuminate, the outer lanuginous below, the 

 inner longer, ciliate. Achene obscurely grooved, glabrous. Pappus-hairs free. 

 — Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1003. 



SOUTH Island: Marlborough: Upper Awatere, Sinclair! Nelson: St. Arnaud Mountains, 

 Cheeseman. Mountains above the Wairau Q-orge, Sinclair! Mountains above the Rainbow, Bryant! 

 Canterbury : Mount Torlesse, Mount Enys, and other mountains above the Broken River basin, 

 Enys ! Mount Darwin, Mount Cook, and Mount Brewster, Haast ! Otago : Mount Alta, Hector and 

 Buchanan ! Hector Mountains, Mount Bonpland, Mount Arnauld, &o., Petrie ! 4,000ft. to 6,500ft. 

 Jan., Feb. 



Easily distinguished by the white cottony leaves, furrowed on the upper surface, and the large 

 heads. 



4. H. Greenii, Hook. f. MS. Densely tufted, about 2in. high. Stems 

 with leaves Jin. in diameter. Leaves densely imbricating all round the stem, 

 Jin. long, obovate-cuneate, rounded at the tip, thickly clothed on both surfaces 

 with long straight hairs which meet beyond the margin and completely hide the 

 leaves. Flowers unknown. 



SOUTH Island : Mount Cook, 6,500ft., Bev. W. S. Green. 



In the absence of flowers it is impossible to determine the genus with certainty. I have only 

 seen a solitary stem. 



10. GNAPHALIUM, Linn. 



Involucre turbinate ovoid or campanulate; involucral bracts in several 

 rows, narrow, scarious, imbricate, sometimes with short spreading apices. 

 Receptacle naked, flat or conical. Florets all fertile, the outer in 2 or more 

 rows, filiform, numerous. Disk-florets fewer, hermaphrodite, funnel-shaped, 

 5-toothed. Anthers with slender tails. Achenes oblong or obovate, pubescent. 



