Raoulia.] XXXIS. COMPOSITAE. 303 



ating. Florets 6—8 ; those of the disk 2—3, narrow, tubular, minutely 5-toothed. 



Achene puherulous. 



SOUTH Island: Nelson: Waiau-ua Eiver, Sinclair I Travers. Amuri, T. K. Canterbury: 

 Kowhai River, Haast ! Beds of Thomas, Porter, Cass, and Bealey Bivers and Upper Waimakariri, 

 T. K. Otsigo, Buchanan ! Kyeburn Grossing, Peirie / 1,100ft. to 3,000ft. Nov., Deo. 



Distinguished from all forms .of B. tenuicauUs by the short obtuse coriaceous leaves and few 

 florets. 



4. R. Monroi, Hook. /., Handbk. 148. Stems wiry, creeping, with long 

 filiform rootlets. Branches ascending, silky, lia.— 3in. high, slender. Leaves 

 Jin.— Jin. long, linear or linear-spathulate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, laxly 

 or densely imbricate, rarely distant, tips patent or recurved^ clothed with white 

 or greyish appressed tomentum on both surfaces, margins mostly involute. 

 Heads oblong, narrow, Jin. long ; involucral bracts in 3^ series, the outer 

 short, ovate-oblong, tomentose ; the inner linear-oblong, scarious, with deep 

 brown obtuse tips. Florets 15—20, female predominating. Disk-florets funnel- 

 shaped, o-toothed. Achenes oblong, sparingly papillose. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Cheviot, Haast ! Waihopai Valley, Monro. Canterbury Plains, 

 &o,, T. K. Otago : more frequent ; attaining its southern limit on Eiverfcon beach, T. K. Sea-level 

 to 3,500ft. Nov. to Jan. 



A very constant and distinct species, frequent on sand-dunes. 



5. R. glabra, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 135. Stems prostrate, elongated, 

 slender, branching, forming lax patches 2in.— 2ft. in diameter. Branches 

 ascending, 2in.— Sin. high. Leaves laxly imbricate, erect patent or sometimes 

 distant and spreading, Jin. long, linear or linear-oblong, acute or subacute or 

 obtuse, 1-nerved, glabrous or glabrate. Heads Jin.— Jin. in diameter ; involucral 

 bracts in 3-4 series, the outer short, broadly-ovate, acuminate, the inner linear- 

 oblong, scarious, the innermost with white radiating tips. Receptacle conical^ 

 hispid. Florets 30—50'; female in 3 series, 12—21. Disk-florets tubular; mouth 

 5-toothed. Achene puherulous. Pappus-hairs numerous, soft, not thickened 

 upwards. — Handbk. 149. 



NOBTH Island: Tararua and Bimutaka Banges ; descending to within 100ft. above, sea-level 

 near the White Bock. SOUTH Island : mountain districts from Nelson to Southland. Ascends to 

 5,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



In late shoots the apex is elongated, bearing smaller distant leaves resembling a bracteate 

 peduncle. The leaves are sometimes tipped with a minute pencil of white hairs. 



6. R. SUbsericea, Hook. /., Fi. N.Z. i. 136. Resembling R. glabra, but 

 more robust, densely tufted, forming smaller patches with shorter branches. 

 Leaves rather longer and broader, closely imbricate, usually clothed on both 

 surfaces with loose silvery tomentum, obtuse, rarely linear-spathulate, sometimes 

 glabrate. Heads similar to R. glabra, but rather larger ; involucral bracts 

 broader. Receptacle conical, glabrate or glabrous. Florets fewer. Achene 

 glabrous. Pappus-hairs slightly thickened upwards. — Handbk. 150. 



SOUTH Island : common in inountain districts. 1,500ft. to 5,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



Perhaps best distinguished from B. glabra by the silky leaves and pappus-hairs more or less 

 thickened upwards. 



