Raoulia.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 307 



Receptacle convex. Florets few, female almost filiform, hermaphrodite with 



large funnel-shaped mouth and 5 strong teeth. Achene with a thickened areole, 



ribbed, hispid. Pappus-hairs few, thickened upwards, barbellate, stout. 



STEWART Island : Mount Anglem, T. K. Eakiahua, P. Goyen I T. K. Smith's Lookout, 

 T. K. SOOi't. to 3,300ft. Jan. 



Distinguished by the linear-oblong almost truncate leaves, with a narrow margin and tuft of 

 hairs above. My flower-heads are not in good condition. 



15. R. bryoides, Hook.f., Fl. N.Z. ii. 332. Rootstock stout and woody, 



with long wiry roots. Stems much branched below, fin.— 3in. long, forming 



dense hard knobby hoary patches 2in.— 6in. in diameter. Branches :^in.— lin. 



long or more, cylindric, with the leaves j^gin.— ^in. in diameter. Leaves densely 



imbricate all round the stem, erect patent or rarely with the minute tips 



slightly recurved, narrow obovate-spathulate, j^in.— j^Qin. long ; upper third 



coriaceous, clothed on both surfaces with appressed silvery wool, shining when 



young, cottony at the margin; lower two-thirds membranous, 1—3 -nerved. 



Heads :^in.— Jin. in diameter, deeply sunk amongst the apical leaves ; involucral 



bracts in 2 or 3 series, linear-oblong, membranous, with white radiating tips. 



Receptacle conical. Florets 9—13, female 3—5, hermaphrodite 5—9 ; mouth 



campanulate, 5-toothed. Achene clothed with long erect silky hairs, and a 



thickened areole at the base. Pappus-hairs few, with slightly thickened tips. 



— Handbk. 150. 



SOUTH Island : Marlborough : Mount Mouatt, T. K. Nelson : Ben Nevis, Qihhs ! Mount 

 St&iveaXl, Bryant I Gordon's Nob, Monro. St. Arnaud apd Raglan Mountains, C/iecsemaw. Wairau 

 Gorge and Tarndale, Sinclair! Clarence Valley, &c., Travers! Mount Captain Range, T. K. 

 Canterbury: Mount Torlesse and mountains above Broken River, Skj/s / Otago: Mount Pisa and 

 Hector Mountains, Peirie / 3,0G0ft. to 6,C00Jt. Jan., Feb. 



[Pending fuller information the following are provisionally described : — 



R. Brownii. Habit and appearance of R. eximia so far as known, 

 differing chiefly in the linear-oblong leaves, which are abruptly narrowed just 

 below the apex and subacute. The hairs are long and even, as if cut with a 

 pair of scissors, when viewed from beneath. Heads not seen. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury Alps, Enys I in Herb. Kew., but the locality not stated. 



The only species with sublanceolate obtuse leaves. Sent to me as iJ. mammillaris by the 

 Director of Kew, with the following note by Mr. N. E. Brown : " This is certainly not B. mammil- 

 laris, Hook. f. ; it appears to be a new species." I have not met with it. In all probability it was 

 collected by Enys on Mount Torlesse or on one of the lofty peaks above the Broken River. 



R. Buchanan! . Stems apparently much branched, probably forming a 

 compact mass similar to R. eximia, but not woolly. Leaves membranous, 

 densely imbricate in several series, broadly cuneate, truncate at the apex, 

 Jin.— g^in. long and almost as broad, with a broad patch of straight hairs extend- 

 ing the whole breadth of the upper surface and projecting beyond the margin, 

 forming a kind of fringe, the apical portion glabrous or glabrate with a broad 

 margin beneath, corrugated cottony or hairy at the base. Heads not seen. 



SOUTH Island : Mount Alta, Buchanan I 



The broad truncate cuneate leaves are quite unlike those of any other species.] 



