310 XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. [Helichrysum. 



densely covered with pale cottony tomentum on toth surfaces. Heads Jin. in 

 diameter^ in numerous rounded terminal dense corymbs Jin.— lin. across. 

 Peduncles and pedicels short, densely cottony. Outer scales of involucre cot- 

 tony, inner shortly radiating. Eemale florets in 1 series. Pappus of few stout 

 hairSj thickened towards the tip. Achene glabrous." 

 SOUTH Island : Upper Awatere, Sinclair. 



Not having seen speoimena, I have copied the description from the Handbook. Hooker 

 remarks, "Very closely allied to the Raoulia catipes of Tasmania; but the leaves are much smaller, 

 the heads not half the size and much more numerous." 



5. H. fasciculatum, Buck, in Tram. N.Z.I, ix. (1876) 529, t. 19. 

 Densely tufted, forming small patches lin.— 1 Jin. high. Stems with the leaves 

 Jin. in diameter. Leaves densely imbricating, erect, Jin. long, narrow-oblong 

 or lanceolate, acute, sessile by a broad base, concave, furrowed beneath, covered 

 on both surfaces with appressed silvery-white tomentum, the base clothed with 

 loose silky hairs. Heads 1—4, sessile in the axils of the upper leaves, ^in.— Jin. 

 in diameter ; involucre turbinate ; involucral bracts in 3 series, scarious, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, with loose silky tomentum at the base. Receptacle narrow, 

 conical. Florets 12—18 ; female few in J series. Disk-florets trumpet-shaped, 

 acutely 5-toothed. Achene silky, pubescent. Pappus-hairs few, not scabrid. 



NORTH Island: Tararua Range, H. Travers ! SOOTH Island: Nelson: Mount Starveall, 

 Bryant ! 4,000ft. to 5,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



A singular plant, uniting the habit of Raoulia Vfith the inflorescence of Gnaphalium and the 

 few female florets of Helichrysum. 



6. H. Youngii, Hook. /., Handbk. 152. Densely tufted, forming de- 

 pressed patches lin.— 2in. high. Stems rather stout. Branches very short, 

 erect, with the leaves fin. in diameter. Leaves densely imbricating, broadly 

 oblong or obovate, rounded at the apex, abruptly contracted just below the 

 middle and expanded into a broad membranous base, densely tomentose on both 

 surfaces ; tips erect patent. Heads Jin.— Jin. in diameter, sessile amongst the 

 apical leaves ; receptacle very narrow ; involucral bracts in 3 series, the outer 

 very short and tomentose, inner oblong, scarious, with white membranous mar- 

 gins, innermost with white radiating obtuse tips shorter than the scarious claw. 

 Florets 12-18 or more, the outer in 1 series, female, few, the hermaphrodite 

 disk-florets always predominating, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed. Achene pubescent 

 or glabrate. Pappus-hairs slightly thickened upwards. 



SOUTH Island: Canterbury: mountains above Lake Hawea, Mount Torlesse, Mount Cook, 

 Haast ! Otago : Lake district, Sector and Buchanan ! Mount Pisa, Mount Cardrona, mountains 

 of the west coast of Otago (" covering acres of the bare tops of the Old Man Kanee ") Petrie ' 

 1,200ft. to 7,000ft. 



A beautiful plant, with the habit of Raoulia, but separated by the paucity of female florets. 



7. H. Loganii, T. Kirk. Forming pulvinate masses 6in.-12in. in 

 diameter. Branches slender, woody at the base, with the leaves Jin.-fin. 

 in diameter, the whole plant clothed with soft white or greenish-wliite wool. 

 Leaves densely imbricating, Jin. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded 

 at the tip or subacute, membranous, 3-nerved, tips recurved, clothed with 



