313 XXXIX. OOMPOSITAE. {Helichrysum. 



NORTH Island : Tukituki River, Hawke's Bay, Petrie ! SOUTH Island : mountain districts 

 of Marlborough ; Nelson ; Canterbury ; North Otago, but often local. Most frequent in shingly 

 river-beds. 1,000ft. to 5,000ft. Jan., Feb. 



In the Handbook the involuoral bracts are described as " acuminate." I do not find them so. 



11. H. microphyllum, Benth. and Hook, f., I.e. A small excessively- 

 branched shrubj 6m.— 15in. high. Branchlets slender^ shorty irregularly tetra- 

 gonouSj tomentose. Leaves x&^ii-~T2i^- Io^Sj almost quadrifariously imbricate, 

 triangular, ovate, appressed to the branchlet, concave and woolly on the inner 

 face, keeled and polished at back. Heads turbinate, solitary, terminal, sessile, 

 Jin.— Jin. in diameter ; involucral bracts in 3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 scarious. Female florets in 1 series, few. Disk -florets trumpet - shaped, 

 5-toothed. Achene pubescent. Pappus-hairs not thickened at the tips. — 

 Ozothamnus microphyllus , Hook, f., PL N.Z. i. 134<, t. 35a ; Handbk. 146. 



SOUTH Island : in mountain districts from Marlborough and Nelson to Southland. 2,000ft. 

 to 4,Q00ft. Jan. 



Best distinguished by the slender crowded branchlets, minute leaves, and pubescent aoheues, 



12. H. SelagO, Benth. and Hook. /., I.e. A small much-branched shrub, 



4in.— 9in. high. Branches sometimes flabellate, with the leaves ^in.— :Jin. in 



diameter. Leaves densely imbricating in 5—6 series, rhomboid-ovate, coriaceous, 



trigonous and keeled in the upper part, shining, subacute or obtuse, membranous 



at the very base, concave and woolly on the surface, appressed except at the apex. 



Head solitary, terminal, sessile, not sunk amongst the leaves, hemispherical ; 



involucral bracts linear-oblong, the outer obtuse, slightly cottony at the base ; 



the inner subacute, cartilaginous below, with short recurved scarious tips. 



Florets numerous ; female few. Disk-florets almost filiform, with a narrow 



5-toothed mouth. Achene puberulous. Pappus-hairs not thickened upwards. 



— Ozothamnus Selago, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. ii. 332 ; Handbk. 14.7. 



SOUTH Island : Marlborough : Awatere, T. X. Kaikoura Range, Buchanan ! Nelson : 

 Wairau Gorge, Cheeseman. Amuri, T. K. Canterbury : Mount Torlesse, Carrington ! Rangitata, 

 J. B. Armstrong ! Otago : Mount Kurow, Petrie ! 3,000ft. to 4:,500ft. Jan. 



Best distinguished from H. ?tiicrophylluni, to which it is closely allied, by the stouter branch- 

 lets, 6-ranked leaves, and larger heads with broader involucral bracts. 



13. H. COralloides, Benth. and Hook. /., I.e. A much-branched shrub, 

 3in.— lOin. high. Branches cylindrical, Jin.— Jin. in diameter, densely tomen- 

 tose beneath the leaves, which resemble minute knobs or tubercles imbedded 

 in the tomentum. Leaves Jin.— Jin. long, densely imbricating in many series 

 all round the stem, oblong or slightly obovate, Jin. -Jin. long, shining, convex, 

 rounded at the apex and coriaceous but membranous below, 3-nerved, inner 

 surface closely appressed to the stem and densely tomentose. Heads small, 

 solitary, deeply sunk amongst the apical leaves ; involucre hemispherical ; 

 involucral bracts cartilaginous, linear-oblong, acuminate, with narrow mem- 

 branous margins and short white recurved tips ; a few of the outer short, 

 tomentose at the base and obtuse. Florets numerous; female few, filiform. 

 Disk-florets slender; mouth narrow, tubular, 5-toothed. Achene short, puberu- 

 lous. — Ozothamnus coralloides, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. ii. 332; Handbk. 147. 



