DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY i'Z'S 



Crt'tius Hdastia. 



Tufted, woolly shrul^s, forming dense masses, sometimes several feet across. 

 This genus differs from Raoulia in having tailless anthers. Flower-heads large, 

 solitary, snnk amongst the upper leaves. Ray-llorets female. Disk-florets 



Fig. 1-ifi. C'eliiiisi;! longifnlia, var. i:,' nat. size). 



numerous. Achene shining, narrow, sometimes ril)bed. Pappus-hairs rigid, 

 white. (Name in honour of Sir .lulius von Haast). This genus is endemic in 

 New Zealand, i sp. 



