﻿T. 
  KiEK. 
  — 
  Dcscripiions 
  of 
  Kciu 
  Plants. 
  4d3 
  

  

  diameter, 
  liave 
  been 
  clestroyccT 
  by 
  fire 
  every 
  year 
  in 
  tlio 
  process 
  of 
  clearing. 
  

   This 
  has 
  arisen 
  from 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  conveying 
  the 
  timber 
  by 
  land, 
  water- 
  

   carriage 
  not 
  being 
  available 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  kam-i 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  rimu, 
  the 
  

   cheap 
  timber 
  of 
  the 
  south, 
  could 
  only 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  Auckland 
  at 
  a 
  higher 
  

   rate 
  than 
  kauri, 
  and 
  as 
  kauri 
  has 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  being 
  more 
  easily 
  worked 
  

   than 
  rimu, 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  been 
  rarely 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  cabinet-maker, 
  notwith- 
  

   standing 
  the 
  advantage 
  it 
  possesses 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  " 
  figure." 
  But, 
  since 
  tho 
  

   construction 
  ef 
  the 
  Waikato 
  Kailway, 
  I 
  am 
  assured 
  that 
  a 
  change 
  has 
  taken 
  

   place 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  Eimu 
  is 
  abundant 
  at 
  Drury, 
  Ptikekohe, 
  Pokenoe, 
  

   and 
  other 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  line, 
  and 
  the 
  settlers 
  have 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  

   the 
  facilities 
  for 
  carriage 
  placed 
  at 
  their 
  disposal 
  — 
  they 
  have 
  converted 
  their 
  

   rimu 
  into 
  boards 
  instead 
  of 
  burning 
  it, 
  and 
  rimu 
  furniture 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  

   common 
  in 
  the 
  workshops 
  of 
  the 
  Auckland 
  cabinet-makers 
  than 
  was 
  tho 
  

   case 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  railways. 
  We 
  may 
  fairly 
  expect 
  that 
  

   similar 
  results 
  will 
  take 
  place 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  other 
  neglected 
  products. 
  

  

  Aet. 
  LSXVI.— 
  D«cryji/o7JS 
  of 
  Xciv 
  Plants. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kibk, 
  F.L.S. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  PldlosoTphical 
  Society, 
  \st 
  March, 
  1879.] 
  

  

  CoMPOSITjE. 
  

  

  Olearia 
  nleifolia. 
  

   A 
  MUCH 
  branched 
  shrub 
  5 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  high; 
  branchlets 
  crowded, 
  strict, 
  

   ascending, 
  angular, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  velvetty 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  leaves 
  2" 
  to 
  3" 
  

   long, 
  y 
  to 
  V' 
  ^vide, 
  coriaceous, 
  shortly 
  petioled, 
  narrow 
  lanceolate, 
  acute, 
  

   erect, 
  minutely 
  reticulated 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath 
  with 
  matted 
  appressed 
  

   hairs 
  forming 
  an 
  even 
  surface, 
  veins 
  obscure 
  ; 
  corymbs 
  on 
  slender 
  pedun- 
  

   cles 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  leaves 
  ; 
  heads 
  numerous 
  on 
  slender 
  pedicels, 
  

   involucre 
  narrow, 
  ^ 
  to 
  ^" 
  long, 
  cylindrical, 
  scales 
  few, 
  inner 
  membranous, 
  

   linear, 
  ciliated, 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  florets 
  4-5, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  obovats 
  

   ray 
  ; 
  pappus 
  hairs 
  white, 
  scabrid 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  achenc 
  furrowed 
  silky. 
  

  

  Hah: 
  South 
  Island— 
  Ashburton, 
  T. 
  H. 
  Potts! 
  Eangitata, 
  4,000- 
  

   6,000 
  feet, 
  J. 
  F. 
  Arinstronrj 
  ! 
  Preservation 
  Inlet, 
  Otago, 
  .7. 
  D. 
  Enys 
  ! 
  

  

  For 
  my 
  first 
  knowledge 
  of 
  this 
  plant, 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Potts, 
  who 
  

   showed 
  me 
  specimens 
  under 
  cultivation 
  several 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  expressed 
  his 
  

   belief 
  in 
  its 
  specific 
  distinctness, 
  although 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  flou-ers. 
  A 
  

   living 
  plant 
  kindly 
  given 
  mo 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Armstrong 
  in 
  1873 
  flowered 
  for 
  tho 
  

   first 
  time 
  in 
  February, 
  1878. 
  Its 
  affinities 
  are 
  with 
  0. 
  avicennuifuUa 
  and 
  

   0, 
  albida, 
  from 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  distinguished 
  at 
  sight 
  by 
  its 
  strict 
  habitj 
  

  

  