XXXIX. COMPOSITE. 
[ Olearia . 
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Leaves shining below, linear-oblong, spinous, truncate at the base 10. 0. ilicifolia. 
Leaves with soft white wool below, acute, toothed. Achenes 
glabrous 11. 0. Cunninghamii. 
E. Heads solitary or corymbose, small, J in. diam . ; florets 10-20. Leaves less 
than 1 in. long, entire. 
Leaves 1 in., flat. Heads corymbose ; involucre closely imbricate 12. 0. Haastii. 
Leaves g— § in., flat. Heads corymbose ; involucre lax .... 13. 0. moschata. 
Leaves in., convex. Head solitary 14. 0. nummularifoHa. 
F. Heads corymbose, very narrow ; florets 1-4. Leaves 1-3 in. long. 
Leaves waved, oblong, obtuse, reticulate on both sides .... 15. 0. Forsteri. 
Leaves lanceolate-obloug, acute, flat, reticulate on both sides . . 16. 0. avicenniaflolia. 
Leaves oblong, obtuse, waved, not evidently reticulate .... 17. 0. albida. 
II. Leaves in opposite pairs or opposite fascicles, i-1 in. long. 
Leaves i-f in., pale below. Heads pedicelled 18. 0. virgata. 
Leaves 1-2 in., obovate or oblong, grey and silvery below . . . 19. 0. Heclori. 
Leaves ^ in., linear, yellow below. Heads sessile 20. 0. Solandri. 
1. O. operina, Hoolc. f. FI. N. Z. i. 114. A stout branching shrub. 
Branches thick; leaves below and inflorescence covered with white tomentum. 
Leaves crowded, 2-4 in. long, f broad, rigidly coriaceous," narrowly obovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate ; teeth with obtuse, callous tips, glabrous above ; veins 
almost obliterated beneath. Peduncles 2 in. long, stout, thickly clothed with 
imbricating, ovate -lanceolate bracts in. long ; heads 1-1^ in. diam. Co- 
rolla-tube of ray glabrous, of disk puberulous. Pappus hairs very unequal. 
Acliene } in. long, ribbed, silky.- — Arnica operina, Forst. 
a. Branches as thick as a goose-quill, glabrous below. Flower of ray f in. long. 
/3. Branches as thick as the finger, tomentose. Flower of ray very short. 
Middle Island: a, Dusky Bay, Forster, Menzies ; /3, Fort Preservation, Lyall. 
2. O. angustifolia, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 115. Very similar to 0. 
operina, f3, but the leaves much more attenuated, longer, with 3-5 distinct 
parallel ribs below, the teeth closer, and the peduncles bearing fewer leaf-like 
bracts, of which the upper are 1-2 in. long. The specimens are past 
flower. 
Stewart’s Island, Lyall. 
3. Q. semidentata, Decaisne ; — FI. N. Z. i. 115. A much more 
slender species than the preceding. Branches as thick as a crow-quill. 
Leaves 1^-2|- in. long, narrow oblong- or linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate 
towards the tip, white below. Peduncles 1^ in. long, with few bracts ; 
head 1^ in. diam., purple? Achene ■§■ in. long, ribbed, almost glabrous. 
Chatham Island, Bieffenbach. A beautiful plate of this plant was prepared by M. De- 
caisne, in 1845, for a work (hitherto unpublished) on the botany of the French expedition 
in the ‘ Venus.’ The leaves are broader in the figure thau in rny specimens. 
4. O. Colensoi, Jloolc.f. Fl.N.Z.i. 115. t. 29. A stout branching shrub. 
Leaves very thick and rigid, l|-4 in. long, broadly oblong- or lanceolate-obo- 
vate, acute, acutely irregularly toothed, shining above, with thick buff or 
white tomentum beneath; ribs evident or obliterated below. Panicles 6-10- 
headed, bracteate. Heads ^ in. diam. ; involucral scales linear, in 1 or 2 series. 
