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scarious, villous at the tips. Ray florets very short. Pappus white, unequal, 
in several rows. Achene silky. 
а. Leaves without obvious petioles, shorter than the panicles. 
/3. Leaves iu distiuct petioles, longer than the panicles. 
Northern and Middle Islands: var. a, Mount Hikurangi, Colsnso ; mountains of 
Canterbury, Haast ; var. /3, Dusky Bay, Ltjall. 
5. O. Inyallii, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 116. A small, very robust tree, 
much resembling 0. Colensoi and similarly clothed, but far more robust, the 
leaves very broadly elliptical or oblong, with diverging veins, obtusely crenulate, 
the panicles much stouter ; involucral bracts in more series. Petioles very 
broad and thick. 
Lord Auckland’s Islands, Lyall, Bolton. A noble plant. I have the foliage of what 
is possibly the same, gathered by Lyall in Milford Sound, hut the branch and petioles are 
more slender. 
б. O. insigms, Ilook.f. FI. N. Z. ii. 331. A very robust and remark- 
able species. Branches as thick as the finger, very densely clothed with thick 
fulvous or reddish tomentum, as are the young leaves, old leaves below, pe- 
tioles, peduncles, and involucres. Leaves 3-5 in. long, 2-3 broad, oblong, 
obtuse, quite entire, excessively thick and hard, unequal at the base, shining- 
above; petiole -|-ly in. long. Peduncle as thick as a goose-quill, 6-10 in. 
long. Head hemispherical. Involucral scales in very many imbricating 
series, subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, with rigid, recurved, needle-like points, 
the outer obtuse. Florets excessively numerous, of ray with filiform pilose 
tubes, \ in. long, and narrow short rays. Pappus rufous, of one series of 
equal scabrid hairs, thickened at their tips. Achene very slender, densely 
silky. * 
Middle Island : hanks of the Waihopai, on the driest rocks, Munro ; Awatere valley, 
Sinclair. A most magnificent plant, almost generically distinct from Burybia in the simple 
pappus of equal hairs, thickened at the tip, but it approaches some Australian species iu 
habit, size, and other respects. 
7. O. furfuracea, Hook. f. — Furybia,D C. ; FI. N. Z. i. 117. A small 
tree, 10-15 ft. high. Branches terete, velvety ; twigs deeply grooved, and in- 
florescence and leaves below covered with closely-appressed matted hairs, pro- 
ducing a shining surface. Leaves 1^-2^ in. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
waved, rarely sinuate-toothed, rounded and unequal at base, reticulated 
above ; petiole -|-1 in. long. Corymbs large, branched, loose, spreading. 
Heads very numerous, in. long, diam. ; involucral scales imbricate, ob- 
long, obtuse. Florets longer than involucre, of ray 3 or 4 with short broad 
rays, of disk 6-8. Pappus white, outer hairs short. Achene slender, angled, 
puberulous, and glandular. — Hcixtonia furfuracea , A. Cunn. ; Aster, A. Rich. ; 
SItawia, Raoul. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands to the east coast. Banks and Solander. 
8. O. nitida, Hook.f — Furybia, FI. N. Z. i. 117. A small tree, resem- 
bling 0. furfuracea, but the tomentum is more silvery and shining, and leaves 
more ovate, less coriaceous, sinuate-toothed, and acute or acuminate. Heads 
in close, manv-flowered, rounded corymbs, on silky pedicels, in. long, 
about as broad; involucral scales few, pilose, or laxly villous; florets 15-20, 
