12G xxxix. compostt/e. [ Olearia . 
rays short. Pappus unequal. Achene silky. — Eurybia alpina, Lindl. and 
Paxt. Mag. ; Solidago arborescens, Forst., not A. Cunn. 
Mountainous regions of the Northern Island, Banks and Solander, etc.: Mount Eg- 
mont, alt. 4000 ft., Dieffeubach ; Tongariro and Ruahine range, Colenso. Abundant 
throughout the Middle Island. 
9. O. dentata, Hook.f. — Eurybia dentata, a, FI. N. Z. i. 118. A shrub 
or small straggling tree, 20 ft. high, smelling of musk. Branches, panicles, 
and leaves below with very appressed down. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, 
acute or acuminate, young pubescent above, 2-4 in. long, toothed and rather 
waved along the margins, not truncate at the base ; veins at an obtuse angle to 
the midrib. Heads white, in large rounded or flattened, many-headed co- 
rymbs, I in. long, broadly campanulate ; involucral scales few, pubescent 
and pilose; florets 10-12, of ray short; pappus white or red, in one series, 
hairs thickened at tips. Achene short, T V in. long, pilose and ribbed. 
Northern Island : Ruahine range, Colenso. Middle Island : Otago, Sector. Wood 
streaked with yellow, makes fair veneers, Buchanan. 
10. O. ilicifolia. Hook. f. — Eurybia dentata , /3, FI. N. Z. i. 118. Very 
similar to O. dentata , and also smelling of musk, but branches and twigs nearly 
glabrous. Leaves longer and narrower, usually truncate at the base, much 
and deeply waved at the margin, with spinous teeth, yellowish below when 
dry, and veins at right angles to the midrib. Heads as in O. dentata. 
Northern Island: Tongariro, Bidwill ; Ruahine range, Colenso. Middle Island: 
Ilaast river, Canterbury, Haast ; Otago, Lyall ; lake district, Hector and Buchanan. 
Certainly distinct from O. dentata, and remarkable for its yellow hue when dry, waved 
spinous leaves, and horizontal veins. 
11. O. Cunninghamii, Hook. f. — Eurybia , FI. N. Z. i. 117* t. 30. 
A small tree, 12-20 ft. high. Branches, panicles, petioles, and under surface 
of leaves covered with soft white or brown tomentum. Leaves 2-5 in. long, 
oblong ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute, more or less toothed, finely 
reticulated above ; veins diverging, but not at right angles. Heads very nu- 
merous, in large broad panicles with diverging branches, broadly campanu- 
late, y in. diam. ; involucre shortly turbinate, scales very woolly or nearly 
glabrous, obtuse or acute, much shorter than the florets ; florets 12-20 ; rays 
few, broad ; pappus white or reddish, unequal, rather thickened at the tips. 
Achene quite glabrous.- — Br acliy glottis Rani, A. Cunn. 
Northern Island: not uncommon in woods, Banks and Solander, etc. Middle 
Island: Nelson, common, Travers ; Ship Cove, Lyall. Very variable in size of foliage, in 
its toothing, and in the involucre sometimes of very tomentose obtuse scales, at others of 
nearly glabrous acute ones. 
12. O. Haastii, Hook. /., n. sp. A small shrubby tree. Branches 
stout and corymbs hoary. Leaves f-li in. long, oblong or ovate- or linear- 
oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous, quite entire, reticulate and shining above, 
below white and smooth, with close appressed white down, not^ shining, flat; 
veins very obscure, at right angles to midrib. Heads in rather loose pe- 
duncled corymbs, •§• in. long, i in. diam., 10-15-flowered ; involucre cyliu- 
dric, scales closely imbricate, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, inner nearly as long as 
the florets ; ray florets few, broad ; pappus white, unequal. Achene loosely 
pilose. 
