Celmisia.] 
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tomentum; veins 0; petiolar part 1-1 \ long-, broad, sheathing, glabrous, 
grooved, shining. Scape 8-12 in. long, slender, with few linear bracts 1 in. 
long. Head 1-2 in. broad ; involucral scales excessively numerous, subu- 
late, recurved, pubescent and viscid ; florets densely crowded, glabrous ; rays 
twisted, numerous, -i— § in. long, narrow; pappus i in. long, as long as the 
slender rather silky achene. 
Middle Island : mountains near Lake Okau, Dobson’s and Hopkin’s rivers, alt. 2-5000 
ft., Haast ; Otago, lake district, subalpine. Hector and Buchanan. The excessively nume- 
rous florets and involucral scales (with recurved tips), short rays, and obtuse crenate leaves, 
well distinguish tbis. 
3. C. discolor. Hook./. FI. N. Z. i. 123. A rather small species, 4-12 
in. high. Leaves imbricating upon short branches, from oblong-spathulate 
to linear, the former 1-1 1 in. long by •§■ broad, the latter 2 in. long by £ 
broad, sometimes with slender petioles, obtuse or subacute, serrulate to the 
touch or quite entire, opaque, glabrous or hoary above, white below, coria- 
ceous. Scape slender, viscid ; bracts many, linear. Head f- in. diam. ; 
involucral scales in few series, linear-subulate, recurved, viscid, pubescent or 
tomentcse; rays narrow; pappus ~ in. long. Achene silky. 
Middle Island : abundant on the mountains between 2000 and 6000 ft., from Nelson to 
Milford Sound. The var. 0 of FI. N. Z. is clearly a large form. Some states approach 
C. incana in the softness and laxity of the wool. 
4. C. hieracifolia, Hoole.f. FI. N. Z. i. t. 34 B. Closely allied to C. 
discolor, of the same size, but the branches are much shorter, the leaves l|-2 
j in. long, in. broad, obovate-oblong, sessile, obtuse, obtusely serrate, 
less coriaceous, with appressed buff (when dry) tomentum beneath. Scape 
stout, very pubescent and viscid, with many rather leafy, erect or recurved 
bracts not white below. Head as in discolor, but rather larger. 
Middle Island : Nelson mountains, Bidwill, Manro. Very near C. discolor, but I think 
distinct. 
5. C. Haastii, I look. /., n. sp. Size and habit of C. hieracifolia, the 
leaves similar in dimensions form and texture, pale yellow-green above when 
dry, white with closely appressed tomentum below, margins narrowly recurved, 
with a few distant obscure teeth or stout bristles. Scape stout, cottony, co- 
vered with linear obtuse or acute cottony or glabrate bracts. Head f-1 in. 
diam. Involucral scales linear, obtuse, hoary, membranous, erect, appressed, 
hardly glandular ; rays in. long. Achene glabrous. 
Middle Island : Hopkins River and Mount Darwin, alt. 4500-6000 ft ..Haast; Otago, 
j lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan. Near C. hieracifolia and incana , but differing 
wholly in the stout cottony scape, numerous bracts, linear membranous not recurved involucre- 
scales, and glabrous achene. 
6. C. incana, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 123. t. 34 A. Robust, 4-10 in. 
high, branches from the rooting rhizome short, stout, densely clothed with 
fibrous leaf-remains. Leaves crowded, 1-2 in. long, •§■-•£• broad, oblong- 
spathulate, obtuse or acute, densely coriaceous, serrulate, thickly covered below 
or on both surfaces with snow-white soft, not appressed tomentum. Scapes 
stout, numerous, linear ; bracts woolly. Heads 1 in. diam. ; involucral scales 
linear or subulate-lanceolate, recurved, pubescent and viscid ; rays nume- 
rous, narrow ; pappus x in. long. Achene silky. 
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