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XXXIX. COMPOSITE. 
[Celmisia. 
15. C. petiolata, HooTc.f.,n.sp. Leaves with the long purple hairy 
grooved petiole 6-12 in. long, f-lf broad ; blade linear-oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute, hairy or loosely villous above, greenish-white, with vil- 
lous oppressed tomentum below, membranous ; midrib purple below ; veins 
slender, diverging ; margins entire or denticulate. Scapes longer than the 
leaves, hairy or villous, often purple ; bracts slender. Head 1|— 2-§- in. diam. ; 
involucral scales narrow, subulate, tomentose or glabrate; rays \ in. long; 
pappus i in. long. Achene glabrous or silky. 
Middle Island : Hurrnmui mountains, in moist valleys, alt. 3000 ft., Travers ; TTopkin’s 
River and Great Clyde glacier, alt. 2-6000 ft., Haast ; Raugitata river, alt. 1800 ft., Sin- 
clair ; Mount Brewster, alt. 4-4500 ft., Hector The long purple petioles and purple mid- 
rib of the rather membranous leaf, are constant characters in all my specimens. 
16. C. spectabilis, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 122. t. 33. Rhizome very stout, 
together with leaf-sheaths 1-1 1 in. diam. Leaves 4-6 in. long, f-1 broad, 
narrow linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, sessile on the long, excessively silky and 
shaggy sheaths, glabrous and even, young silvery above, densely clothed with 
soft, loose, buff tomentum below, very thick and coriaceous ; margins re- 
curved, sometimes obscurely toothed. Scape stout, much longer than leaves, 
densely cottony; bracts linear. Head 1-1 \ in. broad; involucral scales 
subulate, recurved, densely woolly ; rays short, narrow, very numerous ; tube 
of corolla thickened below ; pappus nearly -§ in. long. Achene quite gla- 
brous. 
Northern Island: Tongariro, Bidwill ; Mount Hikurangi and Ruahine range, Colenso. 
Abundant throughout Nelson and Canterbury provinces of the Middle Island, alt. 2-5000 ft. 
The rather short, rigid leaves, covered below with loose, not appressed, bud', woolly tomen- 
tum, and glabrous achenes, are the best characters of this species, which varies extremely in 
stature ; very dwarf varieties are common. 
17. C. Traversii, Hook.f., n. sp. Leaves beneath margins and scape 
most thickly clothed with soft, velvety, rusty-brown (when dry) tomentum. 
Leaves with petiole 9 in. long, 1£ broad, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, coriace- 
ous, glabrous and opaque above, except the silky midrib, below purple, dilating 
into the broad petiolar sheath, which is densely clothed with snow-white cot- 
ton. Scape very stout ; bracts linear. Head If in. diam. ; involucral scales 
very numerous, linear, acute, densely clothed with brown velvety tomentum ; 
rays narrow, rather short, | in. long ; pappus \ in. Achene glabrous. 
Middle Island : Discovery Peaks, Nelson, alt. 5500 ft , Travers. I have but one scape 
and two leaves of this very remarkable and handsome plant, the dense, rusty, velvety 
tomentum of scape and leaf below, contrasting with the snow-white cotton of the sheaths, 
are most singular and beautiful features. 
13. C. longifolia, Cass.; — C. gracilenla, FI. N. Z. i. 122. Leaves 
usually very numerous, 1-18 in. long, in. broad, narrow-linear or nar- 
row-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, not pungent, upper surface glabrous or 
silvery, under silky-tomentose, margins often much recurved or revolute, rather 
soft and flexuose, never rigidly coriaceous. Scapes slender, cottony ; bracts 
linear. Head |- -li in. broad ; involucral scales subulate, glabrous or cot- 
tony, acute or obtuse, never recurved in flower, black at tip ; rays few or 
many, long or short, broad or narrow ; pappus reddish or white. Achene 
glabrous or silky. 
