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cylindric turbinate or campanulate, of many or few, short, obtuse, imbri- 
cating scales, the innermost with short, white, dilated rays. Receptacle con- 
tracted, covered with slender scales like the inner involucral, except C.fulvida. 
Florets tubular, all similar and hermaphrodite, or the outer very slender and 
female. Corolla 4- or 5-toothed. Anthers 2-tailed. Arms of the style long, 
truncate, glandular. Pappus of 1-4 series of soft slender hairs, rather thickened 
at the tip. Achene small, oblong or obovate. 
A small Australian, New Zealand, and New Caledonian genus, distinguished from Ozo- 
thamnus by the linear scales amongst the florets. I fear that the first three species may prove 
forms of one. C. pinifolia is a native of New Caledonia, not of New Zealand. 
Leaves oblong or obovate, whitish below. Heads few 1. C. retorta. 
Leaves linear, narrow, whitish below, not glutinous. Heads numerous 2. C. leptophylla. 
Leaves linear, narrow, fulvous below, glutinous. Heads numerous . 3. C.fulcida. 
Leaves obovate or oblong, fulvous below, glutinous. Heads numerous 4. C. Vauvilliersu. 
1. C. retorta, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 132. A shrub, 10-15 ft. high. 
Branches and leaves below covered with white tomentum, not glutinous. 
Leaves close-set, ~ in. long, spreading or recurved, linear-obovate or linear- 
oblong, obtuse, with recurved margins, opaque above. Heads 1-8 together, 
6-8-flowered, turbinate, shortly pedicelled, \ in. long ; involucral scales with 
white tomentum. 
Northern Island: not rare, especially near the coasts. 
2. C. leptophylla, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 133. A shrub like C. retorta in 
habit and pubescence, also glutinous, but more slender. Leaves erect or 
spreading, rarely recurved, -jVtV i Q . long, broad, narrow linear, with 
recurved margins, glabrous above and more or less shining. Heads numerous, 
in terminal hemispherical corymbs, -g— | in. long, 8-10-flowered, narrow turbi- 
nate or tubular ; involucral scales few, scarious, glabrate, shining. — Calea lep- 
tophylla , Forst. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander ; Cape Palliser and east coast, 
Colenso ; East Cape, Sinclair. Middle Island : Port Underwood, Lyall. 
3. C. fulvida. Hook. /.■ — C. leptophylla, y, FI. N. Z. i. 133. A shrub 
with the habit, etc., of C. leptophylla , but glutinous, with foliage larger and 
tomentum fulvous. Branches covered with subviseid tomentum. Leaves 
i in. long, spreading, linear, obtuse, margins recurved, fulvous below, more 
or less shining and glutinous above. Heads very numerous, in terminal co- 
rymbs, i— j in. long, 4- or 5-flowered ; involucral scales pubescent or glabrate ; 
scales amongst the florets few or 0. 
Northern Island : Cape Palliser, Colenso. Middle Island, Lyall ; mountains of 
Nelson, Munro ; Look-out Point, Dunedin, Lindsay ; river-beds in the Kowai, alt. 2-4000 
ft., Haast ; Otago, common, Hector and Buchanan. I am still in some doubt as to the 
validity of this species, of which I had but one scrap when the PI. N. Z. was prepared; the 
various specimens received since all agree with the original, and differ from C. leptophylla 
(to which, however, it is very nearly allied), by the strong fulvous colour and glutinous 
foliage. • I find few or no scales amongst the florets, so, by right, the plant should perhaps 
be referred to Ozothamnus. 
4. C. Vauvilliersii, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 133. An erect, dense, 
fastigiately-branched shrub, 2-10 ft. high. Branches and leaves below 
covered with fulvous tomentum. Leaves erect or patent, in. long, linear- 
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