150 xxxix. co.virosiTiE. [ Raoulia . 
Pappus of numerous soft, white, slender hairs as in R. australis. Achene 
puberulous. 
Middle Island : Nelson mountains, Bidwill ; Milford Sound, Lijall ; shingle beds, 
Rangitata river, and Mount Cook, alt. 1800-3200 ft., Sinclair, Ilaast ; Otago mountains, 
alt. 3-4000 ft., Hector and Baclianan. Haast sends apparently a silky variety, with 
rather broader leaves, from mountains near Lake Hawea, alt. 4000-5000 ft. 
9. R. subsericea, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 136. Very similar in most 
characters to R. glabra, and perhaps an alpine variety of that, but a much 
more densely tufted plant, with very short stems and branches, closely imbri- 
cated, linear-oblong leaves, glabrous or covered loosely with silvery tomen- 
tum, green or silvery-white. Heads similar, but larger, j, in. diam. 
Middle Island : Wairau mountains, Clarence valley, Aglionby plains, alt. 3000-4000 
ft., and elsewhere in Nelson, Munro , Sinclair, Travers ; Port Cooper, Lyall ; Godley rivulet 
and Mount Darwin, alt. 3-5000 ft., Haast; Otago mountains, alt. 4000 ft., Hector and 
Buchanan. 
10. R. grandiflora, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 136. A very short, erect, densely 
tufted species, with very long, wiry, thread-like roots. Stems 1 in. high, 
densely leafy, with the leaves on as thick as the little finger. Leaves imbricat- 
ing all round the stem, -i— £ in. long, erecto-patent, ovate-subulate, rigid, 
shining with white silky hairs, cottony at the base, striate. Heads large, •§— f 
in. diam. ; involucral scales 1 or 2 series, long, white, linear, spreading, £ 
in. long ; receptacle convex, hispid. Pappus hairs few, rigid, swollen towards 
the tip. Achene silky. 
Northern Island: summits of the Ruahine range, Colenso. Middle Island : top of 
Gordon’s Nob, Munro ; Upper Wairau, Sinclair ; top of Big Ben, Mounts Cook, Darwin 
and Torlesse, alt. 5-7000 ft., Haast ; Mount Brewster, alt. 5-6000 ft., forming carpets, 
' Hector and Buchanan. Allied in many respects to R. suhidata, and especially in the 
hispid receptacle. 
11. R. mammillaris, Hook.f., n. sp. Like R. eximia, forming large, 
hard, hemispherical balls and patches on the ground, sometimes 8 ft. long and 
3 high. Branches very short, thick, with the leaves on forming cylindric or 
mammillary knobs, ^ in. diam. Leaves most densely compacted, imbricated 
in many series, spreading, i Q - l° n g> obovate cuneate or spathulate, 
obtuse, membranous, cottony below, with a dense brush of velvety hairs on 
both surfaces beyond the middle, which does not exceed the tip of the leaf. 
Heads very small, in. diam., about 10-flowered; inner involucral scales 
with short, wdiite, acute, radiating tips ; receptacle convex, naked. Pappus of 
few rigid hairs thickened at the tips. Achene with a swollen areole at the 
base and long white silky hairs. 
Middle Island : Mount Torlesse, on hard soil and rocky places, alt. 3-5000 ft., Haast. 
Very similar in many respects to R. eximia, and closely allied to it, but the leaves are smaller, 
with the velvety hairs not so long as to hide them, more cottony and obovate, and the inner 
involucral scales are distinctly rayed. 
12. R. bryoides, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. ii. 322. Forming hard, dense, 
convex, hoary patches, with an even surface. Branches f-l£ in. long, densely 
compacted, with the leaves on cylindric, Jg— ^ in. diam. Leaves most densely 
imbricate all round the branches, erecto-patent, t V _ to i n - l° n o> broad, linear, 
