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10. S. bifistulosus, HooJc. f. FI. N. Z. i. 145. Glabrous ? Stem 
woody ; branches scarred like a pine-branch. Leaves densely crowded, spread- 
ing, 1 in. long, T V broad, narrow-linear, margins revolute to midrib and 
united to it by their woolly borders, appearing crenate from the impressed 
veins. Flowering branch or scape from below the leaves, 4 in. long, with fo- 
liaceous bracts. Head 1 j in. diam. ; involucral scales few, broad, cottony at 
back ; rays few, broad ; pappus very soft. Achene short, glabrous, ribbed. 
Middle Island: Dusky Bay, Lyall. A very curious plant, allied to no other in New 
Zealand, but apparently to the Tasmauian <S. pectinatus. 1 have but oue specimen. 
11. S. glastifoliuSj Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 147. t. 39. A perfectly 
glabrous, branched, woolly shrub, 6-10 ft. high. Branches brittle, stout or 
slender; bark pale-brown. Leaves shortly petioled, 2-4 in. long, -|-1 broad, 
oblong or lanceolate, entire or sinuate-toothed, acute or obtuse ; nerves very 
faint, brown when dry. Corymbs lax, much spreading ; bracts leafy. Heads 
large, 1 - 2-2 in. diam. ; involucre broad-campanulate, scales broadly linear, 
membranous ; rays few, very long, f in. ; anthers with short tails ; pappus 
hairs rigid, unequal, scabrid, dirty-white. Achene glabrous, terete, ex- 
panded and thickened at the tip. — Solidago arborescens, A. Cunn., not Forst. 
Northern Island: in woods, from the Thames river northward, Banks and Solander, 
etc. A curious plant, in many respects allied to the Tasmanian Centropappus Brunonis. 
12. S. sciadophihxs, Raoul, C/ioix, 21. 1 . 18 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 153. A 
climbing shrub, perfectly glabrous or sparingly pubescent, with slender 
flexuose branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long, petiolate, orbicular, coarsely toothed, 
membranous, brown when dry. Heads in few-flowered corymbs, on slender 
axillary peduncles, sparingly divided, broadly campanulate, ^ in. diam. ; invo- 
lucral scales few (8-10) in 1 series, broadly linear, subacute; rays ^ in. long, 
revolute ; pappus hairs numerous, in several series, rigid, white, scabrid. 
Achene nearly glabrous, grooved. 
Middle Island : Akaroa, in woods, Raoul. 
13. S. perdicioides, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 149. A shrub with slender, 
pubescent, striated, scarred branches. Leaves on slender petioles, quite gla- 
brous, 1-1|- in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenate and toothed, finely reticulated 
on the under surface. Heads obconic, £ in. long, 8-flowered, in axillary and 
terminal corymbs ; peduncles pubescent ; involucral scales few, broad, obtuse ; 
rays few, broad ; pappus of 2 series of scabrid white hairs. Achene oblong, 
glabrous, deeply grooved. 
Northern. Island : Tolaga, in woods, Banks and Solander. This plant has not been 
found since Cook’s voyage, a century ago. 
14. S. Greyii, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 148. t. 38. A shrub, about 5 ft. 
high ; branches terete, woody, and petioles and leaves below covered with 
white appressed tomentum. Leaves with petioles -|-1|- in. long, blade 2-4 
long, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, quite entire, unequal at the base, under side 
thickly softly cottony, upper glabrate, nerveless, edged with white. Corymbs 
large, terminal, panicled, drooping ; bracts large, foliaceous, sessile, obovate- 
oblong, cottony or glabrate ; peduncles either white and cottony or not cot- 
tony and densely glandular-pubescent. Heads campanulate, f in. long ; 
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