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opposite, oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, lf-2^ in. long, 
glabrous and shining above ; midrib obscure beneath, as are the veins, which 
form an acute angle with the midrib. Panicles numerous, cymose, axillary 
and terminal, much branched. Flower-heads very numerous, on slender 
pedicels, small, \ in. long. Involucral scales few, hardly imbricate, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, very silky. Florets of the ray with a short ray. Achene 
silky. Pappus rufous when dry. 
Chatham Island, TV. Travers , where it forms the principal wood, and is called “Ake 
Ake,” and “ Bastard Sandalwood-tree.” 
126. No. 11 bis. O. lacunosa, Hook. /., n. sp. Branchlets, petioles, leaves 
below, and panicle covered with pale rusty buff tomentum. Leaves shortly 
petioled, 4-6 in. long, narrow-linear or linear-oblong, i to ■§ in. broad, acute 
or acuminate, quite entire, glabrous and reticulated above, coriaceous ; midrib 
stout ; lateral nerves at right angles to the midrib, close set, very prominent, 
dividing the under surface of the leaf into numerous rather deep pits. Panicle 
on a short slender peduncle, corymbose ; branches elongate and branchlets 
slender. Heads small, a in. diameter; involucre turbinate, scales few, pu- 
bescent, linear-oblong; florets veiy small. Achene compressed, pubescent. 
Middle Island : Rotoroa Lake, alt. 5-7000 ft., Travers ; Harper’s Pass, alt. 3000 ft., 
Haast A very singular and most distinct species, quite unlike any other. The very nu- 
merous short stout parallel nerves at right angles to the midrib afford a distinctive character. 
126. O. Haastii. — Otago Alps, Hector and Buchanan. Leaves longer and 
narrower. 
127. O. nummularifolia, var. cymbifolia. — A short stout erect woody shrub, 
1 ft. high and upwards. Leaves close-set, spreading or deflexed, } in. long, 
shortly petioled, oblong, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous and very convex above 
with strongly revolute margins all round, hence boat-shaped with the con- 
cavity doivnwards, viscid and pitted above, beneath and petiole covered with 
buff or white tomentum ; nerves invisible. Heads solitary or few, on slender 
stiff erect powdery pedicels, as long or longer than the leaves, in. long; 
involucre cylindric, scales oblong, glutinous, obtuse, appressed, imbricate. 
Achene narrow, elongate, angled, pubescent near the top. 
Alps of Canterbury, Mount Fenzl and Mount Potts, alt. 3-4000 ft., Haast ; Hurumui 
Mountains, Travers. A very distinct-looking variety, but hardly a different species. 
127. O. Forsteri. — Mount Somers range. Leaves broader, subcordate, Haast. 
127. O. ( Enrybia ) eydonitefolia, DC. Prod. v. 267, is erroneously stated 
to be a native of N. Zealand. 
130. Celmisia holosericea. — West coast of Otago, from the sea-level to 
3-4000 ft., Hector and Buchanan. 
133. C. Lyallii. — The “blunt-leaved Spaniard” of the Canterbury Alps. 
133. C. viscosa. — For Sinclair and Haast read Hector and Buchanan. 
134. C. petiolata, page 135, C. Hectori, and C. sessiliflora. After Mount 
Brewster read Haast (not Hector and Buchanan), who found the same species 
on Mount Alta. 
134. C. Traversii. — Mr. Travers has sent me another specimen, with the 
leaves (and sheath) 12 in. long and the blade 2^ across. 
