286 OLEARIA FORSTERI. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Olearia Forsteri, Hook. f. 
Shawia paniculata, Forster. Raoul, ‘‘ Choix de Plantes de la 
Zélande,” t. 13. | ian iv 
Eurybia paniculata, Hook. f. 
A shrub or small tree, with numerous stiff branches. Leaves alternate 
to 3in. long, .petioled, oblong, obtuse, margins waved, finely reticulated ; lo 
surface white, with appressed hairs. Panicles axillary, usually shorter thar 
leaves, much-branched, heads numerous, sessile in few-flowered fascic! 
long. Involucre narrow, scales six to eight, rather lax and coriaceous n 
glabrous. Florets, one to three, usually perfect; corolla silky, campa 
4, with five recurved segments. Achene pubescent; pappus brown. a 
EXPLANATION oF Prare CXXXVIH. 7 : 
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Olearia Forsteri, Hook. f. Specimen with panicles longer than the lea 
1. Flowers. Both-natural size. 2. Perfect flower. 3. An involucre, A 
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floret removed from the involucre. 5. A pappus. All magnified. i 
