98 OLEARIA TRAILUII. 
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DIsTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Olearia Traillii is restricted to the neighbourhood of the sea, although ae 
not found within the reach of its spray. It occurs on Puysegur Point, in . 
South Island, and on the southern part of Stewart Island, but is rare and | local 
in both habitats. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Olearia Traillii, T. Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xv1., p. 372. = 
A shrub or small tree, sometimes 15ft. high or more. Panne ‘stout, 
tomentose. Leaves creraen near the tips of the branchlets, lanceolate « or 
narrow obovate-lanceolate, 4in. to 6in. long, tin. to thin. broad, narrowed into to 
a short broad petiole, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, clothed with appressed d 
white hairs beneath, margins doubly serrate or crenate. Flower-heads in erect 
terminal racemes with leafy bracts, three- to eight-flowered, 5in. to roin. | 
clustered at the tips of the branches, bracts almost sheathing at the base; 
rhachis, pedicels, and under-surface of bracts tomentose. Involucral leaves 
narrow-linear, in one or two series, and woolly at the tips. Florets of the disc 
perfect; outer florets female, with short broad white rays. Achene silky, 
grooved ; pappus in one series. i 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CXLII. 
Olearia Traulu, T. Kirk, natural size. 1. Floret of the ray. 2. Ploret of f 
the disc. 3. Achene. All natural size and Rete 4. Involucre, magnified. a 
