Olearia. | COMPOSITAE. 915 
Achenes linear, grooved, silky.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 124; 7. Kirk 
Forest Fl. (1889) t. 188; Students’ Fl. (1899) 265; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 281. 
Soutu Isunanp: Puysegur Point, 7. Kirk; near the Bluff Hill, B. C. Aston ; 
islands in Foveaux Strait, Poppelwell. Stewart Istanp : Common on headlands to 
the south of Paterson Inlet, and on the adjacent islands, Lyall, 7. Kirk! Petrie! 
Thomson ! Cockayne ! T'ete-a-weka. Novem ber—January. 
A very handsome plant, distinguished from O. operina by the larger size, narrower 
and longer leaves with the veins evident beneath, large foliaceous bracts, and larger 
heads with deep-purple disc-florets. The flowers are highly fragrant. 
5. O. Traillii 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 372.—A shrub 
or small tree 10-15 ft. high or more; branches stout, densely clothed with 
soft white tomentum. Leaves crowded at the tips of the branches, 
. spreading, 3—-6in. long, 1-14 in. broad, lanceolate or narrow obovate-lanceo- 
~ late, acuminate, gradually narrowed into a short broad petiole, very thick 
- and coriaceous, glabrous above or slightly cottony when young, clothed 
~ with white tomentum beneath ; margins irregularly doubly crenate-dentate. 
Racemes terminal, erect, 4-l0in. long, 3-8-headed ; bracts large, leafy, 
1-2in. long; rhachis, peduncles, and under-surface of bracts white with 
appressed tomentum. Heads lin. diam; involucral scales in 2-3 series, 
linear, scarious, villous at the tips. Ray-florets shortly ligulate, white ; 
disc-florets violet-purple. Achenes linear, grooved, silky.—forest FI. 
(1889) t. 142; Students’ Fl. (1899) 265; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
282. 
STEWART IsLAND: Coastal localities to the south of Paterson Inlet,-not common, 
T. Kirk! Cockayne! H. Guthrie-Smith! Breaksea Island, Poppelwell. November- 
January. 
A very fine plant, closely allied to O. Colensoi, but easily separated by the 
narrower leaves and rayed flower-heads. 
6. O. Colensoi Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 115, t. 29.—A stout 
closely branched shrub 4-10 ft. high, more rarely forming a small tree 
15-30 ft. or more, with a trunk 12—24in. diam. Leaves spreading, variable 
in size and shape, 2-6in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, acute or rarely obtuse, narrowed into a 
short stout petiole, excessively thick and coriaceous, acutely irregularly 
serrate or doubly serrate, glabrous and shining above when mature, cottony 
when young, under-surface clothed with dense white appressed tomentum. 
Racemes several at the tips of the branches, tomentose, 3-8in. long, 
bearing 4-10 pedicelled heads ; bracts loosely placed. Heads 2-1 in. diam. ; 
discoid, dark brownish-purple ; involucral scales in 1-2 series, linear, glabrous 
or villous at the tips. Florets all tubular; female in a single row, corolla 
usually 3-lobed ; hermaphrodite broader, campanulate above. Achenes 
grooved, silky.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 124; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) 
t. 102; Students’ Fl. (1899) 265; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 282. 
Pane K iyi Kivi 
NortH Istranp: Mount Hikurangi, mountains above Waikaremoana, Ruahine 
Mountains, Tararua Mountains, Rimutaka Range, alt. 3000-5000 ft. Sours Isnanp: 
Common on the mountains on the western side of the Island, descending to sea-level 
on the sounds of the south-west coast. Stewart Isntanp: Extremely abundant, 
descending to sea-level, also on the adjacent islands. THe SoLanpmrs: Captain 
Bollons. Tatpari. December-January. “Ttaucrc SO*I¢k 
A very handsome plant. On the mountains it usually forms a densely branched 
shrub, but at low levels on Stewart Island it attains the dimensions of a small tree, 
often having leaves almost as large as those of the following species. 
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