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10. O. furfuracea ,Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 125.—A much- 
branched shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high; branches stout, spreading ; 
younger ones terete or grooved, velvety-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 
2-4 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, variable in shape, oblong or elliptic-oblong 
to ovate-oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or rarely acute, rounded and often 
unequal at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath clothed with 
densely appressed smooth and silvery tomentum ; margins flat or undulate, 
entire or remotely sinuate-toothed ; veins reticulated on both surfaces or 
obscure beneath ; petiole stout, 4-1 in. long. Corymbs large, much-branched, 
on long slender peduncles. Heads very numerous, 4in. long, narrow- 
turbinate ; scales of the involucre im several series, imbricate, oblong, 
villous or fimbriate. Florets 5-12; ray-florets 2-5, with a short broad 
ray; disc-florets 3-7. Pappus-hairs often thickened and fimbriate at the 
tips, outer hairs short. Achenes small, faintly striate, pubescent.—7. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 267; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 284. Hurybia 
furfuracea DC. Prodr. v (1836) 267; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 117. 
Haxtonia furfuracea A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 440. Shawia furfuracea 
Raoul Choix (1846) 45. “Aster furfuraceus A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 
246, : bs 
‘Norts Istanp: Abundant from the North Cape to Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki; 
Ruahine and Kaimanawa Mountains. Wharangipiro ; Akepiro. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
November—January. 
A very common plant to the north of the East Cape, varying greatly in the size, 
shape, and texture of the leaves, the size of the flower-heads, and the number of florets. 
Two forms may perhaps be distinguished, one with broad heads containing 8-12 florets, 
the other with much narrower heads and 4 to 8 florets. To this state Mr. Kirk gives 
the varietal name of angustata. 
11. O. Allomii 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 11 (1871) 179.—A dwarf 
sparingly branched shrub 1-3ft. high; branches stout, and with the 
inflorescence and leaves beneath clothed with smooth and shining silvery 
tomentum. Leaves alternate, rather close-set, 1-2 in. long, 3-14 in. wide, 
oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, truncate or rounded and often 
unequal at the base, shortly petiolate, excessively thick and coriaceous ; 
veins reticulated above, midrib prominent below. Corymbs longer than 
the leaves, branched. Heads large, 4in. diam., or even more when fully 
expanded ; involucre broadly turbinate ; scales laxly imbricate, tomentose, 
obtuse. Florets 15-20; rays about 8. Pappus-hairs unequal. Achenes 
grooved, hispid. Students’ Fl. (1899) 271; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
284. 
NortH Istanp: Great Barrier Island, not uncommon from sea-level to 2500 ft., 
T’. Kirk / cliffs at Whangaparapara, Colonel Boscawen / near Tryphena Harbour, A. J. 
Osborne ! November—December. \ Wa aang | 9. e1< | re ee 
Differs from O. furfuracea in the much smaller size, smaller close-set excessively 
rigid and coriaceous leaves, and especially in the much larger heads with twice the 
number of florets. I have a plant from Castle Hill, Coromandel, which resembles it 
in foliage, but forms a large shrub 12 ft. high. A similar form has been gathered by 
Petrie at Mercury Bay. But both of these have few-flowered heads only slightly larger 
than those of the typical state of O. furfuracea, and are best placed under that species. 
12. O. Townsoni Cheesem. n. sp.—A much-branched shrub or small 
tree 8-15 ft. high; branches stout, spreading; the younger ones grooved 
and angled, densely covered with close yellowish-brown tomentum. Leaves 
