920 COMPOSITAE. [ Olearia. 
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ye -16. O. macredonta Baker in Gard. Chron. i (1884) 604.—A shrub or 
small tree 5-20 ft. high, with a strong musky fragrance; branchlets clothed 
with closely appressed tomentum. Leaves alternate, 2-4in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad, ovate or ovate-oblong to narrow-oblong, acute or acuminate, rounded 
or rarely truncate at the base, rigid and coriaceous, silky above when young 
but becoming glabrous when mature, beneath clothed with closely appressed 
white tomentum ; margins waved, closely and sharply toothed; veins at 
an obtuse angle to the midrib. Corymbs large, rounded, much branched. 
Heads numerous, +-+in. long, campanulate; scales of the involucre few, 
pubescent or villous. Florets 8-12; ray-florets 3-5, ligules short and 
narrow; disc-florets 4-7. Pappus-hairs unequal, dirty-white or reddish. 
Achenes short, grooved, pubescent.— Bot. Mag. t. 7065; T. Kirk Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 268; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 286. O. dentata Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 126 (not of Moench.). Hurybia dentata var. 
oblongifolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 118. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: In mountain districts from the East Cape, Taupo, 
and Mount Egmont southwards. 1500-4000 ft. January—lebruary. 
A distinct species, at once separated from its immediate allies by the large coarsely 
toothed leaves. 
17. O. ilicifolia Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 126.—Size and habit 
of O. macrodonta, and with the same musky fragrance. Branchlets stout, 
sometimes almost glabrous. Leaves alternate, 2-4 in. long, linear or linear- 
oblong or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, truncate or more rarely rounded 
at the base, rigid and coriaceous, usually clothed with thin yellowish-white 
tomentum beneath; margins much and deeply waved, sharply serrate-dentate, — 
teeth hard and spinous; veins spreading at right angles. Inflorescence 
and heads much as in O. macrodonta.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 269 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 286. O. multibracteolata Col. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 242. EKurybia dentata var. linearifolia Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 118. 
NortH AnD SoutH IsutAnps, Stewart IJstaAnp: In mountain districts from the 
Kast Cape, Taupo, and Mount Egmont southwards, not. uncommon. Sea-level to 
4000 ft. December-January. 
In its ordinary state this has a very different appearance to O. macrodonta, but 
intermediates are not uncommon. 
X 18. 0. mollis Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliii (1911) 173.—Size and 
habit of growth entirely that of O. cdicifolia; but young branchlets, inflor- 
escence, and leaves beneath densely clothed with lax white or yellowish-white 
tomentum. Leaves rounded at the base, with much smaller, softer, and 
less spinous teeth ; veins more prominent beneath. Inflorescence precisely 
that of O. aheifolia and O. macrodonta.—oO. ilicifolia var. mollis T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 269; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 286. 
SouTH IstanD: Mountains near Collingwood, Dall/ Westland—Teremakau 
Valley, Petrie! Otira Gorge, Cockayne! Otago—Clinton Saddle, R. M. Laing. 
Tn the first edition of this work I treated this as a variety of O. ilicifolia, and there 
can be no question as to the close relationship of the two plants. But there is 
considerable weight in Dr. Cockayne’s argument that if it be right to separate O. macro- 
donta and O, ilicifolia, then for the sake of consistency O. mollis and O. tlicifolia should 
also be divorced. On the whole, it is perhaps best to keep the three plants as distinct 
species. . 
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