924 COMPOSITAE. [ Olearia, 
26. O. oleifolia 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi (1879) 463.—A much- 
branched shrub 5-8ft. high; branches crowded, erect or ascending; 
branchlets grooved, hoary with fine appressed pubescence. Leaves alter- 
nate, 14-3in. long, +$in. wide, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, erect, 
acute or subacute, shortly petioled, very coriaceous, glabrous and finely 
rcticulated above, clothed with white appressed tomentum beneath; veins 
obscure. Corymbs broad, rather lax, on slender naked peduncles much 
exceeding the leaves. Heads numerous, 4 in. long; involucre cylindric; 
scales imbricate; the outer smaller, slightly tomentose; the inner longer, 
linear-oblong, almost glabrous or pubescent at the tips. Florets 4-8; 
ray-florets 2-4, short, broad. Achenes grooved, pubescent.—Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 272; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 289. O. angustata J. B. 
Armsir. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 337. 
Souta Istanp: Canterbury — Ashburton Mountains, Potts/ Upper Rangitata, 
J. B. Armstrong! Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing. Otago—Lake 
Wakatipu, Cockayne! Greenstone Valley, W. Willcox / Dart Valley, H. J. Matthews ! 
Resolution Island and Preservation Inlet, J. D. Enys / 1500-3500 ft. January. 
Only differs from O. Haastit in the more erect habit and longer and narrower 
leaves. Intermediate forms have been collected, but the usual aspect of the plant 
is distinct. 
“27. O. Willeoxii Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlv (1913) 266.— 
A sparingly branched shrub 4-8 ft. high; branches slender, diffusely spread- 
ing, terete or nearly so, finely grooved or striate, more or less clothed 
with soft hoary pub sce ce, becoming almost glabrous in age. Leaves 
distantly placed, alternate, 14-2in. long, 44in. broad, elliptic-lanceolate 
to narrow elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute, tapering at the base into a 
short petiole, subcoriaceous, glabrous and brownish-green above, with 
evident midrib and veins, below clothed with soft white tomentum, 
venation obscure, margins entire or obscurely sinuate. Corymbs small, 
remote from the tops of the branches, heads few in: number, usually 
from 4 to 8, }-4in. long, broadly turbinate. Involucral bracts in 3-4 
series; the lower short, ovate, acute; the upper longer, oblong-lanceolate. 
Florets 4-8; ray-florets 2-4, short, broad. Achenes grooved, pubescent. 
Sourn Istanp: Otago—In one or two localities on Queenstown Hill, Lake 
Wakatipu, W. Willrox / 
Apparently a very rare and local species, so far only known from a single locality. 
Its nearest ally is evidently O. oleifolia, but the inflorescence is altogether different. 
28. O. nummularifolia Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 127—A much 
and closely branched shrub 2-10 ft. high; branches stout, woody, scarred ; 
younger ones often viscid, more or less clothed with whitish or yellowish 
stellate tomentum or almost glabrous. Leaves alternate, close-set, erect 
or spreading, 5-4 1in. long, almost orbicular to broadly oblong or obovate, 
rounded at the tip, very shortly petiolate, excessively thick and coriaceous, 
shining and reticulate above, clothed with appressed stellate tomentum 
beneath; margins recurved. Heads }+4in. long, solitary, on axillary 
peduncles longer or shorter than the leaves. Involucre narrow-turbinate ; 
scales in several series, closely imbricating, tomentose or pubescent or 
almost glabrous; outer short and broad; inner linear, obtuse. Florets 
6-12; ray-florets 3-5, rather broad. Achenes pubescent.—T7. Kirk Students’ 
