928 COMPOSITAE. [Olearia. 
36. O. Hectori Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 128.—An erect much- 
branched deciduous shrub 5-I5ft. high; branches slender, grooved, 
glabrous; bark dark red-brown. Leaves in opposite fascicles, variable 
in size and shape, 2-I4in. long, linear-obovate or linear-spathulate to 
oblong or obovate, obtuse, narrowed into a slender petiole, thin and 
membranous, glabrous above when mature, silky when young, beneath 
clothed with thin silvery tomentum; margins flat, entire. Heads in 
opposite fascicles of 2-5; peduncles ¢-}in. long, slender, drooping, silky. 
Involucre broad and shallow, cup-shaped ; bracts in 2 series, lax, spreading, 
linear-oblong or -obovate, obtuse, woolly. fFlorets 20-25; ray-florets 
12-17, small, with a narrow ray; disc-florets about 8, much larger, mouth 
funnel-shaped. Achenes linear-obovoid, grooved, silky.—T. Kirk Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 274; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 2983. 
SoutH Isnanp: Marlborough — Pelorus Sound, J. Rutland! J. H. Macmahon! 
Otago—Lake district, Hector and Buchanan! Kaitangata, Catlin’s River, Kawarau 
Gorge, Matukituki Valley, near Invercargill, Petrie / Otautau, Cockayne; Tapanui, H. J. 
Matthews! Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell. Sea-level to 3000 ft. October-— 
November. 
37. O. odorata Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii (1891) 399.—An erect 
much-branched shrub 6-12 ft. high; branches divaricating, stout, terete, 
grooved. Leaves opposite, usually fascicled, 4-1 in. long, linear-spathulate 
or linear-obovate, rounded at the tip, narrowed into very short petioles or 
almost sessile, coriaceous, glabrous or silky above, clothed with soft white 
tomentum beneath; margins flat, entire. Heads in opposite fascicles of 
2—5 on short arrested branchlets ; peduncles short, stout, silky. Involucre 
broadly campanulate; bracts in 3-4 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, dark- 
brown, viscid and glandular. Florets numerous, 20-35; ray-florets 8-18 ; 
short; corolla of disc-florets viscid and glandular. Achenes silky.— 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 275; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 298. 
SourH Istanp: Mountain districts in Canterbury, Westland, and Otago, not 
uncommom. 1000-3000 ft. January~February. 
Closely allied to O. virgata, but distinguished by the terete branchlets, larger leaves, 
many-flowered heads, and viscid and glandular involucral bracts. 
38. QO. laxiflora 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 275.—A large erect much- 
branched shrub 6-12 ft. high; branches slender, divaricating, sometimes 
almost pendulous, terete or obscurely tetragonous. Leaves opposite or in 
opposite fascicles, $-l in. long, narrow linear-spathulate or linear-oblong, 
obtuse, narrowed into very short petioles, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath 
clothed with closely appressed white tomentum. Heads numerous, 5-15, 
in opposite fascicles on short arrested branchlets ; peduncles slender, 2 in. 
long, glabrate or silky. Involucre campanulate; bracts few, lax, linear- 
oblong, villous at the tips. Florets 6-8; ray-florets 3-4, broad. Achenes 
grooved, silky.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 293. 
South Istanp: Westland—Hokitika, H. Tipler / 
Very similar to O. odorata in habit and appearance, but the fascicles are larger and 
much more lax, the peduncles longer, the involucral bracts not viscid nor glandular, and 
the florets much fewer in number. I have seen only two specimens. 
39. O. virgata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 128.—An erect much- 
branched shrub 4-10 ft. high, often forming dense thickets; branches 
spreading, stout or slender, tetragonous or almost terete, smooth or orooved, 
