Celmasia. | COMPOSITAE. : 933 
B. Herbaceous, but often woody at the base. Branches usualiy short. Leaves crowded, 
usually more or less rosulate. Dvrsc-florets yellow, never purple. 
* Leaves more or less toothed or serrate, clothed with white or buff tomentum 
beneath (glabrate in C. prorepens). 
Leaves 3-7in. X #-l}in., linear-oblong, crenate-dentate, 
white beneath. Scapes 6-18 in. Involucral bracts very 
numerous .. > ey ye ‘f as .. 6. C. densiflora. 
Stems stout, woody at the base. Leaves 3—I1+ in. long, 
4-3 in. broad, oblong or oblong - obovate, imbricated, 
glabrous or nearly so above, covered with white tomentum 
beneath; sheaths short and broad. Scapes 14-3 in. 
long. Heads ?-lin. diam. .. a re bys 
Stems branched at the base, often forming broad flat 
cushions. Leaves ?—ldin. long, 4-4in. broad, obovate- 
spathulate to oblong-spathulate, viscid, coriaceous, white 
beneath. Scapes 3-5 in., slender oe oH 
Stems short, branched at the base. Leaves +-3in. long x 
#-3 In. broad, obovate-spathulate to elliptic-oblong, con- 
tracted into a distinct petiole, and then expanded into a 
broad sheath, glabrous above, silvery-white beneath. 
Scapes few, short .. ~ mh - 
Stems woody and much branched below, forming dense 
tufts. Leaves imbricated, 1-2in. x #+1in., linear or 
linear-spathulate, glabrous or viscid above, covered 
beneath with silvery - white tomentum. Scapes 3-6 in. 
Heads #-13 in. diam. of +0 3 At 
Leaves 1-3in. X $-?in., oblong or spathulate, dull-green 
above, white with thin appressed tomentum beneath or 
glabrous, membranous bs NS im tc 
Leaves 3-8 in. X $-lin., linear-oblong or lanceolate, dark- 
green above, white beneath, coriaceous. Scape slender, 
flexuose, glabrate .. a; Re i, ns 
Leaves 1-23 in. x $-}in., obovate-spathulate, plaited above, 
clothed with lax soft white tomentum beneath or on both 
surfaces .. Be oo a 3 .. 13. C. incana. 
Leaves 1$-3in. X 3-lin., oblong to oblong - spathulate, 
greenish-grey and plaited above, white beneath; mar- 
gins revolute. Scapes with numerous linear bracts -. 14. C. Haastii. 
Leaves 3-#in. X 4in., linear-spathulate, plaited above, 
beneath clothed with silvery-grey tomentum. Scapes 
3-5 in. ; bracts numerous, linear. Heads 3-1 in. diam. 15. C. Poppelwellii. 
Leaves 13-3in. xX $-lin., linear-oblong to linear-obovate, 
green on both surfaces, rugose above .. 3 = 
Leaves 2-4in. X }-jin., narrow obovate-spathulate, upper 
surface green and glabrous, clothed with whitish tomentum 
beneath. Scapes 6-8 in. ; bracts numerous 1s -. 17. C. Cockayniana, 
Leaves 1-5in. X 3-lin., obovate-oblong to linear-oblong, 
serrulate, buff or white beneath. Scape 2-l0in.. with 
7. C. brevifolia, 
8. C. discolor. 
9, OC. intermedia. 
10. C. novae-zealandiae. 
ll. OC. Sinclairis. 
12. C. Lindsay. 
16. C. prorepens. 
linear bracts a. = a ra .. 18. C. hieracifolia, 
Leaves 4-8 in. X 1-2 in., obovate-lanceolate, acutely serrate, 
buff beneath. Scape 6-18 in., with broad leafy bracts .. 19. ©. Dallii. 
Leaves 6-12in. xX 1$-23in., lanceolate, acutely serrate, 
white beneath. Scape 1-2 ft., with linear bracts .. 20. C. holosericea. 
** Leaves entire (or if toothed very obscurely so), clothed with white or buft 
tomentum beneath (glabrate in OC. Mackaut). 
{ Leaves 3-16in. X }-2}in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 
coriaceous or almost membranous, not rigid. 
Leaves 6-16in. X 13-23 in., oblong or oblong - lanceolate, 
under-surface with velvety ferruginous tomentum: 
sheaths snow-white .. +A ~t 3 -. 21. C, Traversii. 
Leaves 3-9in. X 1-2in., ovate-oblong or oblong, cordate 
at the base, under-surface with red-brown velvety tomen- 
tum; sheaths brown or purple Ay Me -» 22. C. cordatiftia. 
