Celmisia. | COMPOSITAE. 937 
diam.; involucral bracts linear-oblong, acute, more or less clothed with 
white glanduljar scales, inner with a tuft of cottony hairs at the tip. 
Ray-florets numerous, spreading. Achenes grooved, hispid. 
SoutH Isnanp: Nelson—Mount Cobb (to the north of the Mount Arthur 
Plateau), Waingaro -Peak, F. G. Gibbs ! 3500-5000 ft. January—February. 
An interesting plant, quite distinct from the other species of the section, and 
remarkable for the lepidote pubescence on the under-surface of the leaves, &c. 
4. C. rupestris Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 409.—Stems 
long, much branched, stout and woody, prostrate, scrambling over rocks ; 
branches ascending at the tips, densely clothed with closely imbricating 
leaves. Leaves numerous, crowded, 4—lin. long, narrow linear-spathulate, 
obtuse, gradually narrowed to the base and then expanded into a broad 
membranous sheath, silky above, beneath clothed with soft white tomen- 
tum, suberect when young, patent or deflexed when old ; margins strongly 
revolute. Peduncles 1 or 2 near the tips of the branches, 3-6in. long, 
glandular-pubescent. Heads about 1 in. diam. ; involucral bracts numerous, 
narrow-linear, pubescent and glandular. Ray-florets numerous, narrow, 
spreading. Achenes not seen.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 281 ; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 300. 
SoutH IstanpD: Nelson—Mount Aorere, near Collingwood, F. G. Gibbs / high 
peaks flanking the Cobb Valley, F. G. Gibbs! ravines on Mount Peel, 7. F. C. 
3500-5000 ft. January—February. 
Nearest to C. Walkeri, but distinguished by the smaller size, smaller narrower 
and more silky leaves with revolute margins, and by the smaller heads. 
5. C. Walkeri 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix (1877) 549, t. 30.—Stem 
stout, woody, much or sparingly branched, procumbent or suberect, 1-4 ft. 
long; branches spreading, densely leafy. Leaves very numerous, crowded, 
with broad imbricating sheathing bases wider than the blade, 1-14 in. long ; 
blade spreading, linear, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous and somewhat viscid 
above, clothed with soft white tomentum beneath; margins flat, serrulate. 
Peduncles 1-3 near the tips of the branches, 4-8 in. long, slender, glandular- 
pubescent ; bracts numerous, linear-subulate. Heads 1-I4in. diam.; in- 
volucral bracts linear-subulate, pubescent and glandular, tips recurved. 
Ray-tlorets 30-40; ligule narrow, spreading. Achenes linear, silky, with 
2-3 obscure ribs on each face.—7T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 280; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 300. pee fen tH Facer Fitant 7° ZOs 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Mountains above Lake Tennyson, R. M. Laing! 
Canterbury—Mountains above Arthur’s Pass, 7’. F.C. Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Petrie / 
abundant in subalpine meadows and moist rocky places, Cockayne! Otago—Lake 
Wanaka, Cockayne ; mountains near Lake Harris, 7. Kirk / Mount Alta, Buchanan ! 
Mount Aspiring, Petrie! Mount Earnslaw, H. J. Matthews! Eyre Mountains, Poppel- 
well; Humboldt Mountains, J. Speden/ Mackinnon’s Pass, H. J. Matthews! Lake 
Hauroko, J. Crosby Smith. 3000-5000 ft. December—February. 
A very remarkable plant, easily recognized by the stout branching stem, densely 
clothed with imbricating leaves. Its only near ally is C. rupestris. 
6. C. densiflora Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 130.—Leaves 3-7 in. 
long, ¢-14 in. broad, narrow linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous above, clothed with soft white tomentum beneath except the pro- 
minent midrib; margins flat, crenate-dentate; sheathing petiole 14-3} in. 
long, membranous, glabrous or the margins slightly cottony. Scapes usually 
several, 6-18 in. long, stout or slender, glabrous, viscid ; bracts few or many, 
