938 COMPOSITAE. | Celmisia. 
linear, 1-2in. long. Heads 1-2 in. diam.; involucral bracts very numerous, 
in many series, linear-subulate, glabrous or pubescent, viscid ; tips recurved. 
Rays long and narrow, twisted when withering. Achene narrow-linear, 
equalling the pappus, silky, strongly ribbed.—T. Krk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
282; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 303. 
Sourn Istanp: Canterbury—Mountains at the head of Lake Ohau, Haast ; Mount 
Studholme, C. Foweraker. Otago—Mount Kurow, Petrie! H. J. Matthews! Mount Ida, 
Petrie! H. J. Matthews ! Mount St. Bathan’s, Mihiwaka, Petrie! Lake district, Hector 
and Buchanan! Blue Mountains, H. J. Matthews / 800-3000 ft. December-— 
February. 
Best recognized by the obtuse linear-oblong crenate-dentate leaves and numerous 
involucral bracts and florets. It has been recorded from the Tararua Range, in the 
North Island, but I have seen no specimens from thence. 
7. ©. brevifolia Cockayne n. sp.—Stems stout, woody at the base, 
much branched above, often forming large lax clumps; branches densely 
clothed with the remains of the old leaves. Leaves numerous, imbricated, 
upper erect, lower spreading or deflexed, 4-14 in. long, +4 1n. broad, oblong 
or oblong-obovate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed towards the base, 
and then suddenly expanded into a short and broad sheath, coriaceous, 
glabrous or nearly so above, glandular-viscid, beneath densely covered 
with soft white tomentum, midrib evident; margins remotely and minutely 
denticulate. Scapes 1 to several from the axils of the leaves near the tips 
of the branches, slender, viscid, 14-3in. long; bracts few, linear. Heads 
lin. diam., involucral bracts narrow-linear, viscid, reflexed. Ray-florets 
numerous, linear, spreading, obtuse. Achene densely silky. 
SoutH IstanD: Canterbury—Mount Dobson Range, abundant, 7’. Ff. C.; Mount 
Ernest (head of Lake Wanaka), Cockayne! Mount Pisa, Petrie / Cockayne! Old Man 
Range, Cockayne! Two Thumb Range, A. Wall / 4500-6000 ft. January—March. 
This appears to be quite a distinct species, easily recognized by its much-branched 
woody base, numerous closely set oblong leaves, which are small for the size of the 
plant, short scapes, and densely silky achenes. The Mount Dobson plant is larger 
than any specimens I have seen from Otago, and the leaves are larger, more acute, 
much more tomentose, and the tomentum is frequently, but not invariably, buff- 
coloured, not white. 
8. €. discolor Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 123.—Stems branched at 
the base, often forming broad flat-topped cushions. Leaves crowded, 
imbricated, obovate-spathulate to oblong-spathulate, ?-14 in. long, 4-4 in. 
broad, usually obtuse, gradually narrowed to the base, entire or obscurely 
dentate, coriaceous, brownish-green, viscid and glabrous above, beneath 
densely clothed with silvery-white tomentum, midrib usually evident. 
Scapes 1 or several, 3-5in. long or more, slender, viscid; bracts several, 
linear. Heads ?-lin. diam.; bracts of the involucre short, linear, acute, 
tips recurved. Rays narrow, spreading. Achene silky.—Handb. N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 131;+*7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 283; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 304. 
SoutH Isuanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. Altitudinal range 
2500-5000 ft. December—February. 
C. discolor, as limited above, is much reduced in scope from the C. discolor of the 
Handbook and of the first edition of this work. The forms with long narrow leaves 
now constitute the species C. novae-zealandiae (C. angustifolia Cockayne). Those 
with long much-branched densely leafy stems and small linear-oblong leaves form 
Cockayne’s C. brevifolia; while the states intermediate between C. discolor and 
C, lanata make up Petrie’s C. intermedia. C. discolor as thus restricted is abundant and 
wide-spreading, and stretches through the whole length of the South Island. 
