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9. C. intermedia Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlv (1913) 267.—Stems 
short, branched at the base and more or less prostrate, ascending or erect 
above, a with ee pete: of the decaying leaves. Leaves numerous, 
crowded, 4 1-3 in. long, +-4in. broad, obovate-spathulate to elliptic-oblong, 
suddenly contracted me a distinct petiole, and then expanded into a broad 
silvery appressed sheath ; upper surface glabrous, more or less viscid, often 
covered with a thin pellicle of matted silvery hairs, beneath densely clothed 
with closely appressed whitish tomentum ; margins minutely toothed, veins 
obscure. Scapes usually solitary near the ends of the branchlets, 25-5 in. 
long, slender, sparingly tomentose ; bracts numerous, short, linear-subulate. 
Heads 4-2in. diam.; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, glandular- 
pubescent and viscid. " Achenes linear, sparsely pubescent, slightly shorter 
than the pappus.—C. incana var. petiolata T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 284 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 305. = ©- Ceocote A&.X. acc. fo é v 
Soutu Isuanp: Nelson—Ben Nevis, /. G. Gibbs! Mount Arthur, 7’. #. C.; Mount 
Rochfort, W. Townson! Mount Frederic, W. Townson! P. G. Morgan! Mount Buck- 
land, Petrie/ Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass, 7. F. C., Perie! Mount Arrowsmith, 
Cockayne. Westland—Mount Rolleston, J. Bb. Armstrong! Kelly’s Hill, Petrie! 
3000-5000 ft. December—February. 
In the Manual I followed Mr. Kirk in treating this as a variety of C. incana, but 
IT am now fully convinced of its specific distinctness. 
10. C. novae- zealandiae,Cheesem. n. comb.—Stems woody at the base 
and often much branched, forming dense tufts; branches usually clothed 
with the old persistent ieee: Leaves numerous, imbricated, linear or 
linear-spathulate, 1-2in. long or more, $-}1in. broad, obtuse or subacute, 
gradually narrowed downwards and then suddenly expanded into a broad 
sheathing base, coriaceous, entire or remotely and minutely dentate, glabrous 
and viscid above, beneath densely clothed with silvery-white appressed 
tomentum, midrib usually more or less evident. Scapes slender, 1 or several 
to a branch, 3-6in. long, viscid nag glandular-pubescent ; bracts usually 
several, linear-subulate. Heads #-ldin. diam.; bracts of the involucre 
linear, acute, viscid and aandulsn recurved at the tips; rays 4in. long, 
narrow, obtuse. Achene silky.—C. discolor Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 
123; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 131 (an part). C. angustifolia Cockayne in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 114. Erigeron novae-zealandiae Buch. 7 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 287, t. 15. 
SoutH Is~tanpD: Nelson—Collingwood, Buchanan ; mountains above the Upper 
Clarence Valley, 7. F. C.; Spenser Mountains, R. M. Laing! Canterbury—Mount 
Torlesse and the lower Waimakariri basin, Cockayne! Black Range, J. D. Hnys and 
T. F. C., abundant; Mount Peel, H. H. Allan! Upper Godley, R. M. Laing! Mount 
Cook district, 7. F. C., Cockayne! Otago—Ben Lomond, Garvie Mountains, Eyre 
Mountains, J. Speden! Mount Aspiring, Petrie / 3500-4500 ft. Decem ber-— 
February. 
This was included by Hooker in his conception of C. discolor, and in this view he 
was followed by Kirk and myself. But it differs from C. discolor in the much longer 
and narrower leaves, and was rightly separated as a species by Cockayne, under the 
name of C. angustifolia. But I think there can be no doubt that it is identical with 
Buchanan's Hrigeron novae-zealandiae (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 287, t. 15), 
although I cannot follow him in placing it in the genus Hrigeron. His specific name, 
however, is by many years the oldest, and I therefore adopt it in this place. 
11. C. Sinelairii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 132.—‘ Rhizome 
long, as thick as a quill. Leaves 14-2 in. long, $3 in. broad, linear-oblong 
or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or aente, obscurely toothed, glabrous on 
