Celmisia. | COMPOSITAE. 943 
19. C. Dallii Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 355, t. 35.—Leaves 
numerous, all radical, spreading, 4-8 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, narrow obovate- 
oblong or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute or apiculate, narrowed 
to the base and then expanded’ into a broad grooved membranous sheath- 
ing petiole, coriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with appressed pale-buff 
tomentum beneath; margins flat, sharply minutely serrate. Scapes 1-4, 
6-18 in. long, rather stout, glabrous ; bracts usually numerous, large, 1-2 in. 
long, leafy, clothed with buff tomentum beneath, usually several are aggre- 
gated under the head, forming a spurious involucre. Heads large, 13-24 in. 
diam.; involucral bracts in several series, narrow-lnear; inner cottony, 
outer slightly tomentose, viscid. Rays numerous, rather narrow. Achene 
pilose. —T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 282; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
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Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mountains at the head of the Aorere River, Dall / 
Mount Lockett and Mount Cobb, F. G. Gibbs! Mount Arthur Plateau, Spencer / 
T. F. C. ; Mount Rochfort, Mount Frederic, and the Paparoa Mountains, W. Townson | 
Spencer! P. G. Morgan ! 3000-5000 ft. December—February. 
A handsome plant, closely allied to C. holosericea, but distinguished by the smaller 
size, more coriaceous leaves with buff, not white, tomentum, and especially by the 
large leafy bracts. . 
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20. C. holosericea Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.i (1844) 36.—Leaves all radical, 
spreading, 6-12in. long, 14-24in. broad, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or 
spathulate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed to the base, thinly cori- 
aceous, glabrous above, clothed with thin appressed white tomentum beneath, 
midrib and principal veins distinct on both surfaces ; margins flat, distantly 
acutely serrate ; petiole broadly sheathing, glabrous, smooth and shining, 
erooved. Scapes few, 1-2 ft. long, slender, glabrous ; bracts usually several, 
1-14 in. long, linear, white beneath. Heads large, 2-3 in. diam. or more ; 
involucral bracts in several series, sometimes lin. long; inner narrow- 
linear, glabrous, usually viscid; outer broader, lanceolate, tomentose on 
the back. Ray-florets very numerous, with long narrow ligules. Achene 
pilose.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 121, t. 31; Handb. N.Z, Hl, (1864) 180 ; 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 282 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 302. Aster 
holosericeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 56; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 248; 
A, Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 438. 
SourH Isnanp: Otago—Almost confined to the sounds of the south-west coast 
or the mountains at their heads. Jackson’s Bay, Buchanan / Clinton Saddle and 
mountains west of Lake Te Anau, Petrie/ Milford Sound, Sutherland! Dusky Bay, 
Forster, Hector and Buchanan! Port Preservation, Lyall; Rockburn and Sylvan 
Lake, H. J. Matthews; Lake Hauroko, J. Crosby Smith. Sea-level to 4000 ft: 
December-January. 
A noble species, with apparently a very limited distribution. 
21. C. Traversii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 134.—Root stout, 
tapering. Leaves 6-16in. long including the petiole, 1}-2}in. broad, 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, coriaceous, dark brownish- 
ereen and glabrous above except the silky midrib, under-surface and margins 
clothed with rich soft and thick velvety ferruginous tomentum; midrib 
beneath glabrous, dark-purple; petiole from $ to as long as the blade, 
purple; upper surface and sheaths with loose snow-white tomentum. 
Scapes stout, 8-20in. long, densely clothed with ferruginous tomentum ; 
bracts few or many, linear. Heads 1-2in. diam.; bracts of the involucre 
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