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944 COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 
numerous, linear, clothed with ferruginous wool. Rays narrow, spreading. 
Achene glabrous.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 283; Cheesem. Man. N.Z, 
Fl. (1906) 306; Jl. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 95. 
SoutH Istanp’: Nelson—Mount Arthur, Mount Peel, Raglan Mountains, 7. F. C. ; 
Discovery Peaks (Waiau Valley), W. 7. L. Travers ; mountains overlooking the Hanmer 
Plains and the Upper Clarence Valley, 7. 7. C. ; Mount Captain and the Upper Waiau, 
T. Kirk! South Otago—End Peak, Lake Hauroko, J, Crosby Smith. 3500-5500 ft. 
December—January. 
A magnificent species, remarkable for the bright ferruginous tomentum of the 
under-surface of the leaves, the purple midrib, and the snow-white tomentum of the 
leaves. 
Two supposed hybrids collected by Mr. C. E. Christensen near Hanmer, one 
between C. spectabilis and C. Travers?i, and the other a cross between C. coriacea and 
CO. Traversiv, have been described at length by Dr. Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii 
(1915) 115-16. I have not seen specimens, and consequently hesitate to express an 
opinion, but the descriptions given certainly seem to support Dr. Cockayne’s con- 
clusions. Students interested in the probable origin of species through hybridization 
should consult Dr. Cockayne’s memoir. 
22. C. cordatifolia Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi (1879) 427, t. 18.— 
Leaves 2-9in. long including the petiole, $-2in. broad; blade about 4 
the length, ovate-oblong or oblong, obtuse or subacute, cordate at the 
base, coriaceous, entire, duil-green and glabrous above, plaited, beneath 
clothed with velvety ferruginous tomentum ; petiole grooved, expanded into 
a broad sheath at the base, villous with brownish tomentum or almost 
glabrous, sometimes purplish. Scape 6-12in. long, stout, clothed with 
ferruginous tomentum; bracts numerous, linear. Heads 11-2 in. diam.; 
involucral bracts: numerous, villous or almost glabrous. Rays narrow, 
¢ in. long. Achene linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, exceeding the pappus. 
—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 306. C. petiolata var. cordatifolia 7. Kirk 
Students’, Fl._(1899 Pe dee a Af 
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jvi/e> SOUTH Istan¥: Nelson—Mount Starveall, 4.” McKay! Bryant! Mount Duppa, 
—— Mount Richmond, J. H. Macmahon ! January. 
In the “ Students’ Flora’ Mr. Kirk reduced this to C. petiolata, but it differs from 
all the forms of that species in the broader coriaceous leaves cordate at the base, and 
in the dark ferruginous tomentum. In the texture of the leaves and their tomentum 
it approaches C. Traversii, but differs entirely in the cordate leaf-base, and in the 
petioles wanting the snow-white tomentum which is so characteristic a feature of that 
plant. The species appears to be a very local one, confined to the Dun Mountain 
Range. 
23. €. petiolata Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 134.—Leaves 4-14 in. 
Jong including the petiole, 3-2in. wide; blade about 4 the length, 
oblong to linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, membranous or 
coriaceous, entire, glabrous or silky above, beneath clothed with whitish 
appressed tomentum; midrib usually glabrous, purple, veins diverging ; 
petiole purplish, grooved, more or less loosely tomentose, expanded at 
the base into a short sheath. Scapes usually several, 6-18 in. long, often 
purplish, tomentose or villous; bracts linear. Heads 14-24 in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts linear-subulate, usually densely tomentose. Ray-florets 
humerous, with a ligule 3-#in. long. Achene glabrous or nearly so, strongly 
ribbed. —T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 286; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
307; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 96; Cockayne Veg. N.Z. (1921) t. 47, f. 69.. 
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“Wax. membranacea 7. Kirk)l.c.—Leaves narrowed at both ends, acute, mem- 
branous, glabrous on both surfaces or nearly so. Scape glabrate or pubescent. Heads 
rather smaller, involucral bracts glabrate.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. luc. 
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