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946 COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 
Heads about 14 in. diam. ; involucral bracts narrow linear-subulate, woolly 
or rarely almost glabrate, outer recurved at the tips. Rays numerous, 
rather short. Achene glabrous.—¥I. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 122, t. 33; Handb, 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 134; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 287; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 308. C. ruahinensis Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii 
1895) 388. ; I Y | | 
ee MEO ge 99 0 OTR Slant: .Trans 65:43 
Var. mollis Cheesem. n. var.—Tomentum of under-surface of leaf not nearly so 
woolly, the hairs being straighter and more silky.—C. mollis Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. 
bo Gareth (1899) 423. , Tarte. te. 24%. 
Meot « tortean ; ; { 
Nortro IstANp: Mountains of the interior, from Mount Hikurangi and Lake 
Taupo southwards, not uncommon. Sout Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts 
in Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, and Westland; rare in Otago. 500-4500 ft. 
Puhaeretaiko. December—January. 
cd 4 Db, oe . 
vg Ags ait Se arte ssbienaet Sy i Kfar Be by the short narrow 
. rigid leaves, densely clothed beneath with pale-buff soft and matted not appressed 
woolly tomentum. Var. mollis is hardly sufficiently distinct to be separated as a 
species. Probably Dr. Cockayne is right in considering it to be a hybrid between 
C. spectabilis and C. petiolata. 
27. C. dubia Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 308.—Forming large patches. 
Stems rather stout, }-in. diam. with the leaves on. Leaves 1}-31n. long, 
12in, broad; blade oblong or linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute at both 
2 
Has, coriaceous, glabrous and furrowed above, clothed with soft white 
tomentum beneath, midrib distinct beneath; margins usually recurved, 
entire or very obscurely serrulate ; petiole equalling the blade or shorter 
than it, slender, expanded below into a broad membranous sheath. Scapes 
1 or more, 3-8 in. long, rather slender, white with loose cottony tomentum ; 
bracts 4-6, linear or linear-spathulate. Heads about #in. diam. ; involucral 
bracts numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, scarious, shining, spar- 
ingly cottony or almost glabrate. Rays numerous, spreading. Achene 
glabrous. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mount Rochfort, Mount Frederic, and other localities 
near Westport, W. Townson! Mount Davy, Paparoa Mountains, P. G. Morgan ! 
2000-3000 ft. January—March. 7. 41:9 S. 
A puzzling plant, which seems nearer to C. spectabilis than to any other species, 
although very different in appearance. In some respects it approaches C. parva, which, 
however, is a much smaller and more slender plant, with an almost filiform and nearly 
glabrous scape, and with much smaller heads and hispid achenes. 
28. C. Armstrongii Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi (1894) 269.—Stems 
short, stout, with the leaf-sheaths sometimes as thick as the wrist, crowned 
with numerous radiating leaves. Leaves 6-18in. long or more, 4-?in. 
broad, linear-ensiform, gradually tapering from below the middle to the acute 
apex, slightly narrowed below, rigidly coriaceous, upper surface longitudi- 
nally ribbed and covered with a delicate silvery pellicle, beneath clothed 
with smooth and satiny appressed tomentum, except the very stout and 
prominent midrib; margins recurved when dry; sheaths long, broader 
than the blade, clothed with snow - white cottony tomentum. Scapes 
usually several, as long as or longer than the leaves, rather slender, white 
and cottony; bracts numerous, linear. Head 1-l4in. diam.; involucral 
bracts linear-subulate, rather rigid, glabrous or cottony on the margins, tips 
recurved. Rays narrow. Achene linear, grooved, pubescent.—TZ. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 290; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 311. 
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