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950 COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 
t. 82; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 182; ZT. Kirk Students’ Hl. (1899) 287 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 310; Cockayne Veg. N.Z. (1921) t. 5], 
{. 77. C. Martini Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 213. Aster 
coriaceus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 56; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 250; 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 439. ** 2A - 
Var. stricta Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlv (1913) 252.—Stems much branched. 
Leaves narrower.and more rigid, much more silvery on the upper surface, gradually 
tapering into a long acute apex and poyiyores into the narrow petiole. —Cockayne 
; Gar. Wohi 
eq. N.Z. (1921) t, 81. SObago Vass ST: 19426 264 
Var. lanigera,/heesem..—Leaves smaller, 6-8 in. long, 1fin. broad, linear-lanceolate ; 
, i’ leaves and scapes densely villous or woolly with long white hairs.-—C. lanigera Petrie 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xbvii (1016) 18°. 
b Pit he . . 
Var. semicordata ,Checsem. -- Leaves shorter and broader in proportion, cblong- 
lanceolate, abruptly narrowed into a subcordate base. —C. semicordata Petrie in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xlvi (1914) 32. 
Var. lancifolia Cheesem. n. var._-Much smaller and more slender. Leaves smaller, 
2-8 in. long, #-lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous or almost flaccid. Scapes 
numerous. Heads 1-l}in. diam.--C. flaccida Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi 
(1899) 422. 
Nort Isuanp: Reported from the Tararua Mountains by Buchanan, but i have 
seen no specimens from thence. Sour Istanp: Abundant throughout in mountain 
districts, especially in the central and western portions of the Southern Alps. Alti- 
tudinal range 1500-4500 ft. Cotton-plant ;  Leather-plant. December-February. 
Var. stricta: Takitimu Mountains, south-west Otago. Var. lanigera: South-west 
Otago—-Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell / Takitimu Mountains, 7. Orosby-Nmith / Var. 
semicordata « North-west Nelson—Mount Rochfort, W. Townson! Mount Buckland 
and the Paparoa Mountains, W. Townson! Petrie! at sea-level at Charleston, W. 
Townson ! Petrie! Canterbury—Mueller Glacier, Hooker Valley, and other locaiities 
in the.Mount Cook district, abundant, 7. F. C. Var. lancifolia : Nelson—Mount 
Peel, abundant; mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, Clarence Valley, 7. F. C.; 
Mount Lyell, W. Townson! Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass, Cockayne! T. F.C. 
A truly noble plant, probably the finest species of the genus. In its most luxuriant 
state it has a short stout stem which with the old leaf-sheaths is sometimes as thick 
as the wrist, and is crowned with numerous spreading and erect lanceolate leaves, from 
among which arise one or several stout scapes, bearing heads sometimes more than 3 in. 
diam., with long and narrow rays. ‘This passes by almost imperceptible gradations 
into smaller varieties with narrower often less coriaceous leaves and smaller heads, with 
shorter and proportionately broader rays. It is difficult to find distinguishing characters 
between some of these forms and C. Monrot and other species. Under the above 
arrangement I have, with great reluctance, reduced Mr. Petrie’s (. lanigera and C. semt- 
cordata to the position of varieties. I do this on the ground that both are only separated 
from the ordinary state of the plant by somewhat inconstant characters of trivial 
importance; in the first instance by the greater development of the woolly covering 
of the leaves and scapes—always an inconstant character in Ce/misia—and in the second 
by the slightly cordate leaf-base. In the Mount Cook district, where var..semicordata 
is plentiful, it is easy to see how little reliance can be placed on such a variable character. 
Branched flowering scapes are occasionally seen in the wild state, and can easily 
be fixed by cultivation. Mr. Kirk has briefly characterized the following in his 
“ Students’ Flora ”’:°(1) foliosa, with crowded foliaceous bracts sometimes 6 in. long ; 
(2) corymbifera, with branched scapes, the heads forming an open corymb; and 
_ (3) ensata, which has ensiform leaves 8-]2 in. long and 3in. wide, and an irregularly 
branched scape. This last state was originally collected by Mr. H. J. Matthews, near 
Lake Harris, south-west Otago. 
37. C. lanceolata Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) (Proceedings) 
51.—Habit of C. corvacea. Leaves yellowish-green, 8-16 in. long, 14-2 in. 
broad, linear-lanceolate or ensiform, iigid, erect, gradually tapering to an 
acute point, narrowed downwards into a broad densely tomentose and 
sometimes shaggy sheathing base, coriaceous, above longitudinally grooved 
and plaited, covered with a delicate pellucid silvery pellicle ; margins 
