954 COMPOSITAE. [ Celmisia. 
43. C. Morgani Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvi (1914) 21.—Leaves 
numerous, tufted, 6-20 in. long including the petiole, 4-14 in. wide; blade 
narrow linear-lanceolate, narrowed very gradually towards the base into an 
exceedingly slender petiole, above the middle tapering into an acuminate 
point, membranous, often almost flaccid, rarely subcoriaceous; upper 
surface glabrous or nearly so, usually smooth but sometimes furrowed when 
dry; under-surface clothed with thin white and silvery tomentum through 
which the veins are frequently visible; midrib evident beneath, often 
glabrous ; petiole long and slender, greenish or greenish-purple, gradually 
expanded below into a thin and membranous cottony sheath sometimes 
lin. wide or even more. Scapes several, equalling or exceeding the leaves, 
very slender, usually more or less white and cottony but sometimes almost 
glabrous; bracts numerous, narrow-linear, the lowest sometimes 41n. 
long, the upper gradually becoming smaller, the uppermost under }1n. 
Heads 3-l4in. in diam.; involucral bracts linear-subulate, glabrous or 
cottony, green or purplish-green. Rays numerous, rather long and narrow. 
Achene linear, glabrous. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Between Westport and the Ngakawau River, P. G. 
Morgan! near the mouth of the Ngakawau River, Petrie / December—February. 
Closely related to C. graminifolia (C. longifolia var. graminifolia T. Kirk), but with 
much larger broader and thinner leaves, with remarkably slender petioles. I look 
upon it as quite a distinct species. 7 
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44. C. alpina Cheesem. n. sp.—Rhizome stout, woody, much branched ; 
branches short. Leaves tufted at the tips of the branches, 4-24 in. long, 
gio-zs in. broad, very narrow-linear, apiculate at the tip, glabrous and 
canaliculate above, with revolute margins; beneath clothed with silvery- 
white appressed tomentum; midrib evident. Scapes solitary at the tips 
of the branches, 14-3 in. long, strict, erect, cottony-white or nearly glabrous ; 
bracts 2 or 3, linear-subulate. Heads large for the size of the plant, $-? in. 
diam. ; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrate. Achene glabrous. 
—C, longifolia var. alpina T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 289; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 314.° 
South Istanp: Abundant in alpine’ bogs throughout. 3000 — 5000 ft. 
December—February. 
A peculiar little plant, with a very distinct habit of growth. but possibly only an 
alpine variety of C. gracilenta. 
45. C. linearis J. B. Armsir. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 337.— 
Stems branched at the base; branches short, stout. Leaves numerous, 
densely crowded, 1-5in. long, $-4in. broad, narrow-linear, acute, not 
pungent, coriaceous, longitudinally grooved and covered with a pellicle 
of silvery hairs above, clothed with white tomentum beneath; margins 
strongly recurved; sheaths from 4 to 4 the length of the blade, rather 
broad, thin and membranous, cottony on the back. Scape stout, variable 
in length, 1-10 in. high, cottony or tomentose ; bracts few or many, linear- 
subulate with a broad sheathing base. Head lin. diam.; involucral 
bracts lanceolate-subulate, outer tomentose or cottony, inner nearly glabrous. 
Rays short. Achene silky.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 289; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 314. 
_ Sout Istanp: Canterbury—J. B. Armstrong (locality not stated); Mount Cook 
district, 7. F.C. Otago—Mount Maungatua, Petrie / Mackinnon’s Pass, 4. J. Matthews / 
Routeburn and the Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell. Stewart IsLanp: Summit of 
