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Celmisia. | COMPOSITAE. 955 
Mount Anglem, Rakiahua, Taylor’s Lookout, 7. Kirk! Port Pegasus, Thomson / 
Fraser Peak, Petrie! Table Hill, Cockayne!  Sea-level to 4000ft. | December- 
January. i 
An obscurely understood species. In the first place, it is exceedingly doubtful 
if Armstrong’s name is rightly applied to the species described above, which his 
description by no means suits: and his remark that the species has been confused. 
with C. Monroi is by no means applicable. Again, most of the Stewart Island specimens 
in my herbarium have longer and narrower leaves, with much more revolute margins, 
the tomentum is thinner and more appressed, and the scape is longer. Possibly more 
species than one are included under the description, but the material is not sufficient 
to prove this. 
46. C. larieifolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1857) 331.-—Stems 
prostrate or decumbent, much branched at the base; branches 1-3 in. 
long, densely leafy. Leaves numerous, crowded, erect or recurved, 4—] in. 
long, s4;in. broad, very narrow-linear or acerose, pungent, glabrous or 
slightly silky above, clqthed with silvery tomentum beneath ; margins 
strongly recurved; sheaths much broader than the blade, membranous, 
cottony or almost glabrous. Scape 2-4in. long, very slender, glabrate 
or cottony ; bracts few, very small. Head }in. diam. ; involucral bracts 
few, erect, linear-subulate, cottony. Rays few, short. Achene hispid.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 185; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 289; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 315. 
Sourn Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. 3000- 
6000 ft. December—January. 
The small size and very narrow acerose leaves are excellent distinguishing characters. 
47. ©. Hectori Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 135.—Stems prostrate, 
branched, often woody at the base; branches densely tufted. Leaves 
numerous, crowded, imbricate, 4-1 in. long, $4 in. broad, linear-spathluate 
or linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed below, coriaceous, 
silky or clothed with a silvery pellicle above, covered with appressed silky 
tomentum beneath; margins recurved ; sheaths slightly expanded, cottony 
or nearly glabrous. Scapes stout, 2-4in. long, tomentose and villous ; 
bracts usually numerous, linear. Heads #-1in. diam. ; involucral bracts 
few, linear, acute, pubescent. Rays rather short, broad. Achene silky.— 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 291; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 315; 
Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 98. 
Norru Isuanp: Recorded from the Tararua Mountains by Mr. T. Kirk, but I 
have seen no specimens from thence. SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Mount Brewster, 
Haast ; abundant in the Mount Cook district, Dixon / T. F. C., Adams! and others. 
Otago—Mount Alta, Hector and Buchanan ; Hector Mountains, Humboldt Mountains, 
Mount Tyndale, The Remarkables, Petrie/ Mount Earnslaw, Mackinnon’s Pass, H. J. 
Matthews ! F. G. Gibbs! Eyre Mountains and Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell ! 4500- 
6500 ft. January—February. 
Apparently a very distinct species, at once recognized by the small densely 
imbricated linear-obovate leaves and rather large heads. 
48. C. compacta Cheesem. ». sp—Stems prostrate and often woody 
-at the base, much branched; branches closely compacted. Leaves very 
numerous, forming crowded rosettes at the tips of the branches, 13-2 in, 
long including the sheathing petiole, $in. broad; blade 3-$ longer than 
the sheath, spreading, straight or curved, narrow subulate - lanceolate, 
tapering from the base to a subacute tip, convex on the back, thickly 
covered with spreading vellowish-buff tomentum ; margins much recurved, 
