958 COMPOSITAE. [Celmisia. 
54. C. Thomsoni Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvin (1916) 211.— 
Forming compact cushion-like patches 1-3in. diam.., rarely more. Root- 
stock short, much branched, prostrate ; branches usually numerous, densely 
compacted, leafy above. Leaves numerous, closely imbricate and rosulate, 
1_lin. long, #4 in. broad, narrow obovate-oblong or almost linear-oblong, 
obtuse or bluntly apiculate, narrowed at the base, thickly coriaceous, dull- 
oreen, glabrous beneath, upper surface setulose with short stiff glandular 
hairs; margins furnished with minute irregular denticles ; petioles short, 
broad, sheathing at the base. Scapes from near the tips of the branches, 
14-22in. long, very slender, glabrous or more commonly sparsely glan- 
dular-tomentose above; bracts 2-4, narrow-linear. Heads $—#in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts few, narrow linear-oblong, acute, green or the outer ones 
purplish-green. Rays numerous, spreading. Achenes densely silky. 
Sourn Istanp: Otago—Eyre Mountains, in rock crevices in the faces of cliffs, 
5000-6000 ft., W. A. Thomson and J. Speden / 
Allied to OC. bellidioides, but differing in several important characters. It is much 
smaller and much more compactly branched, thus having a tufted cushion-like habit 
quite different from the creeping and mat-like appearance of C. bellidvoides. The leaves 
are decidedly rosulate, and the upper surface is sprinkled all over with short stiff 
glandular hairs. When fresh the leaves are dull-green, and thus quite unlike the bright | 
shining green of C. bellidioides. _ 
55. C. glandulosa Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 124.—Stem rather 
stout, sending out creeping and rooting leafy stolons. Leaves few, rosulate, 
1_j1in. long, }-4in. broad, ovate- or oblong-spathulate or obovate, acute 
or apiculate, narrowed into a winged petiole, acutely serrate or dentate, 
membranous, green on both surfaces, glabrous or more usually covered with 
minute glandular pubescence, veins reticulated ; petioles expanded into a 
short sheath; margins often ciliate. Scape slender, 2-5in. long, glan- 
dular-pubescent ; bracts few, linear, acuminate. Head }-gin. diam. ; 
involucral bracts in 2-3 rows, linear-subulate, erect or the outer recurved, 
glandular-pubescent, often ciliate at. the tips. Rays few or many, spread- 
ing. Achene silky—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 135; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 293; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 318; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) 
t. 99. C. membranacea Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 470. 
Var. latifolia Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 57.—Leaves broadly oblong- 
spathulate, rounded at the top, narrowed at the base into a broad petiole, more or less 
glandular-pilose ; margins ciliate. A very distinct variety. 
Var. longiseapa Cockayne I.c. 58.—Leaves larger, 2-24 in. long including the petiole, 
the latter often almost equalling the blade. Scape much longer, often 8-9in. Other- 
wise very similar to the type. 
Nortu anp Souts Isnanps: Open mountain districts from Tongariro and Ruapehu 
southwards to Foveaux Strait, not rare, usually in peaty swamps. 1500-4500 ft. 
December—January. Var. latifolia: Mount Egmont, Cockayne! T. F. C. Var. 
longiscapa : Upper Clinton Valley (Fiord County), Cockayne / 
One of the most distinct species of the genus. It can be recognized at a glance 
by the absence of the woolly tomentum so commonly present in the other species, which 
in this instance is replaced by a short and fine glandular pubescence. 
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56. C. glabrescens Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 50.—Stems not 
numerous, tufted, decumbent at the base, erect above, sending out creeping 
and rooting leafy stolons. Leaves rosulate, 2-4in. long including the 
