Haastva. | COMPOSITAE. 961 
female, in 2 or several series; corolla very short, slender, narrow-tubular, 
minutely 5-toothed; style - branches long, far - exserted. Disc - florets 
numerous, hermaphrodite, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed ; style-branches not 
so long. Achene linear-oblong, glabrous, subterete, smooth or obscurely 
orooved. Pappus-hairs of 1 series of numerous rather rigid bristles, 
thickened at the tips. 
A very remarkable and distinct genus, confined to New Zealand. 
Forming compact pulvinate masses. Leaves most densely imbricate, 
broadly obcuneate, crenulate at the tip 
oe oe .. lL. A. pulvinaris. 
Laxly branched, rufous or fulvous. Leaves loosely imbricated, 
obovate-spathulate, sharply recurved. Heads 3-jin. .. ye 2s LL recure, 
Laxly branched, whitish or pale fulvous. Leaves loosely imbricated, 
oblong-obovate, flat, suberect. Heads {-14 in. x .. 3. HA. Sinclairii. 
Small, densely tufted, fulvous. Leaves densely imbricated, obovate- 
cuneate, clothed with long straight hairs oe 2h .. 4 HA. Greenti. 
1. H. pulvinaris Hool:. f. Handb. N.Z, Fl. (1864) 156.—Forming large 
rounded or amorphous cushion-like masses 3-6 ft. diam. or more. Root 
long, stout, branched. Branches numerous, densely compacted, with the 
persistent leaves 2in. diam. Leaves spreading, most closely imbricated, 
thickly clothed with pale fulvous wool, especially towards the tips, 4-4 in. 
long, broadly obcuneate, gradually narrowed to a broad sessile base, 
membranous below, tip thickened and provided on the upper surface with 
numerous fleshy projections, giving it a crenulate appearance, 3-veined 
when the wool is removed, veins anastomosing above. Head 3 in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts in 1-2 series, narrow-linear, free. Achene linear-oblong, 
glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus-hairs free at the base.—Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 
(1867) t. 1003; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 295; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 320; Cockayne Veg. N.Z. (1921) t. 48, f. 71. 
Var. minor R. M. Laing in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 67.—Smaller in all its 
parts. Pappus-hairs scabrid, not thickened above. 
South IstAnp: Nelson—Summit of Gordon’s Knob, 7’. F. C.; mountains above 
the Wairau Gorge, Sinclair, 7. F. C. ; Discovery Peaks, W. 7. L. Travers ; Mount Captain, 
T. Kirk! T. F. O.; Wake Tennyson, 7. F. C., R. M. Laing. Marlborough—Mount 
Mouatt, mountains above the Awatere Valley, Sinclair, T. Kirk! Kaikoura Mountains, 
plentiful, Buchanan! T. Kirk! Cockayne, and others. 4000-6500 ft. Vegetable sheep. 
December—January. 
One of the most remarkable plants known. The branches are everywhere covered 
and altogether concealed by the densely imbricated woolly leaves, and are so closely 
compacted that it is impossible to thrust the finger in between. In fact, the whole 
plant has the appearance of a woolly cushion marked with mamillated projections 
corresponding to the tips of the branches. The flower-heads are sunk in the top of 
these projections, and are almost hidden by the woolly hairs of the leaves. lor a 
detailed account of the vegetative organs of the plant, and its minute anatomy, 
reference should be made to a paper by Miss E. Low in the Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxx 
(1900) 150. 
2. H. reeurva Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 156.—Forming laxly 
branched masses 3-9 in. broad, everywhere covered with soft dense fulvous 
or rufous wool; branches spreading, open, with the leaves }-$in. diam. 
Leaves laxly imbricating, }-$in. long, obovate or obovate-spathulate, 
sharply recurved about the middle; the lower $ loosely sheathing the 
branch, thin and membranous, veined, clothed with long woolly hairs ; 
the upper 4 thicker, with the superior surface much puckered\and 
wrinkled, with corresponding reticulations beneath, both surfaces covered 
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