962 COMPOSITAE. | Haastia. 
with densely compacted wool. Heads 3-gin. diam. ; involucral bracts 
in 1 series, linear, erect, densely woolly on the outside, glabrous within. 
Achene glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus-hairs free or very obscurely connate 
at the base.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 296; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 321. 
Var. Wallii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. | (1918) 175.—Leaves and heads much 
smaller than the type, and woolly tomentum white or nearly so. 
Soura Istanp: Nelson—Mount Peel, 7’. F. C. ; Wairau Gorge, Sinclair, T. F.C ; 
Discovery Peaks, W. 7. L. Travers ; mountains above the Clarence Valley, 7. F. C. ; 
Mount Percival, Cockayne. Marlborough—Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan ! Canterbury 
Mount Torlesse, and mountains of the Broken River basin, Haast, J. D. Enys ! 
Petrie! Cockayne, T. F. C.; Mount White, J. B. Armstrong ! Usually on dry 
shingly slopes. 4000-6500 ft. December—January. 
Easily distinguished from the other species of the genus by the conspicuously 
recurved leaves and their rufous or fulvous colour. 
3. H. Sinelairii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 156.—Loosely tufted, 
much or sparingly branched, often simple. Branches decumbent or 
suberect, 3-9 in. long. Leaves erect or rarely spreading, laxly imbricating, 
13in, long, oblong-obovate or rounded-obovate, flat, everywhere densely 
clothed with white or pale fulvous wool, thin and membranous towards 
the base, 5-7-veined when the wool is removed, upper portion thicker 
and slightly rugose. Heads large, ¢-lgin. diam. ; involucral bracts in 
2 series, with scarious tips, linear or linear-obovate, outer densely woolly, 
the inner nearly glabrous. Achene linear-oblong, smooth and glabrous, not 
ribbed. Pappus-hairs free to the base.—Ic. Plant. (1867) t. 1003; 7. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 296; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 321; Ill. N.Z. 
Fl. i (1914) t. 100. H. montana Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 
215. Taaus -SO-/75° 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon on dry shingle-slopes in alpine localities from 
the northern portions of the Mount Arthur Range, Nelson, southwards through the 
Canterbury Alps to the south-west of Otago. 4000-6500 ft. December—January. 
Allied to H. recurva, but easily separable by the less-branched habit, paler wool, 
Pc: itatear ¥ flat leaves, and larger heads. Dr. Cockayne sends me a series of specimens showing 
, iG dle the species varies considerably in the size of the heads and in the amount of wool on 
the leaves. 
i 4. H. Greenii Hook. f. ex T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 296.—“ Densely 
tufted, about 2in. high; stems with the leaves 4in. diam. Leaves densely 
imbricating all round the stem, jin. long, obovate-cuneate, rounded at the 
ae 4 tip, thickly clothed on both surfaces with long straight hairs which meet 
ee Sd beyond the margin and completely hide the leaves. Flowers unknown.”— 
|G? A Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 321. = R. Cy? ey} 
139 
7 19 Se; ge5°" Soutu Isranp: Canterbury—Mount Cook, alt. 6500 ft., W. S. Green. 
rs 
This is quite unknown to me, and in the absence of additional information I have 
reproduced Mr. Kirk’s description. It was discovered during the Rev. W. 5. Green’s 
adventurous ascent of Mount Cook, and has not since been met with. 
10. GNAPHALIUM Linn. '7= / 
Hoary or woolly annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, quite 
entire. Heads rather small, corymbose or fascicled or solitary, hetero- 
gamous and discoid. Involucre ovoid or campanulate ; bracts imbricate in 
several series, more or less scarious, the inner sometimes with white spread- 
ing tips. Receptacle naked or pitted. Florets of the circumference all 
