Gnaphalium. | COMPOSITAE. 965 
very numerous, 4—}1n. diam., in broad many-flowered corymbs at the ends 
of the branches ; pedicels usually very slender, almost capillary, white and 
cottony. Involucral bracts white and radiating. Achene and pappus as 
in G. Keriense.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 324; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) 
t. 101. G. Keriense var. linifolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 138 ; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 153; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 298. 
Nort Istanp: Dry rocky places from the East Cape and Lake Taupo south- 
wards. not uncommon. SoutH IsLann: Giles’s Creek, near Westport, W. Townson / 
Sea-level to 2000 ft. October—Decem ber. 
This has generally been treated as a variety of G. Keriense, from which it differs in 
the more rigid erect and bushy habit, much narrower stiff and coriaceous leaves with 
recurved margins, and almost capillary pedicels. It deviates quite as much from 
G. Keriense as Lyailit and trinerve do, and for the sake of consistency should be con- 
sidered as distinct, unless the four species are merged into one. 
5. G. Traversii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 154.—A dwarf tufted 
perennial herb 1-4 in. high, simple or branched below, sometimes forming 
small patches. Leaves radical, petiolate, 4-2 in. long, linear-spathulate or 
linear-obovate, clothed on both surfaces with soft cottony wool, petiole long 
or short. Scapes erect, variable in length, 4-3 in., white with cottony wool ; 
bracts 1-3, linear. Head solitary, terminal, }in. diam.; involucral bracts 
in about 3 series, erect, linear, obtuse,.pale brownish-yellow, scarious and 
hyaline, shining; outer shorter and broader, cottony at the base. Female 
florets very numerous, with a few hermaphrodite ones in the centre. 
Achene puberulous or glabrous. Pappus-hairs copious, very fine, connate 
at the base.—Senth. Fl. Austral. iii (1866) 655; T. Kirk Students’ FI. 
(1899) 299; Cheesgm. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 324. 
Var. Mackayi 7. Kirk !.c—Much branched, densely tufted, forming close matted 
patches. Leaves imbricated on the short branches, heads smaller, sessile or on short 
scapes. Involucral bracts not so numerous, acute.—Raoulia Mackayi Buch. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 354, t. 34, f. 2. CS. maka) (Guck Chen 
Nortu Istanp: Wellington—Ruahine Mountains, B. C. Aston! Mount Holds- 
worth, W. Townson! Tararua Mountains, B. C. Aston! Mount Hector, Petrie / 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts, from Nelson to Foveaux 
Strait. 1500-6000 ft. December—February. Also in Australia. 
A variable plant. The most developed form is almost simple, with long radical 
leaves and long and slender scapes; but it passes by almost imperceptible gradations 
into the extreme state of var. Mackayi, which forms broad much-branched patches, 
with short imbricated leaves and sessile heads. 
6. G. paludosum Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 441.—Very 
slender, solitary or tufted, 1-2in. high. Leaves all radical, petiolate, 
3-13 in. long, narrow linear-spathulate ; blade } the length or nearly so, 
acute or subacute, rather membranous, glabrous or slightly silky above, 
beneath clothed with white appressed tomentum; midrib prominent; 
margins flat or slightly recurved. Scapes few, hardly exceeding the leaves 
in the flowering stage, but elongating in fruit, very slender, almost capillary, 
cottony ; bracts few, small, linear. Head solitary, terminal, tin. diam. ; 
involucral bracts few, scarious, pale and glistening, darker at the tips, inner 
linear, glabrous. Female florets very numerous. Achene linear-oblong, 
papillose. Pappus-hairs very delicate, connate at the base.—Z7. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 299; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 325. G. minutu- 
lum Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 472. 
