Raoulia. | COMPOSITAE. 975 
membranous, 3-nerved, loosely cottony; tip spreading or recurved, 
coriaceous, clothed with densely felted shining tomentum. Heads 4 in. 
diam., sessile among the terminal leaves; involucral bracts in 2 series, 
linear, scarious, obtuse, the inner with short white radiating tips. Florets 
30-50, the hermaphrodite ones much more numerous than the female. 
Pappus-hairs mixed, some with the thickened apex of the Psychrophyton 
section, others of the thinner type of Hu-Raoulia. Achene glabrous or 
shortly puberulous.—Students’ Fl. (1899) 305; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 334; JU. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) f. 1048; Beauverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. 
Genéve, li (1912) 52, t. 18. Seg Taaunse. Fas Be. oo W796. 
SoutH Isnranp: Canterbury—Mount Dobson Range, 7. F. C. Otago—Mount 
Ida and Mount St. Bathan’s, Petrie / 3500-5500 ft. Decem ber—January. 
A remarkably distinct species, at once recognized by the loosely tufted habit, long 
slender branches, spreading and recurved leaves, and numerous florets. It offers a 
transition between the section Psychrophyion and that of Hu-Raoulia. 
14. R. Parkii Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 355, t. 34, f. 3— 
Stems 1-6 in. long, prostrate, creeping and rooting, often densely matted 
and forming large patches; branches short, erect or ascending, 3-1 im. 
long. Leaves closely imbricated, spreading and recurved, ;4,-¢ 1n. long, 
obovate-spathulate, obtuse, clothed with white or buff woolly appressed 
tomentum except towards the base, which is usually glabrous. Heads 
1lin. diam., sessile among the terminal leaves; involucral bracts m 2-3 
series ; the outer short, tomentose on the outside ; the inner longer, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, with white radiating tips. Florets 15-25, the females 
about equal to the hermaphrodite ones in number. Achene puberulous. 
Pappus-hairs slightly thickened at the tips.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 331; Beauverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. Genéve, 11 (1910) 227. 
Soutu Ishanp : Canterbury—Lake Tekapo, Mount Dobson, Mount Ollivier, 7’. F. C. 
Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan! Lake Wanaka, Hector Mountains, Old Man Range, 
Ida Valley, and elsewhere in Central Otago, Petrie! Mount Walter, Cockayne ! 
2500-8500 ft. December—January. rl VF 
A well-marked species, more nearly allied to R. subsericea than to any other. 
15. R. subsericea Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 136.—Stouter than 
R. glabra, and more closely branched, forming smaller and more compact 
patches with shorter erect branches. Leaves rather longer and broader 
than in R. glabra, laxly imbricated, g-{1n. long, limear-oblong, obtuse or 
subacute, flat or nearly so, usually sparingly clothed with thin silvery 
tomentum or rarely almost glabrous. Heads rather larger, 4 in. diam. ; 
involucral bracts broader, the innermost with larger and more conspicuous 
white radiating tips. Florets similar to those of R. glabra, but fewer in 
number. Achene glabrous. Pappus-hairs copious, soft, slightly thickened 
at the tips—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 150; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
303; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 331; Beauverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. 
Genéve, ii (1910) 226, t. ix. 
SoutH Isnanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. 1G00-—4500 ft. 
December--January. . 
Very closely allied to R. glabra, but generally recognized without difficulty by the 
more compact habit, silky leaves, rather larger heads with more conspicuous white 
tips to the inner involucral bracts, and by the pappus-hairs being slightly thickened 
above. 
