976 COMPOSITAE. | Raoulva. 
16. R. glabra Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 135.—Stems long, slender, 
prostrate, much branched, forming lax patches 3-24 in. across; branches © 
ascending, 1-3in. long. Leaves pa.e yellow-green, laxly imbricated or 
somewhat remote, spreading or erecto-patent, 4-4 in. long, linear-liguiate 
or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, flat or nearly so, 1l-nerved, glabrous or 
slightly silky, sometimes with a minute pencil of hairs at the tip. Heads 
rather large, ~-31n. diam.; involucral bracts in 3-4 series; outer green, 
ovate-obiong, acuminate ; inner longer, linear-oblong, with white radiating 
tips, Florets numerous, 30-50; female in 2 series, rather less in number 
than the hermaphrodite ones. Achene puberulous. Pappus-hairs copious, 
soft, not thickened at the tips—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 149; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 303; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 331; Ill. N.Z. 
Fl, 1 (1914) t. 1028; Beauverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. Genéve, ii (1910) 225, t. viii 
NortH Isnanp: Mount Egmont, 7. F. C., W. Townson! Cockayne; Ruahine 
Mountains, Ccckayne; Tararua Mountains, Buchanan, B. C. Aston! Rimutaka 
Mountains, descending almost to sea-level to the north of Cape Palliser, 7. Kirk! 
SoutH Isnanp: Abundant throughcut in mountain districts. Srewart Isnanp - 
Halt-moon Bay, rare, Cockayne. sea-level to 4000 ft. | December- January. 
Henke ) ; 
17. R. luteseensBeawverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. Genéve, ii (1910) 221, t. 5.— 
Stems prostrate, wide-creeping, often forming dense mats of considerable 
size; ultimate branchlets short, erect, densely leafy. Leaves very small, 
regularly and densely imbricated, +',~,'5 in. long, broadly spathulate, emar- 
ginate or truncate at the apex; limp with both surfaces covered with a 
dense white and silvery pubescence ; petiolar part broad, glabrous or nearly 
so, l-nerved. Heads small, }-1in. diam., sessile, terminating the branch- 
lets; involucral bracts in 2 series, the inner spreading, brilliant citron- 
yellow. FH lorets 12-20 or more, the females usually equalling the herma- 
phrodite in number. Pappus-hairs numerous, slender, not thickened at 
the tips.—R. australis var. lutescens T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 302; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 329. 
Nort Isfanp: In various localities from Tarawera Mountain and Taupo south- 
wards, often confused with R. australis. Soura Isuanp: Not uncommon in the broad 
shingly river-valleys. 1000-3500 ft. December—February. 
Kasily distinguished from R&. australis by the much smaller and much more closely 
imbricated leaves, and by the smaller heads, the inner involucral scales of which are a 
brilliant citron-yellow. 
18. R. australis Hook. f. ex Raoul Choix (1846) 20, t. 15.-—- Forming 
broad flat patches. Stems 1-6in. long, much interlaced, prostrate and 
rooting ; branches numerous, closely packed, short, erect, 4-14 in. high. 
Leaves laxly or densely imbricated, erect or spreading or recurved, ;!,—2 in. 
long, linear- or obovate-spathulate to rounded spathulate, obtuse at the 
tip, concave, more or less clothed on both surfaces with white or yellowish 
tomentum, especially towards the tip. Heads 4-4in. long; involucral 
bracts in 2-3 series; outer spathulate, tomentose; inner linear, obtuse, 
scarious, shining, pale-yellow. Florets from 12 to 20 or more, the females 
equalling or exceeding the hermaphrodite ones in number. Achene glabrous 
or minutely pubescent. Pappus-hairs very numerous, extremely slender, 
not thickened at the tips—Z I. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 135; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 148; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 302; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 329 ; Beauverd in Bull. Bot. Soc. Genéve, ii (1910) 219, t.4. R. Mackay] 
Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 354, t. 34, f. 2. R. albosericea Col.; 
wt Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 195. 
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