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982 COMPOSITAE. [ Helichrysum. 
** Heads solitary. Leaves densely imbricate, closely 
appressed to the branch. 
Branches slender. Leaves in several series, } in., oblong, silvery 
on both surfaces a as is vs a 
Branchlets slender. Leaves in about 6 series, ;4,--+4; in., linear, 
silky or hoary .. a « a ty a ¥s 
Scrambling or scandent ; branchlets very slender. Leaves poly- 
morphous, 4-}in., oblong to lanceolate. Heads small, {—} in. 8. H. (?) dimorphum. 
Branchlets 4,-}in. Leaves in about 4 series, 7—,1,; in., polished 
and keeled on the back .. x i: AY: 4 
Branchlets }-}in. Leaves in about 6 series, #,-{ in., polished 
6. H. (?) pauciflorum. — 
7. H. depressum. © 
9. H. microphyllum. 
and keeled on the back .. Mm ae .. 10. H. Selago. 
Branchlets stout, }in. Leaves in many series, }-}in., polished 
and convex on the back.. ts A me .. Ll. A. coralloides. 
(ane f) 
1. H. bellidioides, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii (1800)-1911.— Stems slender, 
prostrate, much branched, almost woody at the base, 6-18in. long; 
branches numerous, erect or ascending, leafy. Leaves loosely imbricate 
or almost distant, spreading or recurved, }-in. long, obovate-spathulate 
or obovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, flat, 1-nerved, upper surtace 
slightly cottony or glabrous, beneath clothed with cottony appressed 
tomentum. Heads solitary, }in. diam. or more, on bracteate cottony 
peduncles 1-5in. long terminating the branches; involucral bracts in 
many series, linear-ligulate, }-4in. long, with scarious tomentose claws 
and long white radiating tips. Receptacle convex or almost conical. 
Florets very numerous; females few, in 1 or 2 series. Achene glabrous, 
with a thickened areole at the base. Pappus-hairs. few, slender—A. Cunn. 
Precur. (1838) n. 449; Raoul Choix (1846) 45; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 308; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 337; Subantarct. Is. N.Z. 1 
(1909) 415. Gmnaphalium bellidioides Hook. f. FI. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 137; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 152. Xeranthemum bellidioides Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) 55; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 242. 
Var. prostratum 7’. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 309.—Similar to the type, but heads 
sessile at the tips of the branches.—H. prostratum Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 30, 
t. 21. Gnaphalium prostratum Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 137; Handb. N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 152. Bee Stans $7+1qr.6*Jo- 
NortH AND Soutru JsLaANDSs, CHATHAM ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, AUCKLAND 
- AND CAMPBELL IsLANDs, ANTIPODES IsLtaAND: Abundant in mountain districts from 
the East Cape, Mount Egmont, and Taupo southwards. Sea-level to 5000 ft. 
November—February. Var. prostratum ; Sparingly found in both North and South 
Islands, more abundant in the Auckland and Campbell Islands. 
A common plant. I quite agree with Mr. Kirk in considering H. prostratum to be 
a variety only, and there is no difficulty in collecting passage-forms from no peduncles 
to very long bracteate ones. But I do not find the conical receptacle to be peculiar to 
var. prostratum. 
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2. H. Purdiei Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi (1890) 440.—Stems 
slender, wiry, prostrate, spreading, much branched, woody at the base, 
1-2 ft. long; branches white and tomentose at the tips. Leaves distant, 
spreading, 4-4 in. long, obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip and minutely 
apiculate, flat, rather membranous, pubescent or almost glabrous above, 
beneath clothed with laxly appressed greyish-white tomentum. Heads 
tin. diam., in corymbs of 3 to 6 terminating the branchlets; peduncles 
and pedicels short, slender, tomentose. Involucral bracts in several ‘series ; 
the outer very short, obtuse, brown and scarious; the inner linear-oblong 
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