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DS. CASS iniordcs Pal Laas tn ( See S++ i- = de 
0. Gevenne_s Bush [re 
Reece] COMPOSITAE. i at aac 1095 ag 
Lin. diam.: involucral bracts 8-10, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, 
tomentose, the inner with broad scarious margins. Florets 12-20; ray- 
florets 4-6, with a broad and short revolute ligule; dise-florets broadly 
campanulate, deeply 5-lobed. Achenes linear, grooved, glabrous, expanded 
into a cup-shaped border at the tip. Pappus-hairs white, rigid, scabrid.— 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 351; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 382 ; 
Ill. N.Z. Fl.i (1914) t. 1138. 
SoutH Isntanpn: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson and Marl. 
borough southwards to Foveaux Strait. 2000-4000 ft. January—lebruary. 
A well-marked species, easily recognized by its pale greenish-grey colour. Small 
specimens have a general resemblance to Cassinia Vauvillierstz ; but the loose papery 
bark, more numerous branchlets, softer tomentum, and bright- yellow flowers distin- 
guish it at a glance. 
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Sée | tan — P<) Ze i.-2. Ss 
32. S. remotifolius Petrie in Trans. N. Z. Inst. lv (1924) 96.—Apparently a 
sparingly branched shrub 4-6 ft. high, rarely more. Leaves broadly elliptic, 
4-5in. long exclusive of the petiole, 24-3 in. broad, subacute, firm but 
hardly coriaceous, margins obscurely sinuate in the upper 4, midrib and 
veins Gonspicuous on both surfaces, dull-green above with scattered patches 
of white tomentum chiefly along the midrib and veins, below clothed with 
pale-yellow or greyish-yellow appressed tomentum ; petioles about as long 
as the blades, grooved above, clothed with greyish tomentum. Inflorescence 
axillary towards the ends of the branches, paniculate, 5-6in. long; rhachis 
zigzag, giving off below several alternate short more or less divaricating 
few-flowered branches subtended by small foliaceous bracts, upper portion 
linear, simple; the whole inflorescence densely eerie with ereyish-white 
tomentum. Heads on short pedicels, discoid, 4in. diam.; involucral 
bracts about 8, linear, tomentose. Florets about 12; limb of corolla 
narrow funnel-shaped, rather deeply 5-toothed, segments revolute.. Achenes 
linear, shortly pilose. 
Nortu Is~tanp: Open rocky Places near the mouth of the Mokau River, not 
common, W. A. Thomson ! . 
The above description is oily Mr. Petrie’ s, which-he has kindly allowed me to 
use. The only specimen I have seen is one from a plant cultivated by the discoverer, 
Mr. W. A. Thomson, in his garden at Half-way Bush, Dunedin. The species is allied 
to S. elaeag gnifolius, but differs in habit, in the broader thinner leaVes on long slender 
petioles, and in the lateral lax inflorescence. 
33. §. elaeagnifolius Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 150, t. 41.—A stout 
or slender spreading shrub 4-10 ft. high; branches grooved, and with the 
petioles, under-surface of the leaves, and inflorescence densely clothed with 
pale-buff tomentum. Leaves on grooved petioles $-l4in. long; blade 
2-5in., obovate or ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, “glabrous and shining above, “midrib and 
principal veins usually evident. Panicles terminal, stout, branched ; 
pedicels densely tomentose. Heads 41in. diam., campanulate or obconic, 
discoid ; involucral bracts 9-12, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, very 
densely woolly. Female florets often wanting; when present 1-3, small, 
tubular with the mouth minutely toothed. Disc-florets numerous, with 
a narrow-campanulate 5-toothed limb. Achenes-linear, grooved, hispid. 
Pappus-hairs dirty-white, rigid, scabrid.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 162 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 349 - ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 382. 
33—Fl. 
