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FLORA ANTARCTICA.
incrassatis lævibus glaberrimis. Pappus rigidus, multisetosus, sub-biserialis, rufus, v. pallide stramineus, setis
subpideaceis inæqualibus scabris v. barbellatis. Achænium elougato-obconicura v. oblongo-cylindraceum, basi
attenuatum, estipitatum, nudum, pilosum, v. setis appressis hispidum. F lor. D isc i. Corolla tubulosa, plus minusve
elongata et infundibuliformis, tubo terete glabro v. piloso ut in fl. radii, limbo 5-íido, segmentis patenti-
revolutis obtusis, marginibus incrassatis, apicibus extus glabris v. barbatis. Antheræ cohærentes, basi integer-
rimæ, ecaudatæ, rarius breviter biaristatæ, v. in appendices abbreviatas productæ. Pollen globosum, ecbinulatum,
luteum. Stylus teres, elongatus, ramis brevioribus quam iu floribus radii, primum linearibus marginibus incrassatis
glaberrimis, deinde sublatloribus in conum brevem v. elongatum intus planum nudum dorso convexo mar-
erinibusque papillosis productis, papillis interdum elongatis. Pappus tubo subæquilongus et achenium u t in
floribus radü.—Herbæ speciose Australasice, et insularum Tasmanie, Nove Zelandie et Antarcticarum incole,
albido-lanate seu sericee, rarius glaberrime. Folia pleraque radicalia, lanceolata v. linearia, rarius oblonga.
Caules seu Scapi erecti, foliosi, apice capitulum solitarium gerentes.
Subgen. loNOPSis, Hook. fi l. (non H .B .K . n ec D eCan d .) Involuci'i squamæ lineares obtusæ.
Receptaculum convexum, subhemisphæricum. Flores disci intense p u rp u re i.— Herba tota glaberr
im a , nitens, quasi vernicGsa seu p o lita .
1. C e l m i s ia vernicosa, Ho o k . fil. ; acaulis, su b su rcu lo sa, foliis radicalibus numerosissimis stel-
la tim -p a ten tib u s lin e a rib u s a cu tis m u c ro n a tis coriaceis rem o te su b se rra tis rig id is glab errimis v erni-
cosis ma rg in ib u s rev o lu tis, costa su b tu s la tissima , scapo foliáceo v ag in ato , c ap ltu li disco p u rp u reo ,
styli flo n im disci ram is acutis. {Ta b . X X V I . & X X V I I .)
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; on b an k s an d ro ck y places n e a r th e to p s o f th e hills, a lt. 1200
feet, an d n e a r th e sea on th e exposed isle ts. Campbell’s Is la n d ; a b u n d a n t in th e immediate n eig h b
o u rh o o d o f th e sea.
Radix subfusiformis, elongata, obliqua, hic illic fibrosa, superne punctis elevatis copiosis cicatricata ; collo
rigide setoso e reliquiis foliorum emortuorum, et non raro surculoso ; surculis (an scapis abortivis ?) ramos simu-
lantibus simplicibus 2 uncias ad spithamæum longis fibrosis foliis superioribus majoribus. Folia radicalia, numerosissima,
læte viridia, imbricata. plerumque horizontaliter et stellatim patentia, unciam ad 3 -4 uncias longa,
1-3 lineas lata, linearia, seu lineari-subulata, coriacea, rigida, mucronato-acuta, integerrima v. remote et obscure
serrata, glaberrima, nitida, quasi vemicosa, margine revoluta, basi dilatata membranacea, superne ad costam
linea depressa. subtus costa latissima prominente. Scapi radicales, 1-10-13, adscendentes, demum erecti, spitha-
mæi fere ad pedalem, foliosi, foliis (v. bracteis foliaceis) approximatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis basi vaginantibus
subsucculentis apicibus rigidis vemicosis. Capitulum solitarium, erectum, majusculum, unciam ad sesqui-unciam
latum, radiatum, roseo-album, disco intense purpureo. Involucrum plano-hemisphæricum, e squamis s. foliolis
biserialibus linearibus obtusiusculis coriaceo-membranaceis rigidis nitidis linea dorsali notatis, marginibus subciliatis
viridibus apice purpuréis, 4 -5 lineas longis. Flores radii sub-20, foeminei; ligula lineari-oblonga,
4-nervis, revoluta, apice obscure 2-3-dentata, tubo brevi hirsuto, pilis articulatis. S ty li rami lineares, brevius-
culi, obtusi, albidi, eglandulosi. Achenium (vix maturum) obconicum, sericeo-setosum. Pappus e setis rigidis
subpaleaceis pilosis uniserialibus. Flores disci numerosi, compacti, hermaphroditi. Achenium et pappus ut in
floribus radii. Corolla tubulosa, infundibuliformis. superne ventricosa, teres, 5-fida, segmentis apice reflexis,
tubo hirto, pilis u t in floribus radii. Anthere 5, in tubum connatæ. lineari-oblongæ. flavæ, basi breviter bisetosæ,
inclusæ. Styli rami exserti, breviusculi, purpurei, dilatati, compressi, plano-convexi, acuti, ad apicem dorso
marginibusque glanduloso-stigmatosi, intus nudi. Receptaculum parvum, nudum, convexum, depresso-punc-
tatum, epaleaceum.
This is a very handsome plant, to which even the beautiful drawing now prepared for publication hardly
does justice, one of the specimens gathered on Campbell’s Island measuring nearly a span across the leaves.
from whose bases arose no fewer than thirteen flowering scapes, ten of them with the blossoms fully expanded.
The delicacy of the ravs, tipped with a faint rose-colour, forms a striking contrast with the dark purple eye and
the glossy rarnished deep green foliage. Like many other Antarctic plants, it varies considerably in size, some
of our specimens being scarcely an inch and a half across the leaves, which Ue densely compacted and all horizontally
patent, radiating from the summit of the root like the spokes of a wheel, of a very coriaceous texture,
singularly smooth and shining like the surface of a shell, or as if covered with a thick coat of copal varnish :
theîr apices in the smaller specimens are incrassated or the leaves are clubbed at the apex, from the union of
the thick costa with the equally incrassated margins. This thickening extends to the bracteæ or leaves on the
scapes and even to the scales of the involucre ; when drj' they are of a rich but pale yellow-brown colour.
The genus Celmisia, as modified above, will contain several species very closely allied in habit, and all
bearing a much greater similarity to the original Australian C. longifolia, A.C., than the C. vernicosa does.
Upon the closest examination, I can detect no characters of sufficient importance to warrant any further subdivision
of the following species, which I shaU therefore include under the name of Eucelmisia, considering them
as typical of the genus, near to which the above-described species should assuredly rank.
I shall here, in a note, subjoin the characters of the other species, and proceed with some remarks upon
them*.
* Synopsis of the species of Celmisia known to the Author.
CELMISIA, Cass.
§ I. E lxelmisia .
1. Species Australasice.
1. C. longifolia, Cass.; foliis linearibus utrinque argenteo-lanatis scapo lanuginoso subaequilongis, pappo
rufo, acbseniis glaberrimis, stylonim apicibus breviusculis obtusis.
a . foliis esplanatis, scapo folioso.—H a b . Jamieson’s Valley, Port Jackson; Gaudichaud.
f3. foliorum marginibus revolutis, scapo nudiusculo.—H a b . Blue Mountains ; Cunningham.
2. C. spathulata, A. C. ; “ foliis elliptico-oblongis in petiolum longe attenuatis utrinque glabris.”—DeC.
H ab. Oyster Harbour, King George’s Sound ; A . Cunningham.
3. C. asteliefolia, M SS .; foliis elliptico- v. lineari-lanceolatis, supra argenteo-lanatis subtus dense sericeo-
tomentosis marginibus revolutis, scapis folio subduplo longioribus parce foliosis, acbseniis pilosis, antheris basi
breviter biaristatis, stylorum apicibus ut in C. longifolia,
H ab. Mount Wellington and other lofty mountains of Tasmania ; Frazer and Gunn.
2. Species N o ve Zelandie.
4. C. gracilenta. Hook. fil. Aster gracilentus, Banks and Sol. M S S . ; foliis scapisque ut in C. asteliefolia.
achseniis glaberrimis, styli ramis longe productis gradatim acuminatis, papillis filiformibus elongatis.
H ab. New Zealand, Northern Island; Banks Solander. Great Barrière Island on the East coast;
Dr. Sinclair. Lofty mountains of Waikato Lake ; Colenso, Bidwill. Mount Egmont ; Dr.
5. C. graminifolia, Hook. fil. ; foliis lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis subflaccidis, supra glaberrimis, subtus
appresse argenteo-lanatis, acuminati?, scapis 2 -3 foliis brevioribus, stylis ut in C. gracilenta.
H ab. Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
t>. C. spectabilis, Hook. fil. ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis valde coriaceis basi vaginantibus longis-
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