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broadly elliptical to narrow oblong, sharp or acuminate, seldom blunt, mai-gin unequally cut into broad, rounded or
sharp teeth. Corymb veiy large, much branched. Involucres short and small, their scales all short and blunt.
Flotcers very much as in E. nítida ¡ but the pappus is often red, and the achenia are quite smooth.—Best distinguished
hy its smooth achenia, and the loosely appressed wool of the under surface of the leaves, etc. I have suppressed
the trivial name “ Rani,” given by Cunningham under the erroneous impression that it was the native one.
— P l a t e XXX. Pig. 1 , involucre and receptacle; 3, flower of ray ; 3, its stigmas ; 4, flower of disc; 5, its stigmas;
6, stamen; 7, pappus;—all magnified.
4. Eurybia dentata. Hook, fil.; arborea, ramulis corjunbis petiolis foliisque subtus pube arete
appressa subnitida argentéis, foliis elliptico- v. lineari-oblongis linearibusve acutis acuminatisve grosse irregulariter
obtuse V. argute eroso-dentatis sinubus rotundatis marginibus undulatis basi rotundatis v. truncatis
subtus reticulatim venosis, corymbis effusis sericeo-nitentibus ramulis gracilibus, involucri campanulati
squamis tomentosis, floribus radii ligula lineari, acheniis villosis.
Yar. a. ohlongifolia ; foliis oblongis v. lineari-oblongis sinuato-dentatis, nervis costm obliquis.
Yar. jS. linearifolia ; foliis lineari-oblongis v. lineari-elongatis argute subspinoso-dentatis, nervis costae
perpendicularibus.
H ab. Northern and Middle Islands. Yar. a. Ruahine range, Colenso. Yar. /3. Tongariro, Bidwill.
Top of Ruahine Mountains, Colenso. Otago and Milford Sound, 1/yall. El. December.
Á small tree, smelling strongly of musk, like the former species in habit, most easily recognized by the sharp
toothing of the leaves, which are white and shining below ; and by the haiiy achenia. Leaves 3-5 inches long, variable
in breadth, oblong in var. a, linear-oblong, sometimes four times as long as broad in var. j3, in which the veins underneath
spread so as to form a right angle with the midrib; under sm-face covered with a very closely appressed
white down, hence looking silvered; margins waved, much cut into large teeth, sometimes almost spinous, like
holly. Branchlets and cotymb covered with appressed brownish tomentum, Peduncles sometimes bearing small
leaves 4 inch long. Involucres 4 inch long, of ten to fifteen tomentose linear blunt scales, very unequal in size.
Flowers of the ray ten to twelve, ahout as long as the involucre. Achenia fuiTOwed and hairy. Pappus whitish
or red.
5. Eurj'bia Hook. fil.; arborea, ramis ramulisque sulcatis incano-tomeiitosis, foliis sublonge
petiolatis oblongis ovato-oblongisve obtusis undulatis integerrimis coriaceis junioribus supeme furfuraceis
senioribus reticulatis subtus appresse albido-tomeutosis venosis, panicula effusa ramosa, ramis compressis
sulcatis pube densa appressa albidis, involucri cylindracei squamis brevibus obtusis multiseriatis imbricatis,
flosculis 8- 10, pappo albido, acheniis pubescentibus,
H ab. Northern Island. Auckland, Sinclair. East coast, <
A small tree, very like E. furfuracea, distinguished from it by its oblong, longer, narrower leaves, which are never
toothed; and by the imbricated involucral scales. Branches furrow'ed, hoaiy and downy. Leaves on petioles 4-f- inch
long, oblong, linear, or ovate-oblong, blunt, undulate, quite entire, 3 inches long, upper surface powdered with
white meal in a young state; when old, smooth, reticulated, under surface quite white with dense closely appressed
down, veins conspicuous. Panicles large, branched; branches furrowed, quite white. Involucral scales small,
closely imbricated, Achenia downy.
§ b. Shrubs, with small broad or narrow leaves, less than 1 inch long. Capitula nearly sessile or shortly pedunculate,
axillary or terminal, with six to ten fiorets.
6. Eurybia mmmularifoUa, Hook. fil.; frutex erectus, rigidus, fasciculatim ramosus, ramis validis lignosis
foliosis ramulis foliis junioribus involucrisque glutinosis, foliis subimbricatis crassis coriaceisque parvis breve
petiolatis obovato- v. oblongo-rotundatis obtusis marginibus recurvis integerrimis superne nitidis subtus
tomento dense appresso nitidis, capitulis axillaribus breve pedunculatis, involucri turbinati squamis pauci-
V. multiseriatis imbricatis extimis parvis, fl. radii 3-5 ligulatis ligula latiuscula breri v. elongata disci 6- 8,
pappo fuscescente, acheniis pubescentibus.
H ab. Northern and Middle Islands. Tongariro and mountains above Nelson, altitude 4500 feet,
Bidwill. East coast, Mount Hikurangi, etc., Colenso.
A rigid, erect, branching, leafy shrub, 3-3 feet high. Branches aU stout, woody, scarred at the places where
leaves have fallen away, covered with pale brown bark; younger ones and leaves generally gummy. Leaves numerous,
closely set, uniform in size and shape, 4 inch long, shortly petiolate, very thick and coriaceous, round, oblong
or obovate, margin recurved, entire, young reticulated above, all covered below* with dense white appressed tomen-
tura. Capitula on short axillary peduncles, nearly 4 inch long. Involucre obconic-turbinate, of few or many scales,
the lower or outer much the smaller. Florets about eight or ten; outer ligulate; ray variable in length and
breadth. Achenia pubescent.—This species, like the following, varies a good deal in the number of involucral
scales and in the length of the ray florets. It is a very handsome plant, and very closely resembles Cassinia
7. Eurybia Soland/ri, Hook, fil.; fruticosa, erecta, fastigiatim ramosa, ramulis gracilibus virgatis
tomentosis glabratisve junioribus foliisque viscosis, foliis parvis fasciculatis oppositisve anguste linearibus
liueari-obovatisve obtusis superne medio sulcatis marginibus integerrimis recurris subtus albido-lanatis,
capitulis sessilibus axillaribus ramulis abbreriarisve terminalibus, involucri turbinati squamis brevibus
imbricatis dorso tomentosis, ligulis paucis brevibus, pappo pallido v. rufescente, acheniis glaberrimis sulcatis.
Galea axillaris, Sol. 3iSS. non IC .
H ab. Northern Island. Sandy places by the coast, etc., Banks and Solander, etc. Thames, Sinclair.
An erect, branching, twiggv' shrub, 5 feet high. Branches slender,twiggy, rounder angled, smooth or tomentose,
the younger and young leaves glutinous. Leaves small, about 4 inch long, iu opposite tufts, or solitarj'-and
opposite on young twigs, linear-oblong, blunt, sometimes recurved, margins recurved, under surface thickly covered
with appressed tomentum. Capitula longer than the leaves, solitary and terminal on the very short branchlets, or
axillary. Involucral scales viscid when young, in few or many rows, imbricated, short, blunt, tomentose along the
back. Florets eight or ten, those of the ray witb short ligulæ. Achenia quite smooth.—Yery similar to E. ramulosa,
DC., of Tasmania, but tbe involucres are of a different shape.
8. Eurybia virgata, Hook. fil. ; frutex gracilis, ramosus, ramis sulcatis elongatis rirgatis oppositis
divaricatis parce foliatis ultimis lanatis glabratisve angulatis, foliis fasciculatis parvis (fasciculis oppositis)
obovatis obtusis breve petiolatis subtus appresse tomentosis, capitulis solitariis geminisve gracile pedunculatis,
peduuculis folio æquilongis brevioribusve tomentosis, involucri late campanulati squamis brevibus
tomentosis pauciseriatis, flosculis radii paucis ligulatis, disci 6- 8, acheniis puberulis.
H ab. Northern aud ^Middle Islands. Iu bogs, Wairarapa, Colenso. Warrau Pass, Nelson, Bidwill.
A shrub 5-8 feet high, with slender, twiggy, sparingly leafy branches, the younger tomeutose. Leaves few and
small, in opposite fascicles, solitary and opposite ou tlie terminal branchlets, 4-4 inch loug, obovate or linear-obovate,
blunt, on short petioles, under surface thickly covered with closely appressed down. Capitula small, on slender tomentose
peduncles, wdiich are sometimes bracteate, 4 inch broad. Involucral scales small, woolly, in few' series, short.
Florets of the ray witli short ligulæ. Pappus white or reddish. Achenia pubescent.
§ c. Trees or large shrubs, with large broad leaves and much-hranched panicles. Capitula with 1 - 4 floreUs.
(Sliawda, Forst.)
9. Eurybia Forsteri, Hook. fil. ; arbuscula, ramis ramulisque sulcatis paniculisque fuscis pubescenti-to-
inentosis, foliis petiolatis elliptico-oblongis ovatisve obtusis undulatis integerrimis utrinque reticulatis subtus