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white wool, cobwebby about the base of the capitulum. Heads 2-3 inches broad. Imolucral scales linear, narrow,
sharp, with recurved tips, nearly smooth. Ray florets very numerous, linear, revolute. Achenia liuear-oblong,
pubescent or hairy.—Mr. Bidwill says that horses are fond of this plant, tearing it up in large tufts ; also, that the
woolly epidermis of the leaf is spun into thread, and said to be woven into a kind of fabric.— P late XXXII. Fig.
1 , floret of the ray ; 2, of the disc :—both magnifled.
4. Celmisia Mackaui, Raoul; vaginis elongatis glabratis intus araneosis, foliis longissime lineari-
lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis submembranaceis utrinque glaberrimis, scapis glabratis, bracteis plurimis
lineari-subulatis basi latioribus vaginatis membranaceis, involucri glaberrimi squamis e basi late ovatis
subulatis longe acuminatis, aclieuiis glaberrimis. Raoul, Choix de Riantes, p . 19. 1 .14.
H a b . Middle Island. Akaroa, Raoul.
Very similar indeed to C. coriacea; but the leaves are more membranous aud smooth, and have no loose cuticle;
the scape also and involucres are quite glabrous, or nearly so. Bractea 4-1 inch long, witli broad sheathing
bases, and long attenuated acuminate points. Involucral leaves glabrous, with ovate broad bases, and very long,
subulate, squarrose or recurved points. Pappus yellowish. Achenium quite smooth.
5. Celmisia spectabilis, Hook, fil.; vaginis elongatis pilis molliter sericeis laxe et longe villosis, foliis
crassis et coriaceis anguste lineari-oblongis obtusis subacutisve marginibus recurvis obscure remote crenato-
dentatis integerrimisve superne glaberrimis nitidis sulcatis subtus tomento albido v. fulvo dense obtectis,
scapis bracteisque anguste linearibus dense sericeo-villosis, involucri villosi squamis anguste subulatis
pauciseriatis, flosculis radii plurimis ligula latiuscula, acheuiis glaberrimis. Nohis in Fl. Antaret. p . 35
in nota. T a b . XXXIII. A.
Var. lanceolata; foliis angustissime lanceolatis angustatis acuminatis. T a b . XXXIII. B.
R ab. Northern and Middle Islands. Tongariro and Nelson, alt. 2-6000 feet, Bidwill. Mount
Hikurangi; ou the east coast, Colenso. Var. Middle Island, Lyall. Ruahine Mountains, Colenso.
A very diffevent-lookiug plant from any of the former species, smaller-flowered, with shorter, more linear-
oblong, sharp or blunt, and very thick coriaceous leaves, covered below with a coarse, thick, appressed tomentum,
which turns yellow in drjdng. Sheaths of the leaves beautifully clothed with long silky soft wool, as are the scapes
and involucres. Leaves 5-10 inches long, inch broad, smooth and shining above, marked longitudinally with
shallow grooves ; margins slightly recurved, quite entire, or remotely obscurely crenate. Bracteæ very narrow,
linear. Involucre obconical ; scales very naiTOw. Ray florets numerous, broad. Achenia quite smooth.—I have
referred the var. ,8 here doubtfully, my specimens being unsatisfactory. Mr. Colenso’s are in flower, and have the
leaves upwards of a span long, very narrow lanceolate, with long acuminated points. Dr. Lyall’s are still longer,
1-14 foot, with more appressed silky white tomentum below, like that of C. coriacea; but the specimens not being
in flower, 1 cannot speak decisively about them. In both there is a tendency in the margin of the leaf to become
remotely notched.—P l a t e XXXIII. A. Fig. 1, ray floret; 2, its tube; 3, disc floret; 4, stamen; 5, styles:—all
magnified. P l a t e XXXIII. B. represents a leaf of the var. 8 ?
§ b. Leaves very narrow, grass-like. Heads of flowers much smaller than in the former section.
6. Celmisia gracilenta. Rook, fil.; foliis anguste lineari-elongatis obtusis acutis acuminatisve marginibus
integerrimis planis plus minusve revolutis supeme glaberrimis araneosis vel pube arete appressa
argenteo-sericeis et nitidis subtus dense lanatis niveis, scapis foliis longioribus brevioribusve dense lanatis
floccosisve, bracteis linearibus, involucri squamis anguste linearibus obtusis acuminatisve apice sphacelatis
pauciseriatis, acheniis elongatis glaberrimis, styli ramis fl. disci elongatis.
^ ar. a ; foliis anguste linearibus acuminatis marginibus ad costam revolutis superne araneosis v. pube
appressa argenteo-sericeis nitidis. Aster gracilenta, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Celmisia, FL Antaret. p. 35
in nota.
Var. /3; foliis latioribus anguste lineari-lanceolatis marginibus revolutis, scapis validis.
Var. 7 ; foliis ut in var. a, involucri foliolis brevioribus lineari-oblongis obtusis.
Var. 8 ; foliis lineari-elongatis flaccidis submembranaceis superne glaberrimis viridibus subtus niveis
marginibus tcnuiter recurvis. C. graminifolia, FL Antaret. p . 35 in nota.
H a b . Abundant throughout the Islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Var. /S. Auckland, Sinclair.
Mount Egmont, close to the perpetual snow, Hieffenbach. Var. 7 . Canterbury, Lyall. Var. 8. Bay of
Islands, Sinclair, etc. Canterbury, Lyall.
A very common and variable plant, generally growing in dense tufts. Leaves numerous, very long, slender
and grass-like, 4-6 inches long, rigid or flaccid, usually acuminate, but sometimes blunt, the margins more or less
recurved, often revolute to the costa ; upper surface quite smooth in var. 8, in the other varieties covered more or less
copiously with silveiy white wool, which often forms a shining, delicate, loose cuticle, as in C. coriacea ; under surface
more or less densely covered with white wool. Scapes stout or slender, longer or shorter than the leaves, bearing
many linear bractese 4~I inch long, covered copiously with white floccose wool. Capitulum yellow, with a white
ray, very variable in size, 4-2 inches across. Involucre obconical, of narrow, slender, flat, loosely imbricating,
woolly scales, brown at the tip, sharp or rarely (in var. y) blunt. Florets of the ray numerous, with narrow ligulæ.
Pappus copious, yellowish or fuscous. Achenia quite smooth. Styles of the flowers of the disc with long acuminate
branches.
§ c. Leaves small, short, broad, downy beneath or smooth. Receptacle often deeply pitted, with stiff-toothed
mai'gins to the hollows.
7. Colmisia incana, Rook, fil.; foliis congestis ( l - l 4-uncialibus) obovato-oblongis lineari-obovatisve
acutis utrinque vestitis subtus molliter dense superne laxius albo-lanatis incanis subplicatis marginibus
tenuiter recurvis remote denticulatis, scapis solitariis plurimisve dense lanatis bracteatis, involucri squamis
lineari-subulatis apicibus patulis fusco-tomentosis, raclii ligulis gracilibus, acheniis pilosis, receptáculo profunde
alveolato. Tab. XXXIV. A.
H a b . Northern Island. Mount Hikurangi aud Ruahine range, Colenso.
A small species, covered everywhere, except on the involucre, with white wool. Leaves coriaceous and rigid,
numerous, crowded, spreading, 1 -14 inch long, liuear-oblong or obovate, shai-p or blunt, narrowed into a very broad
petiole, densely clothed with white silvery wool below, hoarj* above and grooved, margins hardly recurved, obscurely
remotely toothed. Scapes usually several, very woolly, with many ovate subulate bracts, 4 inch long. Heads
I - I 4 inch across, yellow, -mtli a white ray. Involucral scales numerous, linear-subulate, tomentose, with tawny or
brownish down, somewhat glandular. Ray fiorets with narrow revolute ligulæ. Achenia hair.'. Receptacle deeply
pitted, with raised, stiff, chaff-like margins to the hollows.—Plate XXXIV. A. Fig. 1, receptacle ; 2, floret of ray ;
3, floret of disc ; 4, jiappus; 5, arms of style ; 6, stamen:—all magnified.
8. Celmisia discolor, Hook, fil.; caule breri robusto diviso folioso, foliis congestis patulis lineari- v.
oblongo-obovatis obtusis subacutisve remote et obscure dentatis superne glaberrimis subsuicatis loride
viridibus subtus lana ai'cte appressa argentéis, petiolo breri lato vagina sulcata sericea, scapis gracilibus
bracteis subulatis involucrique (subsquarrosi) squamis glanduloso-pubescentibus, capitulis ut in C. incana,
acheniis sericeis, receptáculo profunde alveolato.
Var. /S? foliis ellipticis petiolatis acutis apiculatis superne glabris planis submembranaceis inferne
lana arete appressa sericeis. (An sp. distincta?)
H a b . Middle Island. Nelson, ou the mountains, Bidwill. Var. Milford Sound, Lyall.
A very similar plant to C. incana, and perhaps only a variety ; it differs in wanting the soft woolly clothing ou
the under surface of the leaf, wliich is replaced by a closely appressed silvery coating ; and in the upper surtaee
being dark green and quite naked ; also in the scape being covered with the same glanduhu- pubescence as is conà
tip