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araiieosis, floribus radii tubo elongato laxe piloso, ligula la ta brevi trifida, acbenio elongato profunde
costato.
Yar. a ; tomento laxiore fulvo, foliis majoribus, paniculis elongatis. T a b . X X IX .
Yar. /3 ; tomento appresso argenteo, panicula abbreviata.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Y"ar. a. Mo u n t H ik u ran g i and east coast, Colenso. Var. /3.
Dusky Bay, L ya ll.
A stout, branching, large shrub, with thick branches and branchlets, more or less woolly and spreading leaves,
crowded towards the ends of the latter. Leaves very thick, rigid and coriaceous, 14 -4 inches long, broadly obovate,
acute, tapered into a short stout petiole; margin cut irregularly into short and sharp unequal teeth; upper
siulace smooth or rough, with reticulated sunk veins; lower covered densely with wool, which is loose and yellow’
in var. a, appressed and silvery in var. jS. Panicles erect, with five to seven pedunculate heads of fiowers, and ovate
concave bracts, more or less silky and woolly all over. Heads of flowers f - l inch across. Plowers of the ray with
a short, broad, trifid ligula, and long hairy tube. Pappus dirty yellow-bromi, 3 -4 lines long. Achenia as long
as the pappus, ribbed, silky.—P l a t e XXIX. Fig. 1, receptacle; 3, floret of ra y ; 3, floret of d isc:—all t
5. Olearia L y a llii, Hook. fll. ; subarborea, ramis ramulisque validis crassis lignosis foliis subtus pani-
culisque lana molU alba appressa dense indutis, foliis amplis breve petiolatis elliptico-ovatis obovatisve
acutis obtuse crenato-dentatis, paniculis polycepbaUs, capitulis pedunculatis breviter radiatis, bracteis sub-
foliaceis oblongis dorso pedunculis pedicelhs involucrisque densissime lanatis, acheniis costatis dense sericeis,
pappi setis sordide fulvis, floribus radii 0 ? disci tu b o dense sericeo. Eurybia Lyallii, F l. Antarct.
suppl, p . 5 4 3 .
H a b . Middle Islan d , Milford Sound, etc., L ya ll.
A very magnificent species, found originally in 1841 at Lord Auckland’s Group by Dr. Lyall, but not in
flower. In the ‘ Flora Antarctica ’ I assumed it to be the same species as the foregoing, and described them as one
plant, under the name of Eurybia Lyallii. Better specimens of 0 . Colensoi, together with others from Dr. LyaU both
of 0 . Colensoi and Lyallii, from the Aliddle Island, prove them to be different plants. The present differs from tbe
fonner in its much larger and broader leaves, with blunt crenatures at the margin ; as also in apparently wanting
the ray flowers. The tube of the coroDa is densely silky.
Gen. I I . E U E Y B IA , Cass.
Capitulum pauci- v. multiflorum, heterogamum, radiatum. Involucrum oblongum j squamis oblongis,
imbricatis, exterioribus brevioribus. Receptaculum convexum, parvum, alveolatum, nudum v. subsetosum.
F l. ra d ii 1-seriati, ligulati, foeminei: disci tubulosi, 5-dentati, hermaphroditi. Antheris breviter aristatis.
Achenium glabrum v. pubescens, costatum. Fappus 1 -se ria tu s; setis scabris, subæquiloiigis.— Frutic es v.
arbores habitu va r ia ; capitulis
Trees or shrubs, variable in habit, with generally tomentose under surface of the leaves, branches, and pedicels ;
and corymbs or panicles of small heads of white-rayed flowers, with a yellow disc. Heads few- or many-flowered ;
the outer flowers rayed, female, in one series ; the inner tubular, five-cleft, hermaphrodite. Receptacle convex, contracted,
pitted, naked or with a few bristles. Involucre oblong, of many rigid, scarious, blunt, imbricating scales,
the outer shortest. Achenia smooth, glandular, or pubescent. Pappus of one series of scabrid bristles, nearly
equal in length.—A very large New Holland and Tasmanian genus, unknown elsewhere, except in New Zealand.
The E. argophylla forms one of the largest forest-trees of Tasmama. (Name, that of the Mother of the Stars in
Greek Mythology ; given in allusion to the numerous star-like flow'ers.)
§ a. Trees or large shrubs, with large broad leaves and much-branched panicles. Capitula with many florets.
1. ErsxxflAa fu r fu ra c e a , D C .; arborea v. fruticosa, foliis alternis petiolatis ovatis ovalibusve coriaceis
integerrimis v. obscure sinuato-dentatis undula tisque u trin q u e reticulatim venosis su b tu s ramulis petiolis
corymboque appressissime argenteo-tomentosis nitidis, corymbo ampler amoso, involucri elongati su b tu r-
b iu a ti squamis eglandulosis apices versus marginibusque lanatis, capitulis 6 -8-floris, acheniis glandulosis,
radii ligulis breviusculis. BC . Prodr. Aster, A . R ich . Flora. Haxtonia, A . Oumu. Proclr. Shawia, Raoul,
Choix de Plantes. Solidago illita. Ra n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H a b . T h ro u g h o u t th e Is la n d s ; abundant, Ba n k s a n d Solander, etc. N a t. name, "A k e piro,” Col.
(Cultivated in England.)
A large shrub or small tree, 8-15 feet high, with the under surface of the leaves, petioles, and branches of the
corymb covered with white or yellowish tomentum, so closely appressed as to be smooth and shining. Leaves ovate
or oblong, sharp or blunt, very coriaceous, 2 -3 inches long, on petioles Y~4 incl» long, reticulated with raised veins
on both surfaces, quite entire, waved, or obscurely remotely toothed. Coiymbs terminal and lateral, 6 inches to a
span across, of very numerous white-rayed capitula, which are many-flowered. Involucre turbinate, 4 iuch long ;
scales oblong, blunt, pubescent or tomentose at the margin and sides. Plowers of the ray few, with broad white
ra y s ; those of the disc six to eight, yellow. Achenium glandular.
2. Eurybia n itida, Hook. f il.; arborea, foliis altemis petiolatis late ellipticis ovatisve acutis v. acuminatis
marginibus un d u la tis integerrimis v. repando-subsinuatis subtus pube dense appressa sericea n iten ti-
bus costa nervisque fuscis, ramulis corymbique polycephali ramis pilis fuscis densis appressis nitidis,
pedunculis gracilibus, involucri breviter obconici squamis laxe imbricatis exterioribus brevissimis dense
lanatis interioribus linearibus glabratis, fl. radii 1 5 -2 0 ligulis elongatis, acheniis sericeo-pilosis. E .
alpina, L in d l. in L in d l. ^ P a x t. Magazine. Solidago arborescens, Forst.
FIa b . Southern p a rts of th e N o rth e rn , an d th ro u g h o u t th e Middle Islan d s. Mo u n t Egm o n t, 4 0 0 0
feet, Dieffenbach. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
Very similar in habit and general appearance to the E. furfuracea, but the leaves are broader, usually more
acuminate, not so coriaceous or reticulated, with a less closely appressed and more silky shining tomentum on their
under surfaces. Young branches, petioles, and peduncles covered with silky brown appressed tomentum. Corymb
ver}' large, effuse. Capitula 4 inch broad, ou rather slender peduncles, hivolucrex&ry different in shape from that
of E. furfuracea, being short and broadly obconic, of few loosely-imbricated scales; the outer very short, densely
woolly; inner nearly smooth, as long as the disc. Achenia very haiiy.—This pretty species grows and flowers
freely in the Horticultural Society’s greenhouse at Chiswick, where it was named E. alpina by Dr. Lindley, a name
I had previously applied to a Tasmanian species. The under surface of the leaf is lustrous and very pretty when
fresh.
3. Eurybia Cunninghamii, Hook. f il .; arborea, ramuhs corymbis petiolis involucris foliisque subtus
molliter tomentosis, foliis petiolatis alternis ellipticis oblongis hneari-oblongisve acutis acuminatisve sinuato-
dentatis venis remotis reticulatis, corymbo composite polycephalo, involucri breviter ta rb in a ti squamis
omnibus brevibus dense tomentosis glabratisve, floribus radii ligula breviuscula, pappo fusco v. rufescente,
acheniis costatis glaberrimis. Brachyglottis Rani, A. Cunn. Prodr. Solidago cancscens, Ba n k s et Sol. M S S .
T a b . X X X .
H ab . N o rth e rn and Middle Is lan d s ; frequent from th e Bay of Islan d s soutliward to Banks’
Peninsula. N a t. name, " W ha rangi piro,” Middle Islan d , L y a ll.
A small tree, 1 3-14 feet high. Branches, leaves below, petioles, and branches of the corymb covered with
thick, soft, white or ashy tomentum. Leaves petioled, very variable in size and shape, 3-5 inches long, varying from
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