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acutis marginibus revolutis, capitulis in glomerulos dense congestis terminalibus v. ramulis brevibus
axillaribus vix bracteolatis, involucri campanulati squamis lineari-oblongis pallidis hyalinis, flosculis plurimis.
Lah. Fl. Nov. Ho ll. v. 2. p . 4 4 . t. 1 89. BC . Prodr. G. simplex, Forst. fid . Herb. Cunn. A . PicJi. Flora.
A. Cunn. Prodr.
Var. a. spitliamaa ; foliis radicalibus caulinis diversis nempe latioribus u trin q u e lanatis, caulibus
simplicibus.
Var. 0 ; omnia var. a sed fobis angustioribus superne glaberrimis subtus niveo- v. argenteo-tomentosis.
Var. 7 ; pedalis et u ltra, ramis ramulosis probferisve, foliis omnibus angustioribus, glomerubs brac-
teoHs 1 - 3 involucratis. Ad G. involucratum. accedit.
I I a b . Th roughout th e Islan d s ; ahmriant, Forster, etc.
This is .a veiy distinct species, and may at all times be recognized from G. imolucralum and G. virgatum by
the broad involucres, wldch have more numerous florets and paler broader scales ; also by there being very few and
short bracteæ below the heads, or more generally none. The var. 7 1ms tall leafy branched stems, a foot high, and
very narrow leaves, resembling G. involucratum m habit and appearance very closely; but tlie usual state of this
plant is a tufted herb, a span high, with numerous radical petiolate leaves, and simple, sparingly leafy, woolly stems.
Badical leaves 1 -3 inches long, linear-oblong or spathulate, sharp or apiculate, smooth or sparingly woolly above,
densely woolly below, or covered with appressed silvery tomentum; cauline leaves narrower, sharp. Capitula
clustered into rounded terminal or axilhary dense masses, i ~ i inch diameter, pale yellow-brown, shilling, with one
or two generally short leafy bracteæ at the base. Involucres 2 -3 lines long, broadly oblong or campanulate,
spreading after the florets have falien away, and exposing the rather broad many-flowered receptacle.—This is also
a Tasmanian and New Holland plant. In the form of the involucres it resembles Q. luteo-album, but the scales
are less numerous, and the densely-packed inflorescence not presenting the characters of a corymb will at once dis-
tiiiguish it.
Gen. X Y I. H E L IC H R Y SUM , BC.
Omnia GnagAialii, sed flosculi radii ? , 1-seriales.
The New Zealand species of this genus are to be distinguished from Raoulia by the broad receptacle, and from
Gna-plialium by the female marginal florets forming but one row. In the Cape of Good Hope, aud Anstraha and
Tasmania, there are very numerous and often extremely handsome species of Helichrysurn, and a few are found in
Europe and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. There is much difference of habit amongst them, some having
broad, white, rayed, involucral scales,- like the first section of New Zealand Gnaphalia ; others having narrow
involucres, with erect scales, as in the two species to be described here. (Name a Greek one, supposed to have
been applied to a South European species of this genus.)
1. ïlû ic h x y sam filicaule, Hook, f i l ; caule folioso filiformi suberecto simplici v. diviso, ramis apice
monocephalis lanatis, foliis uniformibus sessilibus obovato-oblongis acuminatis v. mucronatis subtus
argenteo-lanatis, capitulis pedunculatis, involucri late campanulati squamis exterioribus lanatis intimis
scariosis hyaliuisve nullis radiantibus, acbeniis pubescentibus. Conyza uniflora, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic
T a b . X X X Y I. B .
H a b. N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Dry hills, especially towards th e east coast. B a n k s and Solander,
Forster, etc.
Stems very slender, a span to a foot long, simple or divided, woolly, leafy except towards the apex of the
branches, which fom long leafy peduncles to the heads, which are solitary. Leaves uniform iu size, scattered,
4 -4 inch long, sessile, oblong-obovate, sharp or apiculate, smooth above, densely clothed with appressed silveiy wool
below. Heads inch long, broadly campanulate, many-flowered. Involucral scales .imbricated ; outer shorter,
woolly ; inner narrow, scarious and hyaline at tbe tips, none rayed or white, all spreading after the florets have fallen
away, and exposing the convex papillated receptacle. Achenia slightly pubescent.—Plate XXXYI. B . Fig. 1,
floret of circumference ; 2, of the disc ; 3, pappus ; 4, stamen ; 5, arms of the style :—all magnified.
2. Hebchrysum Leontopodium, Hook. fll. ; radice perenni uni-tri-cipite, caule brevi ro b u sto dense
molbter lanugiuoso, fobis radicabbus plurimis rosulatis dense congestis bneari-oblongis subacutis sessilibus
utrinque sericeis, caulinis paucis oblongis, capitubs congestis, bracteis p atentibus densissime lanuginosis
involucratis, involucri squamis omuibus erectis. T a b . X X X Y I I . B .
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Ruabine mountains an d M o u n t H ik u ran g i, Colenso.
This very remarkable plant is so similar to the genus Leontopodium of the Em-opean Alps and Himalayan
mountains that it requires some care to discriminate it ; the styles of the disc-flowers are, however, always more or
less bifid, generally deeply, and its technical characters are heuce those of Helichrysurn. Root perennial, simple or
branched at the top, bearing one or several short branches, densely clothed with numerous spreading leaves ; and
simple stems 2 -3 inches high. Radical leaves closely imbricating, spreading, sessile, linear-oblong,
thick and coriaceous, rather blunt, silky on both sides. Stem densely woolly, bearing several short silky leaves, and
a terminal mass of eight to ten sessile capitula, surrounded by a spreading general involucre, formed of ten to twelve
or more thickly woolly, liuear, blunt leaves. Involucres shortly pedicellate, oblong, campanulate, of one series of
linear, acuminate, scarious scales, wooUy at the back. Florets of the circumference in one series, narrow, tubular,
four- to five-cleft ; arms of the styles long, subacute. Bisc fiorets very numerous ; arms of the styles shorter, equal
or unequal, truncated. Pappus of one row of rather broad bristles, scabrous towards the tips. Achenia hairy.—
Plate XXXYII.R. Fig. 1, capitulum; 2, the same cut open, showing the receptacle; 3, floret of the circumference;
4, floret of the disc ; 5, pappus; 6, stamen:—all magnified.
Gen. X Y I I . E R E C IIT IT E S , B a f.
Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum, discoideum ; flosculis marginalibus $ , multi- v. pauci-seriatis,
tenuissimis, 2 -4 -d e n ta tis ; disci 4 -5 -d en ta tis . Receptaculum nud um, subpapillosum. Involucmrn
cylindraceum ; squamis anguste bnearibus, l-s e ria tis. S ty li rami cono superati. Achenia oblonga, striata,
obtusa V. apice atten y ata, pilosa v. scabrida. Fappus pluriserialis, tenuissimus, scaberulus.— Herbæ erectce,
simplices V. ramosoe, glaherrimoe v. lanata,
A genus of tall, smooth or woolly, simple or branched, herbaceous plants, bearing corymbs of many exceedingly
narrow heads, which have no ligulate florets. Involucre cylindrical ; scales very long, naiTow, erect, in one
series, with a few short ones at the base. Receptacle narrow, papillose. Florets of the circumference in one or
many series, extremely slender, female ; those of the disc broader, hermaphrodite. Arms of the styles tipped with short
hairy cones. Achenia oblong, striated, liairy or smooth. Pappus of numerous, very slender, rough hairs, in many
series.—The species of Frechiites abound in Austraba and Tasmania; a few are found in South America, and as far
north as the Southern United States. All the New Zealand species are also natives of Tasmania aud Australia.
(Name used by Dioscorides for some species of Senecio.)
§ a. Wliole plant quite smooth and glabrous.
1. Ereclitites p renanthoides,J)C.', glaberrima, caule elato robusto stricto v. flexuoso stria to, foliis
auguste liueari-oblongis acuminatis inferioribus petiolatis caulinis semiamplexicaulibus basi dilatatis
auriculatis argute eroso-dentatis, corymbis ramosis polycephabs, involucri squamis an g u ste linearibus
glaberrimis, flosculis disci 4 -5 -d en ta tis, acheniis bneari-oblongis costatis, costis puberulis apice corona
callosa superatis. BC. Frodr. Senecio tabidus, Ba n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
Yar. /3. minor ; foliis sinuato-lobatis subpinnatifidisve.
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