fact, the whole plant has the appearance of a woolly cushion marked with mamillated projections corresponding to the tips of the branches. The flower heads are sunk in the top of these projections, and are almost hidden by the woolly hairs of the leaves. For a detailed account of the vegetative organs of the plant, and its minute anatomy, reference should be made to a paper by Miss E. Low in the Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxxii. 150.
2. H. recurva, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 156.—Forming laxly branched masses 3–9 in. broad, everywhere covered with soft dense fulvous or rufous wool; branches spreading, open, with the leaves ½–¾ in. diam. Leaves laxly imbricating, ½–¾ in. long, obovate or obovate-spathulate, sharply recurved about the middle; the lower half loosely sheathing the branch, thin and membranous, veined, clothed with long woolly hairs; the upper half thicker, with the superior surface much puckered and wrinkled, with corresponding reticulations beneath, both surfaces covered with densely compacted wool. Heads ½–¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts in one series, linear, erect, densely woolly on the outside, glabrous within.
Achene glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus-hairs free or very obscurely connate at the base.—Kirk, Students Fl. 296.
South Island: Nelson—Mount Peel, T. F. C.; Wairau Gorge, Sinclair, T. F. C.; Discovery Peaks, Travers; Clarence Valley, T. F. C. Marlborough—Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan! Canterbury—Mount Torlesse and mountains of the Broken River basin, Haast, Enys! Petrie! Cockayne! T. F. C.; Mount White, Armstrong! Usually on dry shingle slopes. 4000–6500 ft. December–January.
3. H. Sinclairii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 156.—Loosely tufted, much or sparingly branched, often simple. Branches decumbent or suberect, 3–9 in. long. Leaves erect or rarely spreading, laxly imbricating, ½–¾ in. long, oblong-obovate or rounded-obovate, flat, everywhere densely clothed with white or pale fulvous wool, thin and membranous towards the base, 5–7-veined when the wool is removed, upper portion thicker and slightly rugose. Heads large, ¾–1¼ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 2 series, with scarious tips, linear or linear-obovate, outer densely woolly, the inner nearly glabrous. Achene linear-oblong, smooth and glabrous, not ribbed. Pappus-hairs free to the base.—Ic. Plant. t. 1003; Kirk, Students' Fl. 296. H. montana. Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 215.
South Island: Not uncommon on dry shingle slopes in alpine localities from Nelson to the west of Otago. 4000–6500 ft. December–January.
Allied to the preceding, but distinguishable by the less-branched habit, paler wool, flat leaves, and larger heads.
4. H. Greenii, Hook. f. ex T. Kirk Students' Fl. 296.—"Densely tufted, about 2 in. high; stems with the leaves ⅓ in. diam. Leaves densely imbricating all round the stem, ⅕ in. long, obovate-cuneate, rounded at the tip, thickly clothed on both surfaces with long straight hairs which meet beyond the margin and completely hide the leaves. Flowers unknown."
