6. H. fasciculatum, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. (1877) 529, t. 19.—Densely tufted, much branched below, forming small patches 1–2 in. high; branches with the leaves ½ in. diam. or more. Leaves closely imbricated, erect or spreading at the tips, ¼–½ in. long, oblong-lanceolate or narrow obovate-lanceolate, acute, narrowed towards the base, clothed on both surfaces with white silvery tomentum, which becomes loose and cottony towards the base, grooved beneath. Heads in fascicles of 2–4 at the tips of the branches, sessile, ⅓–½in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3 series, scarious, linear-oblong, obtuse, tomentose on the back, the inner with white radiating tips. Eeceptacle narrow, hispid. Florets 12–20; female few, in 1 series. Achene silky, with a thickened areole at the base. Pappus-hairs few, slightly thickened above.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 310.
North Island: Tararua Mountains, H. B. Travers! South Island: Nelson—Mount Starveall, Bryant ("Students' Flora"). 4000–5000 ft. December–January.
I have seen very imperfect specimens of this, which is evidently a very distinct species. The silvery foliage is much like that of Raoulia grandiflora.
7. H. Loganii, T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 310.—"Forming pulvinate masses 6–12 in. diam. Branches slender, woody at the base, with the leaves ⅓–⅜ in. diam., the whole plant clothed with soft white or greenish-white wool. Leaves densely imbricating, ¼ in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the tip or subacute, membranous, 3-nerved, tips recurved, clothed with long soft hairs, which are restricted to a dense tuft above projecting beyond the margin. Heads ½–¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3 series, oblong, mostly obtuse, the outer villous, the inner broader, glabrate, scarious, pale, not radiating. Achene compressed, covered with long silky hairs. Pappus-hairs barbellate, irregularly thickened towards the apex."—Haastia Loganii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 350, t. 30, f. 3.
South Island: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, Buchanan! T. P. Arnold! 4000–5000 ft.
The above description is Mr. Kirk's. I much regret that I have had no opportunity of examining good specimens, particularly as an old and very imperfect fragment in Mr. Buchanan's herbarium seems to show that the heads are fascicled, and not solitary, as might be supposed from the original description and plate.
8. H. Leontopodium, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 141, t. 37b.—Stems much branched, decumbent and woody at the base, erect or ascending at the tips, 2–8 in. high. Leaves densely imbricate, erect or rarely patent, ⅓–¾ in. long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, clothed on both surfaces with appressed shining silvery tomentum, striate when dry. Peduncles stout, terminating the branches, more or less densely clothed with imbricating bracts.
