very short. Pappus 1-seriate. Achenes striate, silky.—Kirk. Forest Fl. t. 34; Students' Fl. 267. Eurybia Traversii, F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. 19, t. 2.
Chatham Islands: Abundant in woods. Akeake. October–November.
A well-marked plant, easily recognised by the opposite leaves, axillary panicles, and discoid heads.
11. O. furfuracea, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 125.—A much-branched shrub or small tree 8–20 ft. high; branches stout, spreading; younger ones terete or grooved, velvety-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 2–4 in. long, 1½–2½ in. broad, variable in shape, oblong or elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or rarely acute, rounded and often unequal at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath clothed with densely appressed smooth and silvery tomentum; margins flat or undulate, entire or remotely sinuate-toothed; veins reticulated on both surfaces or obscure beneath; petiole stout, ½–1 in. long. Corymbs large, much-branched, on long slender peduncles. Heads very numerous, ⅓ in. long, narrowturbinate; scales of the involucre in several series, imbricate, oblong, villous or fimbriate. Florets 5–12; ray-florets 2–5, with a short broad ray; disc-florets 3–7. Pappus-hairs often thickened and fimbriate at the tips, outer hairs short. Acheues small, faintly striate, pubescent.—Kirk, Students Fl. 267. Eurybia furfuracea, D.C. Prodr. v. 267; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 117. Haxtonia furfuracea, A. Cunn. Prccur. n. 440. Shawia furfuracea, Raoul, Choix, 45. Aster furfuraceus, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 246.
North Island: Abundant from the North Cape to Hawke's Bay and Taranaki. Wharangipiro; Akepiro. November–February.
A very common plant to the north of the East Cape, varying greatly in the size, shape, and texture of the leaves, the size of the flower-heads, and the number of florets. Two forms may perhaps be distinguished, one with broad heads containing 8–12 florets, the other with much narrower heads and 4 to 8 florets. To this state Mr. Kirk gives the varietal name of angustata.
12. O. Allomii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iii. (1871) 179.—A dwarf sparingly branched shrub 1–3 ft. high; branches stout, and with the inflorescence and leaves beneath clothed with smooth and shining silvery tomentum. Leaves alternate, rather close-set, 1–2 in. long, ¾–1½ in. wide, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, truncate or rounded and often unequal at the base, shortly petiolate, excessively thick and coriaceous; veins reticulated above, midrib prominent below. Corymbs longer than the leaves, branched. Heads large, ½ in. diam., or even more when fully expanded; involucre broadly turbinate; scales laxly imbricate, tomentose, obtuse. Florets 15–20; rays about 8. Pappus-hairs unequal. Achenes grooved, hispid.—Students' Fl. 271.
North Island: Great Barrier Island, not uncommon, ascending to 2500 ft., Kirk! November–December.
