Celmisia.]
COMPOSITÆ.
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††† Leaves 3–18 in. × 112–34 in., narrow-linear to linear or linear-lanceolate or linear-ensiform. | |
a. Leaves very rigid and coriaceous. | |
Leaves 6–18 in. × ¼–⅓ in., ensiform, acute, ribbed above, beneath with satiny appressed tomentum. Midrib very stout | 26. C. Armstrongii. |
Leaves 6–18 in. × ½–¾ in., dagger-shaped, narrowed to an acuminate rigid tip, upper surface with 2 stout longitudinal plaits, white and silvery beneath; midrib not evident | 27. C. Petriei. |
Leaves 9–18 in. × ¼–⅓ in., narrow-ensiform, tapering into an almost pungent point, even or finely grooved above, white beneath | 28. C. Lyallii. |
Leaves 3–5 in. × ¼ in., linear, viscid, grooved on both surfaces, white with appressed tomentum beneath. Scape and involucre viscid | 29. C. viscosa. |
b. Leaves not rigid, coriaceous or almost membranous. | |
Leaves 3–12 in. × ⅓–¾ in., linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, grooved above, white with appressed tomentum beneath. Scape stout, and with the involucre woolly and cottony | 30. C. Monroi. |
Leaves 6–18 in. × ½–1 in., linear-lanceolate, membranous, flat above, with soft white tomentum beneath. Scape slender, and with the involucre glabrate or slightly cottony | 31. C. Adamsii. |
Leaves 3–18 in. × 112–13 in., narrow-linear, coriaceous or membranous; margins recurved or flat. Scape usually slender | 32. C. longifolia. |
†††† Small species. Leaves ½–3 in. × 120–13 in. (sometimes 3–4 in. in C. linearis), variable in shape. | |
Leaves 1–4 in. × 16–15 in., narrow-linear; margins recurved. Scape stout, densely woolly | 33. C. linearis. |
Leaves ⅓–1 in. × 120 in., acerose, pungent, silvery beneath. Scape very slender | 34. C. laricifolia. |
Leaves ½–1 in. × 16–14 in., linear-spathulate, silky on both surfaces. Scape stout, tomentose and villous | 35. C. Hectori. |
Leaves 1–1½ in. × ¼–⅓ in., linear-oblong, clothed with long silky hairs on both surfaces. Scape stout, densely villous | 36. C. Macmahoni. |
Leaves ⅓–1 in. × 18–14 in., lanceolate, acute, white beneath. Scape slender, glabrate or slightly cottony | 37. C. parva. |
††††† Small, densely tufted species. Leaves 15–1 in., very narrow-linear, densely imbricating round the stem and forming a hard rosette. Heads sessile among the uppermost leaves. | |
Leaves ⅓–1 in. × 112 in., linear-subulate. Head –1 in. diam. | 38. C. sessiliflora. |
Leaves ⅓–½ in. × 130 in., narrow linear-subulate. Head ¼–½ in. | 39. C. argentea. |
*** Leaves entire or serrate, perfectly glabrous on both surfaces, or with minute glandular pubescence only. | |
Leaves ¼–⅔ in. × 13–16 in., linear-spathulate, obtuse, green and glabrous, narrowed into short cottony petioles | 40. C. bellidioides. |
Leaves ½–1½ in. × ¼–½ in., oblong- spathulate, acute, serrate, glandular-pubescent | 41. C. glandulosa. |