many, linear, 1–2 in. long. Heads 1–2 in. diam.; involucral bracts very numerous, in many series, linear-subulate, glabrous or pubescent, viscid; tips recurved. Eays long and narrow, twisted when withering. Achene narrow-linear, equalling the pappus, silky, strongly ribbed.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 282.
South Island: Canterbury—Mountains at the head of Lake Ohau, Haast! Otago—Lake district, Hector and Buchanan! Kurow and Mount Ida Ranges, Mount St. Bathans, Mihiwaka, Petrie! 800–3000 ft. December–February.
Best recognised by the obtuse linear-oblong crenate-dentate leaves and numerous involucral bracts and florets. It has been recorded from the Tararua Range, in the North Island, but I have seen no specimens from thence.
11. C. discolor, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 123.—Stems branched below; branches short or long, prostrate or suberect, usually densely clothed with the old persistent leaves. Leaves crowded, imbricating, very variable in size and shape, 1–2½ in. long, ¼–½ in. wide, oblong-spathulate to linear, obtuse or acute, entire or serrulate, very coriaceous to almost membranous, viscid, glabrous or hoary above, clothed with appressed white tomentum beneath, broad or narrow at the base, sometimes almost petiolate; sheaths ⅓–½ as long as the blade, glabrous. Scapes 1 or several, 2–8 in. long, very slender, viscid and glandular-pubescent; bracts usually several, linear-subulate. Heads ¾–1½ in. diam.; involucral bracts linearsubulate, viscid, usually glandular-pubescent, outer with recurved tips. Rays narrow, spreading. Achene silky.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 131; Kirk, Students' Fl. 283. Erigeron novæ-zealandiæ, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 287, t. 15.
South Island: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. Altitudinal range 2500 ft. to 5000 ft. December–February.
One of the most variable species of the genus. Large much-branched states approach C. Walkeri; short and broad-leaved forms come very near to C. incana; and states with large membranous leaves appear to pass directly into C. Sinclairii.
12. C. incana, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 123, t. 34a.—Rhizome prostrate; branches short, stout, densely clothed with the old persistent leaves. Leaves numerous, crowded, 1–2½ in. long, ½–¾ in. broad, oblong-spathulate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, entire or minutely serrulate, plaited or furrowed above, both surfaces or the lower alone thickly coated with lax snow-white soft tomentum; sheaths ½ as long as the blade, thin and membranous, grooved, glabrous or slightly cottony. Scapes 1–3, stout, 3–9 in. high, tomentose; bracts many, linear. Heads ¾–1½ in. diam.; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glandular-pubescent and viscid; the outer often recurved. Rays numerous, spreading. Achene linear, silky, about equalling the pappus.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 131; Kirk, Students Fl. 284. C. robusta. Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 215, t. 18.
