½–2½ in. long, 18–12 in. broad, narrow linear-lanceolate to oblonglanceolate or spatbulate-lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowed to the base, glabrous above, beneath white with appressed cottony tomentum but with the midrib evident, rarely faintly 3-nerved. Heads small, ⅓ in. diam., in many-flowered corymbs terminating the branches, which are produced into leafy or bracteate cottony peduncles. Involucral bracts numerous, white, radiating; outer cottony at the base. Achene minute, glabrous. Pappus-hairs few, very slender.—Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 138; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 153; Kirk, Students Fl. 298. G. novæ-zealandiæ, Sch. Bip. in Bot. Zeit. iii. (1845) 171. Helichrysum micranthum, A. Cunn. ex D.C. Prodr. vi. 189.
North Island: Abundant by the sides of streams, &c., from Mongonui to Cook Strait. South Island: Nelson, Travers; Wangapeka Valley, T.F.C.; Dusky Bay, Lyall. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October–December.
4. G. subrigidum, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 245.—Stems usually much branched, sometimes almost bushy, erect or decumbent at the base, woody, 9–20 in. long; branches slender, brittle, somewhat rigid, glabrous or cottony at the tips. Leaves close-set, spreading, ½–1¼ in. long, 140–115 in. broad, very narrow-linear or narrow linear-spathulate, acute or apiculate, stiff and coriaceous, glabrous above, white with appressed tomentum beneath, but with the midrib evident; margins recurved. Heads very numerous, ⅓–½ in. diam., in broad many-flowered corymbs at the ends of the branches; pedicels usually very slender, almost capillary, white and cottony. Involucral bracts white and radiating. Achene and pappus as in G. Keriense.—G. Keriense var. linifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 138; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 153; Kirk, Students' Fl. 298.
North Island: Dry rocky banks from the East Cape and Taupo to Wanganui; not uncommon. Sea-level to 2000 ft. October–December.
This has generally been treated as a variety of G. Keriense, from which it differs in the more rigid erect and bushy habit, much narrower stiff and coriaceous leaves with recurved margins, and almost capillary pedicels. It deviates quite as much from G. Keriense as Lyallii and trinerve do, and for the sake of consistency should be considered as distinct, unless the four species are merged into one.
5. G. Traversii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 154.—A dwarf tufted perennial herb 1–4 in. high, simple or branched below, sometimes forming small patches. Leaves radical, petiolate, ⅓–2 in. long, linear-spathulate or linear-obovate, clothed on both surfaces with soft cottony wool, petiole long or short. Scapes erect, variable in length, ½–3 in., white with cottony wool; bracts 1–3, linear. Head solitary, terminal, ⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 series, erect, linear, obtuse, pale brownish-yellow, scarious and hyaline, shining; outer shorter and broader, cottony at the base. Female
