crowded at the ends of the branches, 3–7 in. long, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed to a broad sessile base, quite entire, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with thin appressed white tomentum beneath; veins reticulated. Panicles terminal, erect, 4–9 in. long; peduncles and pedicels densely glandularpubescent, lower bracts foliaceous. Heads numerous, ½–¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts about 12, linear-oblong, obtuse, glandularpubescent. Ray-florets 12–15, yellow; ligules narrow, contorted. Disc-florets 20–30; limb campanulate, 5-lobed. Achenes oblong, grooved, glabrous. Pappus-hairs dirty-white, short, scabrid.—S. Muelleri, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 360; Students Fl. 346.
Hekekopere Island (in Foveaux Strait): C. Traill, Kirk! The Snares: Kirk! December–January.
This is clearly identical with Armstrong's S. Stewartiæ, a name which has two years' priority over the S. Muelleri of Kirk. It is very closely allied to the preceding species, but the leaves are more acuminate, and the tomentum of tha under-surface is whiter, while the narrow contorted rays are quite unlike the short broad ones of S. Huntii.
19. S. laxifolius, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. (1870) 89.—A small diffusely branched shrub 1–4 ft. high; branchlets, leaves beneath, and inflorescence densely clothed with white cottony tomentum. Leaves usually close-set, on slender petioles ½–1½ in. long; blade 1–2½ in., lanceolate or oblong -lanceolate or elliptic lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous above or slightly cottony when young, coriaceous, quite entire. Panicle terminal, long and narrow, lax; peduncles and pedicels slender, cottony; lower bracts foliaceous. Heads ¾ in. diam., broad-campanulate; involucral bracts 12–15, linear-oblong, acute, tomentose, with broad scarious margins. Ray-florets 12–15, long and narrow, yellow. Disc-florets numerous. Achenes oblong, grooved, glabrous.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 347.
South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Owen, T.F.C.; Wairau Gorge, Bryant, T.F.C.; Spencer Mountains, Gibbs; Discovery Peaks, Travers! Fowler's Pass, Kirk! 2500–3000 ft. December–February.
20. S. Greyii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 148, t. 38.—A small spreading shrub 2–8 ft. high; branches stout, woody, terete; branchlets, under-surface of leaves, and petioles densely clothed with appressed soft white tomentum. Leaves on slender petioles ½–1½ in. long; blade 1½–3½ in., oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse, rounded and often unequal at the base, coriaceous, quite entire, upper surface glabrous except a cottony line at the margin; midrib prominent beneath. Corymbs large, terminal, 2–5 in. broad, much branched; peduncles and pedicels glandular-pubescent; bracts numerous, the lower ones foliaceous; the upper narrower, lanceo-
