Olearid capillaris, Buchanan. n. s.

A small slender-branched shrub. Branches, panicles, and petioles covered with closely appressed buff tomentum. Leaves ¾–1 in. long, membranous ovate, obtuse or acuminate, nearly entire, covered below with silvery white tomentum, young leaves silky above. Heads few, in lax open corymbs. Florets 8–12. Pedicels long, very narrow, hair-like. Panicles of 3–5 heads, sometimes 5 in. long. Achene with a few scattered forked hairs.

Closely related to O. nitida, Hook. f.

Hab.—Nelson Mountains, altitude 4000 feet.

Collected by Henry H. Travers.