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Compositæ.

Olearia angustifolia, Hook. fil., var. (Olearia operina, Hook f. l. c. 731; Eurybia operina, Forst. F. Muell. l.c.)

Leaves very variable in size, obovate-acute to ovate-obtuse, 1—3 inches long, 1/2—1 inch broad, very coriaceous. Peduncles none or short, with a few lax bracts. Flowers large, purple; single flowering, in succession over a lengthened period. Achenes ribbed, silky. Pappus robust; purple on the upper half, pale yellow on the lower. More closely allied to O. angustifolia than to O. operina.

*Olearia semidentata, Decaisne, (Pl. XIV).

Described by Mr. H. H. Travers as a beautiful shrub 1—3 feet high, having masses of dark purple flowers, and generally growing in damp places.

The leaves of young plants are very close set and narrow, differing in this

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Myosotidium Nobile, Hook.

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1.Veronica Chathamica. n.s. 2.Germanium Traversii, Hook.fil

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Olearia Semidentata, Decaisne.

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respect from young plants of O. operina and O. angustifolia, to both of which it is allied.

*Olearia traversii, F. Muell.

Nat. name—Akeake; 20—30 feet high, and sometimes 2 feet in diameter. This may be considered as the only valuable timber tree in the islands, being durable and not subject to the attacks of insects.

  • Brachycome sinclairi, Hook. fil.

  • Cotula coronopifolia, Linn.

  • *(Myriogyne) featherstonii, F. Muell.

  • lanata, Hook. fil.

  • Craspedia fimbriata, DC.

  • Gnaphalium bellidioides, Hook. fil.

  • filicaule, Hook, fil.

  • luteo-album, Linn.

  • involucratum, Forst.

  • collinum, Labill.

  • Erechtites prenanthoides, DC.

  • scaberula, Hook. fil.

  • quadridentatus, DC.

  • Senecio lautus, Forst.

  • " Forst., var. radiolatus (S. radiolatus, F. Muell., l. c.).

A broader leaved var. of this species than that from the Chatham Islands has since been collected by Mr. Travers on the Brothers Rocks, Cook Strait. The leaves are remarkably thick and fleshy, and only show membranous, as stated in the Handb. N.Z. Flora, p. 734, after drying.

  • *Senecio huntii, F. Muell. Nat. name—Rautine. (F. Muell., l. c.)

  • Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf.

  • Sonchus oleraceus, Linn.

  • Wahlenbergia gracilis, A.DC.

  • Lobelia anceps, Thunb.

  • Pratia macrodon, Hook. fil.

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