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260 NOTES ON SOME COMPOSIT.E OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.
boge-yellow. The plant is microphvUine ; leaf under j in. long and
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in. broad, linear-oblong, obtuse, shining above.
2. C. Vaiivllliersii, Hook. f. Signal Hill, N.E. valley, Dunedin
December, in flower, W. L. L. Larger-leaved and with handsomer
white flower than /wfoi^/a. Ascends to elevations of 3.500 feet, e.g.
on Mount Egmont (Buchanan).
All the three species of Cassinia above named are more or less orna-
mental, especially in cultivation, being hardy evergreens, with coriace-
ous leaves (Heath-like in leptojj/ii/Ua) , the fiovfevs supplying "an abun-
dant nectar for bees" (Buchanan).
Genus IV. Celmisia.
1. C. corlacea, Hook. f. The " Cotton-plant," according to Bu-
chanan ; the " Leather-plant," according to Hector, of Otago ; the
" Cotton-grass" or " plant," or " Leather-plant," of Nelson and other
provinces ; terms, hoAvever, applied apparently also to other species of
Celmisia. The " Tikumu" of the North Island Maori (Colenso).
The leaves are covered with a down similar in its character and uses
to that of the " Kaha-Kaha"* [genus Astelia, N. 0. Liliacece]. Spe-
cimens of the " dressed fibre" of the leaf and of native cloth manufac-
tured therefrom were shown in the N. Z. Exhibition of 186.5.
Of a total of 24 New Zealand species of Celmisia, at least 14 occur
in Otago ; that is, more than one-half of the whole.
Genus Y. Microsbris.
1. M. Forsteri, Hook. f. In moist shady places about Fairfield,
Saddlehill; marshes, Abbott's creek, Greenisland; October to Decem-
ber, in flower, W. L. L.
Leaves apt to be infested by the parasitic ^cidium Otagense, Lind.
(Observ. Otago Lichens and Fungi, Trans. Royal Society of Edin., vol.
xxiv. p. 432, plate xxx. figs. 71-4).
Genus YI. Craspedia.
1. C.fimhriata,T)Q. Uplands about base of Saddlehill ; December,
in flower, W. L, L. \
A slender plant. Tomentura very sparing on any part of it ; fringe
of white tomeutum on leaf either very slight or absent. Leaf generally
under 3 in. long and f in. broad, tapering into a slender petiole about
or under 1 in. long ; lamina broadly spathulate, glabrous ; tendency to
irregular sUbcreimlation of margin ; dries to a blackish-green. Head
under 2 in. in diameter.
* 'Jurors' Reports,' N. Z. Exhib. 1865, p. 126.
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