. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ear-oblong, round on the tip, apiculate,covered on the upper third on both sides with white, loose, silky wool, veinsreticulate. Heads small, i inch across, involucral scales J inch long, in 3series of 8-9 each series, linear, or narrow-oblong, acuminate or obtuse,scarcely radiating at tip, inner series very narrow, the whole shining, pale-yellow, florets numerous, 50-60, receptacle flat, pappus hairs few, slender,pilose, not thickened at the tips. Achene glabrous, with a thickened areoleat the base. The silvery open foliage and sca
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ear-oblong, round on the tip, apiculate,covered on the upper third on both sides with white, loose, silky wool, veinsreticulate. Heads small, i inch across, involucral scales J inch long, in 3series of 8-9 each series, linear, or narrow-oblong, acuminate or obtuse,scarcely radiating at tip, inner series very narrow, the whole shining, pale-yellow, florets numerous, 50-60, receptacle flat, pappus hairs few, slender,pilose, not thickened at the tips. Achene glabrous, with a thickened areoleat the base. The silvery open foliage and scattered golden-coloured flowers of thissmall swamp-plant, as it is usually found on dark peaty bottoms, is veryattractive. It is evidently in its general featiu-es, and in the pappus hairsnot being swollen at the tips, allied to Raoulia tenuicauUs, Hook, fil., but thelarge reticulate leaves and numerous florets determine its claim as a newspecies of Raoulia, if the large foliage does not ally it more closely to Gna-phalium. TRANS,[,)OI.
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