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284 very short. Pappus 1-seriate. Achenes striate, silky.—''Kirk. Forest Fl. t. 34; Students' Fl.'' 267. Eurybia Traversii, ''F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is.'' 19, t. 2.

11. O. furfuracea, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 125.—A much-branched shrub or small tree 8–20 ft. high; branches stout, spreading; younger ones terete or grooved, velvety-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 2–4 in. long, 1½–2½ in. broad, variable in shape, oblong or elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or rarely acute, rounded and often unequal at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath clothed with densely appressed smooth and silvery tomentum; margins flat or undulate, entire or remotely sinuate-toothed; veins reticulated on both surfaces or obscure beneath; petiole stout, ½–1 in. long. Corymbs large, much-branched, on long slender peduncles. Heads very numerous, ⅓ in. long, narrowturbinate; scales of the involucre in several series, imbricate, oblong, villous or fimbriate. Florets 5–12; ray-florets 2–5, with a short broad ray; disc-florets 3–7. Pappus-hairs often thickened and fimbriate at the tips, outer hairs short. Acheues small, faintly striate, pubescent.—Kirk, Students Fl. 267. Eurybia furfuracea, D.C. Prodr. v. 267; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 117. Haxtonia furfuracea, ''A. Cunn. Prccur.'' n. 440. Shawia furfuracea, Raoul, Choix, 45. Aster furfuraceus, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 246.

12. O. Allomii, ''T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' iii. (1871) 179.—A dwarf sparingly branched shrub 1–3 ft. high; branches stout, and with the inflorescence and leaves beneath clothed with smooth and shining silvery tomentum. Leaves alternate, rather close-set, 1–2 in. long, ¾–1½ in. wide, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, truncate or rounded and often unequal at the base, shortly petiolate, excessively thick and coriaceous; veins reticulated above, midrib prominent below. Corymbs longer than the leaves, branched. Heads large, ½ in. diam., or even more when fully expanded; involucre broadly turbinate; scales laxly imbricate, tomentose, obtuse. Florets 15–20; rays about 8. Pappus-hairs unequal. Achenes grooved, hispid.—Students' Fl. 271.

Great Barrier Island, not uncommon, ascending to 2500 ft., Kirk! November–December.