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Celmisia.] flat above, convex on the back; sheath usually longer and broader than the blade, membranous, silky or villous. Head sunk among the leaves at the tip of the branch, very rarely exserted, ½–1 in. diam.; involucral bracts few, linear-subulate, scarious, cottony or the inner glabrate. Rays few, narrow, spreading. Achene silky.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 292.

39. C. argentea, T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 292.—Habit of C. sessiliflora, but more slender and much more branched; branches longer, 2–5 in., erect, ¼–½ in. diam. Leaves numerous, crowded, densely imbricated, ¼–½ in. long including the sheath, $1⁄30$ in. wide, linear-subulate, acute or subacute, coriaceous, flat or concave above, rounded on the back; sheaths longer and much broader than the blade, membranous, clothed with long silky hairs on the margins and back but often nearly glabrous in front. Head ¼–½ in. diam., deeply sunk among the leaves at the tip of the branch; involucral bracts few, linear, glabrate or slightly silky. Rays few, short. Achene silky.—C. sessiliflora var. minor, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xv. (1883) 359.

40. C. bellidioides, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 135.—Rootstock much-branched, prostrate; branches numerous, much-divided, creeping and rooting at the base, erect at the tips. Leaves usually close-set, spreading, ¼–⅓ in. long, $1⁄8$–$1⁄6$ in. broad, linear-oblong or linear-spathulate, obtuse, gradually narrowed into rather short cottony petioles, coriaceous, veinless, green and glabrous on both surfaces; margins flat, entire or obscurely toothed. Scapes from near the tips of the branches, slender, 1–2 in. long, glabrous or slightly cottony; bracts numerous, leafy. Head ¾ in. diam.; involucral bracts few, narrow linear-oblong, acute or subacute, green with usually purple margins, glabrous. Rays numerous, spreading. Achene densely silky.—Kirk, Students Fl. 292.