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Helichyrsum.]

14. H. Selago, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 311.—A small much-branched shrub 6–15 in. high; branchlets stout, crowded, with the leaves ⅛–⅙ in. diam. Leaves minute, closely appressed to the branch, densely imbricating in about 5 or 6 series, $1⁄10$–$1⁄8$ in. long, ovate-triangular, obtuse or subacute, thick and coriaceous in the upper part, membranous below, concave and woolly on the inner face, polished and obtusely keeled on the back. Heads terminal, solitary, sessile, ¼ in. diam.; involucral bracts in 3 series, linear-oblong; the outer obtuse, tomentose at the base; the inner subacute, coriaceous below, with short scarious spreading tips. Florets 35–45; females few, in 1 series. Achene puberulous. Pappus-hairs few, not thickened at the tips.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 312. Ozothamnus Selago, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' ii. 332; ''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 147.

15. H. coralloides, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 311.—A short stout much-branched shrub 4–12 in. high, hard and woody below; branches spreading, cylindrical, ⅓ in. diam., densely tomentose between the leaves, which resemble tubercles on their surface. Leaves closely appressed to the branch, imbricated in many series, ⅕–¼ in. long, oblong, obtuse, very thick and coriaceous towards the tip, membranous below, inner face concave and densely clothed with long woolly tomentum, back convex or obscurely keeled, glabrous and polished. Heads ¼–⅓ in. diam., terminal, solitary, sunk amongst the uppermost leaves; involucral bracts in about 3 series, linear-oblong, rigid and cartilaginous at the base; tips thinner, scarious, often recurved. Florets numerous; female few, in one series. Achene pubescent. Pappus-hairs few, stout, slightly thickened above.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 312. Ozothamnus coralloides, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' ii. 332; ''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 147.