incrassatis lævibus glaberrimis. Pappus rigidus, multisetosus, sub-biserialis, rufus, v. pallide stramineus, setis subpaleaceis inæqualibus scabris v. barbellatis. Achænium elongato-obconicum v. oblongo-cylindraceum, basi attenuatum, estipitatum, nudum, pilosum, v. setis appressis hispidum. Flor. Disci. Corolla tubulosa, plus minusve elongata et infundibuliformis, tubo terete glabra v. piloso ut in fl. radii, limbo 5-fido, segmentis patenti-revolutis obtusis, marginibus incrassatis, apicibus extus glabris v. barbatis. Antheræ cohærentes, basi integerrimæ, ecaudatæ, rarius breviter biaristatæ, v. in appendices abbreviatas productæ. Pollen globosum, echinulatum, luteum. Stylus teres, elongatus, ramis brevioribus quam in floribus radii, primum linearibus marginibus incrassatis glaberrimis, deinde sublatioribus in conum brevem v. elongatum intus planum nudum dorso convexo marginibusque papillosis productis, papillis interdum elongatis. Pappus tubo subæquilongus et achænium ut in floribus radii.—Herbæ speciosæ Australasicæ, et insularum Tasmaniæ, Novæ Zelandiæ et Antarcticarum incolæ, albido-lanatæ seu sericeæ, rarius glaberrimæ. Folia pleraque radicalia, lanceolata v. linearia, rarius oblonga. Caules seu Scapi erecti, foliosi, apice capitulum solitarium gerentes.
Subgen. Ionopsis, Hook. fil. (non H.B.K. nec DeCand.) Involucri squamæ lineares obtusæ. Receptaculum convexum, subhemisphæricum. Flores disci intense purpurai.—Herba tota glaberrima, nitens, quasi vernicosa seu polita.
1. Celmisia vernicosa, Hook. fil.; acaulis, subsurculosa, foliis radicalibus numerosissimis stellatim-patentibus linearibus acutis mucronatis coriaceis remote subserratis rigidis glaberrimis vernicosis marginibus revolutis, costa subtus latissima, scapo foliaceo vaginato, capituli disco purpureo, styli florum disci ramis acutis. (Tab. XXVI. & XXVII.)
Hab. Lord Auckland's group; on banks and rocky places near the tops of the hills, alt. 1200 feet, and near the sea on the exposed islets. Campbell's Island; abundant in the immediate neighbourhood of the sea.
Radix subfusiformis, elongata, obliqua, hic illic fibrosa, superne punctis elevatis copiosis cicatricata; collo rigide setoso e reliquiis foliorum emortuorum, et non raro surculoso; surculis (an scapis abortivis?) ramos simulantibus simplicibus 2 uncias ad spithamæum longis fibrosis foliis superioribus majoribus. Folia radicalia, numerosissima, læte viridia, imbricata, plerumque horizontaliter et stellatim patentia, unciam ad 3-4 uncias longa, 1-3 lineas lata, linearia, seu lineari-subulata, coriacea, rigida, mucronato-acuta, integerrima v. remote et obscure serrata, glaberrima, nitida, quasi vernicosa, margine revoluta, basi dilatata membranacea, superne ad costam linea depressa, subtus costa latissima prominente. Scapi radicales, 1-10-13, adscendentes, demum erecti, spithamæi fere ad pedalem, foliosi, foliis (v. bracteis foliaceis) approximatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis basi vaginantibus subsucculentis apicibus rigidis vernicosis. Capitulum solitarium, erectum, majusculum, unciam ad sesqui-unciam latum, radiatum, roseo-album, disco intense purpureo. Involucrum plano-hemisphæricum, e squamis s. foliolis biserialibus linearibus obtusiusculis coriaceo-membranaceis rigidis nitidis linea dorsali notatis, marginibus subciliatis viridibus apice purpureis, 4—5 lineas longis. Flores radii sub-20, fœminei; ligula lineari- oblonga, 4-nervis, revoluta, apice obscure 2-3-dentata, tubo brevi hirsuto, pilis articulatis. Styli rami lineares, breviusculi, obtusi, albidi, eglandulosi. Achænium (vix maturum) obconicum, sericeo-setosum. Pappus e setis rigidis subpaleaceis pilosis uniserialibus. Flores disci numerosi, compacti, hermaphroditi. Achænium et pappus ut in floribus radii. Corolla tubulosa, infundibuliformis, superne ventricosa, teres, 5-fida, segmentis apice reflexis, tubo hirto, pilis ut in floribus radii. Antheræ 5, in tubum connatæ, lineari-oblongæ flavæ, basi breviter bisetosæ, inclusæ. Styli rami exserti, breviusculi, purpurei, dilatati, compressi, plano convexi, acuti, ad apicem dorso marginibusque glanduloso-stigmatosi, intus nudi. Receptaculum parvum, nudum, convexum, depresso-punctatum, epaleaceum.
This is a very handsome plant, to which even the beautiful drawing now prepared for publication hardly does justice, one of the specimens gathered on Campbell's Island measuring nearly a span across the leaves,
