Flora of New Zealand Series

G. trinerve as described by Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1853, 138 non Forst. f. Prodr. 1786, 55.

Type locality: probably Milford Sound. Type: K, probably collected by Lyall.

Main stems prostrate, up to 1 m. long, woody, 2-5 mm. diam.; branches decumbent, flowering portions ascending, tomentose. Lvs sessile, 1∙5-3 cm. × 5-10 mm., obovate-apiculate, us. mucronate; margins slightly revolute; upper surface glab. when mature, lower with appressed white tomentum; midrib us. evident below, lateral veins invisible or obscure. Infl. of few tomentose bracteate branchlets; capitula seldom > 10, c. 1∙5 cm. diam.; receptacle c. 4 mm. diam., often distinctly concave with raised centre, closely alveolate. Phyll. c. 7 mm. long, white, clawed. Achenes linear-oblong, c. 1 mm. long. Pappus 3-4 mm. long, of c. 10 hairs.

DIST.: S., St. Lowland in wet shaded places west of divide, mainly coastal. Also reported from Rimutaka Range, Kirk.

FL. 10-1. FT. 11-2.

The type specimen of G. hookeri (mounted on the upper part of the same sheet as a larger specimen which is the type of G. trinerve Forst. f.) agrees with Hooker's description of G. trinerve: "Leaves 1/2-3/4 inch long, obovate-spathulate, obscurely 3-nerved or nerveless, abruptly acuminate with a sharp mucro." Well agreeing with type of G. hookeri is BD 55314, Five-finger Peninsula, Resolution Id, H. H. Allan.