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tula numerosa, 2—3 cm diam.; involucri squamae 1-seriales, lineares vel 
laneeolatae, glabrae vel parce pubescentes. Achenia matura non visa. 
Pappus mollis, copiosus, albus. — One of the most distinct species added 
to the New Zealand flora of late years. Although allied to S. latifolius, 
it differs widely in habit, in the large cordate leaves, which are never 
lobulate or pinnatifid, but have their margins finely spinulose-serrate, in 
the long terete petioles, and in the larger flower-heads. I have much 
pleasure in dedicating it to its zealous discoverer, who has done ex- 
cellent botanical work in the interior of the North Island of late years. 
— Mr. Turner remarks, ,As far as at present noticed, the plant is 
restricted to the mouth of the Mangaio Gorge and the steep papa cliffs 
of the Wanganui River above and near the junction, but I have found 
only one place at which it can be conveniently reached. It is asso- 
ciated with Ourisia macrophylla, Senecio latifolius, Elatostemma rugosum, 
and Lomaria capensis, and grows only where the cliffs are wet and 
shaded. From a little distance the large bright-green leaves give the 
plant somewhat the appearance of the arum lily.“ — New Zealand: 
North Island: On the faces of wet cliffs by the Upper Wanganui 
River, both above and below the junction of the Mangaio Stream; E. 
Philipps Turner! 
880. Thelymitra Matthewsii Cheeseman, l. c., p. 177. — T. variegata 
Lindl. affinis, sed caule multo breviore, floribus singularibus, gynostemio 
non cristato. — Caulis gracilis, flexuosus, 9—14 cm longus. Folium 
solitarium, 3—6 cm longum, spiraliter contortum, lineare, basi ampliato, 
Bracteae 2. Flos solitarius, ratione plantae magnus, 1—2 cm diametro. 
Perianthium subregulare, patens. Sepala et petala similia, lanceolata 
vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata. Gynostemium breve, bialatum, 
aliis magnis, crassis, clavatis, obtusis, apice non fimbriatis aut lobatis. 
— It is closely allied to the Western Australian T. variegata Lindl., prin- 
cipally differing in the much smaller size, in the solitary flowers, and 
in the golumn-wing scarcely crested on the back behind the anther. 
Mr. Matthews informs me that the remarkable spiral twist or coil in the 
leaves is constant in all the specimens he has seen. This peculiarity is 
also more or less observable in T. variegata. — New Zealand: North 
Island: Mangonui County, low hills between Lake Tongonge and the 
coast; R. H. Matthews! 
881. Olearia Crosby-Smithiana Petrie, l. c., p. 254. — Frutex humilis, 
ramosa, compacta, 4—6 dem. alta. Folia anguste linearia, 4 9 cm 
longa, 2 mm lata, marginibus forte revolutis; costa media inferiore valde 
prominente. — Paniculae summos ramulos versus dispositae; capitula 
parva, pauca, flores paucos gerentia. — New Zealand: The Hump 
(3,500 ft), south of Lake Hauroko. — I am indebted to Mr. J. Crosby 
Smith, F. L. S., of Invercargill, for a number of fruiting specimens of 
this most distinct species. The narrow-linear strongly ribbed leaves 
and the small slender inflorescence are very different from those of any 
other native species. Its nearest ally is O. lacunosa Hook. f. It was 
