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corolla per-anguste infundibuliformis, 1—11/ cm longa, recta; stamina 
glabra. — New Zealand: Mouth of Oreti River, Southland. — In com- 
mon with the preceding species described in this paper, the present 
plant was collected by Mr. J. Crosby Smith, F. L. S. His zealous and 
fortunate collecting is revealing in the south-western region of the 
South Island a more distinctive and varied flora than has hitherto been 
supposed to occur there. The Fiord County, with its many high ranges 
of hills, is especially worthy of exploration, but difficulties of travel have 
made it almost impracticable. Now that these difficulties are being in 
part removed, our knowledge of the alpine plants of the region must 
steadily improve, and to Mr. Crosby Smith and his fellow-workers in 
the South we must look for a fuller knowledge of them. 
886. Muehlenbeckia Astoni Petrie, 1. c., p. 257, plate II. — Frutex erectus, 
ad 15 dem. altus, caules complures lignosos, rectos, teretes, brunneos, trans- 
versim + 8 mm latos emittens; tertia caulis parte summa tantummodo 
ramosa; ramis multitoties in ramulos tenues, flexuosos, leves, brunneos, 
divaricantes et intricate implicatos divisus; internodiis brevibus. — Folia 
parva, pauca, terna v. bina in ramulis lateralibus valde decurtatis insita, 
magnitudine variabilia, 3—9 mm lata, paene aeque longa, plerumque 
late obcordato-cuneata, tenuia, glabra, integra, apice late incisa; petiolis 
gracillimis, laminas fere aequantibus. — Flores minuti, subglomerati, 
unisexuales (ut videtur) in extremis ramulis lateralibus foliosis insiti. 
— Fructum haud vidi. — New Zealand: Palliser Bay, near Orongo- 
rongo, and Wainuiomata. Collected by Mr. B. C. Aston, who informs 
me that the plant is of rare occurrence. — This species is a near ally 
of M. complexa Meissn. The stout erect woody canelike shoots, the 
divaricate and interlacing habit of branching, and the thin small ob- 
cordate-cuneate leaves clearly mark it off as distinct. Fresh specimens 
must be studied to ascertain the characters of the flowers and fruit. 
Owing to the entanglement of the twigs and their flexuous form it is 
difficult to make satisfactory dried specimens, as the leaves and flowers 
cannot be directly subjected to pressure, so that they are very apt to 
curl and fall off. 
887. Luzula ulophylla (Buchen.) Cockayne, l. c., p. 366. —  L. race- 
mosa Desv. var. wophylla Buchen. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift, p. 245, 
1898. — An excellent description is given in Cheeseman's Manual, 
p. 138. The plant can be recognized at a glance, and certainly is one 
of the most distinct forms of the genus in New Zealand, as Cheeseman 
has already pointed out. 
888. Bulbinella Hookeri (Col. Benth. and Hook. f. var. angustifolia 
Cockayne, l. c., p. 366. — In omnibus partibus typo minor, non autem 
glaucis, superiore superficie folii concava, racemo quam typi breviore, 
densioreque. — This is the common form of the steppe climate of the 
South Island. The leaves are concave on the upper surface, green, 
thicker and narrower (1,1 cm at base) than those of the North Island 
and western Nelson plant (the type), which are flat, broad (3 cm at 
