406 Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
character of the innovation shoots, which are extravaginal throughout, 
while in F. rubra part of them grow up in the axils of the persistent 
sheaths; the sheaths of F. rubra are closed up to the mouth, those of 
F. multinodis are split throughout. The inflorescence and the spikelets 
show little difference, but the pales of F. multinodis are quite smooth 
on the keels, while these keels are scabrid or somewhat ciliate in F. 
rubra,“ 
969. Trisetum antarcticum Trinius subsp. tenella D. Petrie, l. c., p. 187. 
— Folia fere omnia radicalia, brevia, 2—4 cm longa, involuta, setacea, 
tenuiter pubescentia. — Culmi valde graciles, teretes, glabri, tenuiter 
striati. — Panicula spiciformis, densa, oblonga, 1!/,—3 cm longa. — 
Spiculae sessiles, compressae, 4 mm longae. — Glumae vacuae sub- 
aequales; floriferae vacuis paullo longiores; arista glumam aequans. — 
New Zealand: Dry shingly flats in the wide alluvial valleys 
of the Mount Cook district, 2500—3500 ft.; abundant. — The present 
subspecies differs from the type form of the species in the short in- 
volute setaceous leaves, the slender erect culms that greatly exceed the 
cauline leaves, the dense oblong spiciform panicle, and the small spike- 
lets with nearly equal empty glumes and shorter less reflexed awns. Its 
distinctive characters show little variation. Its foliage is so short and 
scanty that it is a quite unimportant element in the valley pastures. 
970. Nertera Balfouriana Cockayne in Proc. N. Zeal. Inst, XLIV 
(1911), 1912, II, p. 50. — Herba perennis, glabra. Caulis repens, gra- 
cilis, ramosus, radicans. Folia late oblonga v. subrotundata, 2,5—3 mm 
longa, 2—2,5 mm lata, petiolata, basi rotundata v. cuneata; petiolus circ. 
2,5 mm longus, supra canaliculatus. Flores non visi. Drupa pyriformis, 
7—9 mm longa, aurantiaca. — New Zealand: South Island: Canter- 
bury--Rakaia, Ashburton, and Rangitata Valleys, at altitude of about 
600—800 m, R. M. Laing and L. C.; Waimakariri Valley, at about same 
altitude, L. C.; neighbourhood of Mount Cook, D. Petrie. Grows in 
Sphagnum bogs. — N. Balfouriana is at once distinguished from all the 
other New Zealand species by its large pyriform orange-coloured drupes, 
which are produced in such profusion as to quite hide the leaves. The 
plant forms close patches on Sphagnum cushions, the stems and leaves 
being frequently hidden amongst the moss. When in full fruit it 
is a beautiful object, and should be a rival of N. depressa Banks and 
Sol. as a plant for rock-gardens. The fruits are ripe during March and 
April. 
971. Veronica Bollonsii Cock., 1. c., p. 50. — Frutex erectus, El* 
berrimus, circ. 1,5 m altus, multiramosus ramis teretibus. Folia obo- 
vato-oblonga, glabra, lucida, 2—6 cm longa, 1—3 cm lata. Racemi folia 
superantes, 10,5 em longi, vix densiflori, rhachibus pedicellisque bre- 
vissime pubescentibus; pedicelli 3 mm longi. Flores palide lilacini, 
Calyx profunde 4-partitus, corollae tubum fere aequans, 3—3,2 mm 
longus; lobi anguste lanceolati, acuti, ciliolati. Corollae tubus 3—4 mm 
longus, fauce pubescens; lobi ovati, obtusi vel subacuti, 4 mm long! 
