416 Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
bus; bracteae minutae, subulatae, deciduae; pedicelli 7—12 mm longi, 
supra medium articulati, infra articulationem bracteolis 2 minimis squami- 
formibus alternis deciduis praediti, parte superiore (quam cl. Velenovsky 
hypanthium appellat) fusca clavata una cum «calyce et fructu decidua 
3—4 mm longa. Flores non exstant. Sepala orbicularia, valde convexa, 
sub fructu 3 mm longa, fusco-viridia, margine anguste subhyalina, fla- 
bellato-nervosa, nervis conspicue prominentibus. Petala et stamina 
decidua. Drupa ut supra in generis descriptione, fusca, apice pallescens, 
ca. 1 cm longa, 5 mm crassa. — Ile Philippine du S. O. Palawan, 
Mt. Pulgar près Puerto Princesa (A. D. E. Elmer, mars 1911. no, 12870, 
en fruits, Herb. Bogor. „A scandent shrub at 750 altitude“). 
1003. Aciphylla Spedeni Cheesem. in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., XLV (1912), 
1913, p. 93. — A. Dobsoni Hook. f. affinis, sed differt caule multo ma- 
jore. foliis numerosibus et flabellatim 6— 9-lobatis. — Planta robusta, e 
basi ramosa, 10—30 cm diam., ramis dense compactis. Folia numero- 
sissima, 40--60, dense conferta aut imbricata, 10—15 cm longa, rigida, 
coriacea, glaberrima, nitida quasi vernicosa, flabellatim 6—9 lobata ; 
petiolis vaginantibus, apice coriaceis, basi membranaceis, 2—3,5 cm 
latis, lobis (aut segmentis) linearibus, 6—8 cm longis, 2,5—5 mm latis, 
apice acuminatis et pungentibus. Pedunculi robusti, erecti, foliis vix 
longieres. Umbellae compositae, in capitulum densum crassum con- 
gestae 6—8 cm diam. Bracteae inferae 3—5 cm longae, basi mem- 
branaceae, latae, apice breviter 7—8 partitae, Flores albi, nnmerosi. 
Fructus ignotus. — New Zealand: — South Island: Rocky 
places on Cecil Peak, near Lake Wakatipu, altitude 5000—6000 ft.; also 
in several other localities on the Eyre Mountains, of which Cecil Peak 
is the northern termination; Mr. James Speden! — A very distinct 
and curious species, which I have much pleasure in dedicating to its 
discoverer, who has furnished me with much valuable information 
respecting the botany of Central Otago and Southland. It is no doubt 
related to A, Dobsoni, but differs widely in the much greater size of all 
its parts, in the remarkable digitately or flabellately divided leaves 
which are not nearly so coriaceous as those of A. Dobsoni, and in the 
much larger and more massive inflorescence. Its discovery shows that 
there is still much to be done on the higher mountains of the southern 
portion of the South Island. 
