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sessilia aut brevipetiolata, 5—7 cm longa, 6—7 mm lata, lineari-lanceo- 
lata, acuta, rigida, coriacea, supra plana, subtus cum costis eminentibus. 
Racemi 6—10 cm longi, attenuati, acuminati, laxiflores. Flores 5 mm 
diam.; calycis segmenti oblongo-lanceolati vel oblongo-ovati, acuti vel 
subacuti, Corollae tubus brevis, calyce vix longior. Capsula 4—7 mm 
longa, ovata, quam calycem vix 2-plo excedente, — New Zealand: 
South Island: Rocky hills between the Little Wanganui and Moki- 
hinui Rivers, north of Westport; and on limestone rocks by Fox's 
River, near Brighton; W. Townson! -— This is one of the many disco- 
veries made by my friend Mr. W. Townson while exploring the vege- 
tation of the south-western portion of the Nelson Provincial District. At 
the time of the publication of the Manual I was only acquainted with 
fruiting specimens, and consequently referred it, as var. crassifolia, to 
the closely allied V. macrocarpa. But since then Mr. Townson has 
furnished me with good flowering specimens, which prove that it is a 
perfectly distinct species, distinguished from all the forms of V. macro- 
carpa by the smaller and narrower much more coriaceous and rigid 
leaves, by the acute calyx-segments, by the very short and broad co- 
rola-tube, which is hardly longer than the calyx, whereas in V. macro- 
carpa it is quite twice the length, and by the capsule not being more 
than twice the length of the calyx-segments. As the name crassifolia 
is preoccupied by a European species, I have attached the name of its 
zealous discoverer to the plant. — It is worth mention that on the 
under-surface of the leaves, just within the margin, there is a row of 
small pits, or „domatia,* somewhat similar to those which exist on the 
under-side of the various species of Coprosma, where, however, they 
are found in the axils formed by the junction of the main veins with 
the midrib. These pits appear to be inhabited by small Acari, as in 
Coprosma. 
1005. Caladenia exigua Cheesem., |. c, p. 96. — C. minor Hook. f. 
affinis, sed differt caule minore et graciliore, sepalis et petalis acu- 
minatis, labelli lobo intermedio margine 1-glanduloso, — Erectus, 8" 
eillimus, 8—15 em altus. Caulis strictus, tenuis, glanduloso-pilosus, 
basi unifoliatus. Folium parvum, anguste lineare, 2—6 cm longum, 
l mm latum, parce pilosum. Flores 1 aut raro 2, sepaio intermedio 
erecto, anguste lanceolato, acuminato; lateralibus petalisque similibus, 
patentibus vel deflexis; labello lato, 3-lobo, disco glandulis 2-seriatis 
stipitatis ornato; lobo intermedio margine l-glanduloso. — New Lee 
land. — North Island: Leptospermum scrub near Kaitaia, Mon- 
gonui County; R. H. Matthews and H. B. Matthews! — Since I 
published this in the Manual as var. exigua of C. minor I have been 
supplied by Mr. H. B. Matthews with an extensive series of both fresh 
and dried specimens of the various Caladeniae found near Kaitaia. Mr, 
Matthews has always contended for the specific distinctness of ©. 
exigua, and his specimens prove that the differences are constant, ag 
are also accompanied by a difference in the flowering season, C. exigua 
