462 Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
tere Valley (Marlborough), and bed of Robinson River, in same district. 
— Collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., F. L. S., 11th January, 1912, 
who has supplied me with specimens, 
1009. Epilobium arcuatum D. Petrie, l. c., p. 265. — Caules pauci v. 
plures a basi duro emissi, erecti, v. a parte inferiore decumbentes, ad 
16 em alti, purpurascentes, parce bifariam pubescentes, cetera glabri. 
— Folia in paribus oppositis subeonnatis arcte disposita, elliptica, 2 — 
21|, em longa, 1—1!/, cm lata, subacuta, rubescentia, in petiolos breves 
latiusculos angustata, integra v. obscure repanda, tenuia, glabra; venis 
utrinque valde conspicuis et a costa oblique excurrentibus. — Flores 
4—7, in axillis foliorum superiorum plerumque conferte dispositi; pedun- 
culi foliis subtendentibus aequilongi, glabri, rubri. — Calycis lobi lan- 
ceolati, acuti, corollam pallide puniceam fere aequantes. Capsula 2— 
21, cm longa, crassiuscula, glabra; seminibus papillosis. — New 
Zealand. — Clinton Valley (Te Anau—Milford Track) Dr. L. 
Cockayne, PRS E. L. S.! and D.P.; MeKinnon’s Pass, H. J. Mat 
thews! — The present species seems intermediate between E. glabellum 
Forst. f. and E. chloraefolium Haussk. 
1010. Olearia Willcoxii D. Petrie, Le p. 266. — Suffrutex humilis, 
parce ramosus. — Rami graciles, ascendentes v. subdivaricantes, sub- 
teretes, & striati, molli densaque pubescentia incani, veteres fere glabri. 
— Folia alterna, subdistantia, anguste elliptica, cirea 3 cm longa, 1 cm 
lata, integra, breviter petiolata, subacuta, parce coriacea, superne glabra 
ac fusco-viridia, infra tomento cinereo-albo arcte appresso vestita, imo 
petiolo foliis jam delapsis prominente ac decurrente, — Capitula pauca, 
pauciflora (floribus 5 — 8), 4 mm longa, in ramulis brevibus lateralibus 
aliquantum infra summos ramulos subracemosa disposita; bracteae 
breves, lineares. —  Involucri squamae 3—4 seriatae, lanceolatae v. 
lineari-lanceolatae, subacutae, castaneae, paene glabrae, haud viscidae, 
nferioribus gradatim minoribus. — Radii ligulae paucae, parum con- 
spicuae. — Achenia pubescentia. — New Zealand. — Queenstown 
Hill, Lake County. — It is somewhat closely allied to ©. oleifolia 
T. Kirk. 
1011. Celmisia intermedia D. Petrie, l. c., p. 267. — Caules a basi 
+ ramosi, primo plerumque prostrati demum erecti v. ascendentes, in 
aetate reliquiis vaginarum foliorumque demortuorum persistentibus 
vestiti, graciles. — Folia conferta, imbricata, anguste obovato- v. ellip- 
tico-spathulata, + 1!/; cm longa, 6-10 mm lata, subacuta, tenuia, in 
partem petiolarem perangustam contracta, denique in vaginam latam 
amplectentem striatam glabram ampliata, infra (costa excepta) tomento 
candido arcte appresso vestita, supra glabra viscidaque v. tenui pubes- 
centiae subtomentosae argenteae pellicula praedita, a marginibus apice- 
que minute et subremote dentata, venis haud distinetis. — Scape in 
ramulis singulis plerumque 1 (rarius 2), axillares, prope summos ra- 
mulos inserti, 7—15 cm longi, gracillimi, parce laxeque tomentosi ; brac- 
teae subdistantes, lineari-subulatae. — Capitula 1—1!/[, cm lata; in: 
