Tas. 8295. 
OURISIA MACROPHYLLA. 
New Zealand. 
od SOROPHULARIACEAE. Tribe DIGITALEAE. 
Ovrista, Commers.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 962. 
Ourisia macrophylla, Hook. Jc. P’. vol. vi. tt. 545-546; Hook. f. Flor. New 
Zeal, vol. i. p. 197, et Handb. New Zeal. Fl. p. 218; Cheeseman, Man. New Zeal. 
Fl. p. 549; species O. macrocarpae, Hook. f., affinis, sed scapo pedicellisque 
pubescentibus facile distinguenda. 
Herba perennis. Folia radicalia; petiolus 2°5-10 em. longus, supra leviter 
concavus, dorso rotundatus, pubescens, marginibus ciliatis purpureo- 
tinctus ; lamina 3-8°5 em. longa, 2-7-5 cm. lata, ovata vel elliptico-ovata, 
obtusa, basi subcordata vel rotundata, crenato-dentata, utrinque glabra, 
laete virens, venis valde impressis, Scapus 7°5-30 em. longus, interdum 
foliorum sessilium lanceolatorum vel ellipticorum pari instructus, pubescens, 
lores verticillis 14 dispositi. Verticilli 3-8-flori, 4-8-bracteati. Bracteae 
1-2 em. longae, 4-12 mm. latae, sessiles, lineari- ad ovato-lanceolatae, 
acutae vel obtusae, plus minusve dentatae, glabrae, ciliatae. Pedicelli 
2-5 em. longi, pubescentes. Calyx 7-10 mm. longus, fere ad basin 5-lobus 
et prope basin leviter constrictus; lobi oblongo-lanceolati, apice obtusi 
vel acuti et glandulo minuto instructi, tenuiter pubescentes, minute ciliati. 
Corolla 2-2°2 cm. diam., alba; tubus calyce vix longior, fauce luteo- 
barbatus; limbus obliquus, planus, 5-lobus; lobi late obovati, apice 
emarginati, duobus superioribus minoribus. Stamina subexserta, glabra, 
alba; staminodium brevissimum filiforme. Ovariwm ovoideum, glabrum 
stylus exsertus, glaber._—-N. E. Brown. 
There are at least nine species of Ourisia natives of New 
Zealand, and all of them are worthy of a place in our 
gardens. But though some of them have been known to 
science for over half a century, the species here figured 
appears to be the first that has been introduced to cultiva- 
ion. It is certainly one of the finest in the genus, but it 
can hardly claim to excel, from the horticultural standpoint, 
O. macrocarpa, Hook. f., which differs in being more 
robust, with glabrous scapes and pedicels and larger sepals 
and fruit; or O. robusta, Col., also more robust, with 
pubescent scapes and pedicels, with more numerous whorls 
of flowers and more flowers in each whorl, but with rather 
smaller corollas. It would appear indeed that O, robusta 
January, 1910. 
