108 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



Taria. Peduriculi graciles, 1-flori, 2 — 6 ad apices ramulorum aggregati an* 

 ciales, pilis minutis patulis instruct!. Calyx 5-phyllus, foliolis subulato-lan- 

 ceolatis patentibus ciliatis. Corolla 5-petala, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acutia 

 apice reflexis, deciduis. Stam. hypogyna. Filamenta tubi petalorum sty- 

 lique longitudine. Ovarium ovato-lanceolatum dense villosum. Stigma 

 sphaerico-capitatum, 



617. P. reflexum (R. C. Mss.) fruticosum, ramosum, ramulis villosiusculis 

 (pilis cinereis) saepe verticillatis, faliis linearibus confertis glaberrimis apiculo 

 sphacelato, super concavis, modice divarieatis arcuato-reflexisve, junioribus 

 parce ciliatis, capsulis solitariis terminalibus acuminatis bivalvibus cinereo- 

 pilosis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Thickets on the slopes of hills at Wan- 

 garoa, &c. — 1 833, H. Cunningham. 

 Flores nondum vidi. R. C. 



618. P . pimeleoides (R. C. Mss.) fruticosum ramulis verticillatis, foliis 

 modice patentibus angusto-lanceolatis linearibusve acuminatis, apiculo ob- 

 tuso, super concaviusculis glabris subter venosis, marginibus juniorum revo- 

 lutis plus minus ciliatis,^ capsulis solitariis aggregatisve axillavibus v. termi- 

 nalibus acuminatis 2- valvibus, pilis patentibus cinereis conspersis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Dry woods on the shores of the Bay of 

 Islands, Wangaroa, &c — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex 2 — 3 pedalis, duplo major quam in prsecedenti, atque folia longiora, 

 latiora, et quamlibet patentia non deflexa, capsulis porro crebre aggregatis. 



Nihilominus an species distincta? 



619. P. radicans {R. C. Mss,) cauls fruticoso simpliciter ramoso subra- 

 dicante, ramulis virgatis cinereo-villosis, foliis (uncialiabus) angusto-linea- 

 ribus concaviusculis acuminatis erecto-patentibus rectis falcatisve^ pagina 

 superiore margineque pilis raris instructis, capsulis terminalibus solitariis 

 pilosis. R. C. Mss. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Growing about the roots of the Kauri 

 (Dammara australis) principally in a forest near the head of the Kana-Kana 

 river. Bay of Islands, — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



This very distinct species, like the two preceding, has only been 

 observed bearing fruit, which is described in the note that accom- 

 panied the specimen, as being very similar to that of P. reflexum, 

 but inserted on a somewhat longer pedicle. The habit and leaves 

 are however somewhat different*. 



• In herbario meo sequentes sunt pulchrse species hujus generis, quae in 

 Australasia jampridem lectae erant, hucusque indescriptse, vel minus cog- 

 nitse. 



P. ruhiginosum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve acuminatis ve- 

 nosis sparsis verticillatisve, basi subattenuatis undulato-auriculseformibus, 

 adultis superne glabriusculis, inferne ferrugineo-tomentosis pedunculo ter- 

 minali multifloro bracteato ramulisque dense rubiginoso-crinitis, floribus 

 umbellatis pedicellatis stigmate obtuso late membranaceo, caule fruticoso 

 gracili. 



