538 Transactions. — Botany. 



Herbarium, to have been found in Massacre Bay, Nelson, by 

 Lyall. Until recently the locality was not known. I found 

 it last year in Torrent Bay, where there are some good 

 specimens. 



Hymenophyllum montanum. 



In vol. X., Trans. N.Z. Inst., p. 394, Mr. Kirk describes 

 this fern as a new species. He states it was sent to him from 

 the mountains at the head of Lake Wakatipu. 



In February, 1895, my friend Mr. W. H. Bryant and 

 myself found it growing in the granite country on the 

 western side of Blind Bay ; but, strangely, at not more than 

 40ft. or 50ft, above sea-level, and near the shore. I presume, 

 therefore, it cannot be considered as a strictly mountain 

 species. 



Akt. LVI. — Descriptions of Three New Native Plants. 



By D. Petbie, M.A., F.L.S. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th October, 1895.] 



Geum pusillum, sp. nov. 



A small depressed herb. Eootstock as stout as a goose's 

 quill, short. Leaves rosulate, few, lin. long and -Jin. wide, 

 pinnate ; leaflets small, rapidly diminishing from the rather 

 large terminal leaflet, sparsely covered above and chiefly at 

 the edges with rather long stiff hairs. 



Scapes simple, slender, yellow, finely and closely pubes- 

 cent, with two or fewer subulate scale-like bracts. 



Flowers solitary, terminal, small ; petals 5 or 6, white, 

 small, narrow elliptic, obtuse ; stamens twice as many as the 

 petals. 



Achenes very small, ending abruptly in a short recurved 

 style -| to J^ the length of the achene. 



Eeceptacle elongate, conical, hairy. 



Hab. Old Man Eange, Otago, 5,000ft. A very distinct 

 plant. Its simple short slender scapes, small solitary flowers, 

 and minute short-styled achenes readily mark it off from all 

 the other native species of the genus. A small bibracteate 

 involucel sometimes occurs below the flower, but I cannot 

 say whether this is constantly present. 



Epilobium pictum, sp. nov. 



A slender species. Gin. to lOin. high, generally branched 

 from the base, sometimes with short branches springing from 



