KiNGSLEY. — Botanical Notes. 537 



Ain.— i-in. long. Flowers solitary, terminating the branches, 

 large for the size of the plant, iin. in diameter, white. Calyx 

 lobes broadly ovate, acute. Corolla divided rather more than 

 one-third way down, lobes subacute. 



Hub. Mount Arthur, Nelson ; alt., 4,000ft. 



A curious and pretty little plant, differing from the forms 

 of G. montana, ForsC, known to me in the calyx lobes, which 

 are broadly ovate, while in G. montana they are Imear or 

 linear-subulate. 



Art. LV. — Botanical Notes, Nelson District. 



By E. I. KiNGSLEY. 



[Read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 13th Janiiarij, 1896-] 



The following brief notes of the past year may be worth 

 recording, since anything which adds to our knowledge is, 

 to a certain extent, a gain. 



Pimelea gnidia. 



This very handsome shrub has hitherto been very imper- 

 fectly described, and I was glad to be able to supply Mr. Kirk 

 with a large number of specimens exhibiting a wide range of 

 variation. Last February I found a specimen in Torrent 

 Bay so distiiict that Mr. Kirk thought it worthy of varietal 

 honours, and he proposed to name it var. involucrata. Last 

 November I found it pretty plentiful in Sandy Bay, but with 

 considerable variation. 



It is a pity such a handsome shrub should not be culti- 

 vated ; that it would be appreciated is certain, since Mrs. 

 Jennings won a first prize at the local Horticultural Show at 

 Motueka about a year ago with a plant from Sandy Bay, or 

 near by. 



Eugenia maire. 



This handsome North Island tree is stated in the Forest 

 Flora only to have been found in the South Island in Queen 

 Charlotte Sound and the Pelorus. I now record it as grow- 

 ing in the bush at Thackwood, near Nelson. 



The handsome berries were gathered by me last January. 



Lindsaya viridis. 



A description of this beautiful fern by Mr. Kirk is printed 

 in vol. X. of the Trans. N.Z. Inst., p. 396, and stated to be 

 both rare and local. It is recorded, from specimens in Kew 



