Cheeseman. — Contributions to Knowledge of Flora of N.Z. 5 



L. GrENTIANACEAE. 



Sebaea ovata R. Br. 



Boggy places on raised beaches near Cape Turakirae, Cook Strait ; 

 B. C. Aston and T. F. C. The first record for this local plant within the 

 Wellington Provincial District. 



LIV. SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



Gratiola nana Benth. 



Sandy beaches on Lake Whangape, Middle Waikato ; T. F. C. 



Veronica Townsoni Cheesem. 



Mr. A. Allison, of Wanganui, sends me cultivated specimens of this in 

 which the lower racemes are trifid. 



LVIII. Verbenaceae. 

 Vitex lucens T. Kirk. 



A variety with cream-coloured flowers is occasionally seen. 



LXXII. LORANTHACEAE. 



Korthalsella salicornioides Van Tiegh. 



Parasitic on Leptospermum on hills at Kuaotunu, to the south of 

 Mercury Bay ; J. W. Shannon ! 



LXXIV. Balanophoraceae. 



Dactylanthus Taylori Hook. f. c 



I am indebted to Mr. J. R. Murphy for specimens collected on the 

 Mount Egmont Ranges. 



LXXV. EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Poranthera alpina Cheesem. 



Dr. Griming, in his revision of the subfamilies Porantheroideae and 

 Ricinocarpoideae, published in " Das Pflanzenreich " (Heft 58), constitutes 

 a separate section (Oreoporanthera) of the genus for the reception of this 

 species, which is distinguished from all its allies by the uniformly dioecious 

 and apetalous flowers, which are solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 and by the more or less coriaceous stipules. 



LXXVI. Urticaceae. 

 Paratrophis Banksii Cheesem. 



Valley of the Orongorongo River, discharging near Cape Turakirae, not 

 far from the entrance to Wellington Harbour ; B. C. Aston and T. F. C. 

 As Solander's Trophis opaca seems to have been founded solely on this 

 species, and not on P. heterophylla, it would be more in accordance with 

 the rules of botanical nomenclature to use his specific name. 



LXXIX. Orchidaceae. 

 Bulbophyllum tuberculatum Col. 



I am indebted to Mr. H. B. Matthews, of Kaitaia, for an ample supply 

 of living specimens in full flower of this beautiful little plant. He informs 



