64 Transactio 



us. 



Pratia perpusilla Hook. f. 



North Island : Hawke's Bay — Growing on flat rock near margin of lake 

 where water can lie after rain, Lake Waikaremoana. L. C. 



This habitat is not new, for it is given by Cheeseman (Manual, p. 398), 

 but there is no information as to the conditions under which the plant is 

 growing. 



Raoulia Beauverdii Cockayne nom. nov. — R. Monroi Beauv. in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. Geneva, vol. 4 (1912), p. 



South Island : (1.) Otago — Steppe of Central Otago ; common. 

 (2.) Southland — Sand-dunes along Foveaux Strait. L. C. 



Upon reading Beauverd's descriptions of R. Monroi and R. Cheesemanii 

 in the paper cited above I felt convinced that a mistake had been made, 

 and consequently sent specimens of R. Cheesemanii Beauv. (R. Monroi 

 Hook, f.) to Dr. 0. Stapf, F.R.S., so that they could be compared with the 

 type at Kew. Dr. Stapf replied by return of post confirming my opinion, 

 and stating that the specimens exactly matched the type of R. Monroi 

 Hook. f. It is quite easy to see how Beauverd was misled, for Hooker did 

 not mention the distichous arrangement of the leaves, a most obvious 

 character, that at once separates R. Monroi from any other species, and 

 consequently seeing a plant with distichous leaves he concluded it must 

 be " new." Also, both by Kirk (" Students' Flora," p. 303) and Cheese- 

 man (Manual, p. 330) nothing is said as to distichous leaves, for both these 

 authors united the true R. Monroi to an Otago plant with leaves in several 

 ranks, the R. Monroi Beauv., in fact, giving the name R. Monroi to the 

 joint species. Thus the synonomy of R. Beauverdii Cockayne is R. Monroi 

 Beauv., R. Monroi T. Kirk in part, and R. Monroi Cheesm. in part. That 

 my identification of the Southland sandhills' plant is correct is supported 

 by the fact that Kirk (I.e.) gives Riverton Beach as the southern limit 

 of the species, where the only other species of Raoulia is R. australis. 

 Regarding the distichous leaves, I may mention that Mr. R. Brown, our 

 late member, first called my attention to them as an excellent specific 

 character. I give no description of the species, for Beauverd's, illustrated 

 by an excellent figure, is admirable. 



Rhagodia nutans R. Br. 



South Island : Nelson— Island in the River Waiau near Marble Point. 

 C. E. Christensen ! 



This is a remarkable station for a plant supposed to be coastal. 



Senecio cassinioides Hook. f. 



South Island : Canterbury — Mount Oxford. J. E. Holloway ! 



Veronica pinguifolia Hook. f. 



South Island : Canterbury — Mount Oxford. J. E. Holloway ! 



Veronica Traversii Hook. f. 



South Island : Canterbury — Mount Oxford. J. E. Holloway ! 



