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This has much of the habit and appearance of Angelica decipien.s, and the 

 two are easily confounded in the absence of fruit. There is also a resem- 

 blance to some states of L. aromaticum ; but in reality it differs in habit, 

 in the spreading leaves with their much more remotely placed pinnae, in 

 the unbranched flowering-stems, and particularly in the acute calyx-lobes, 

 and the very long recuryed styles. I have been acquainted with it for 

 many years. 



2. Veronica Birleyi N. E. Brown in Keiv Bulletin for 1911, p. 345. 



" Affinis F. spathulatae Benth., sed ramis crassioribus, foliis subsessilibus 

 et pedunculis multo brevioribus differt." 



" Suffrutex nanus, 10 cm. altus, ramosus ; rami erecti, saepe flexuosi, 

 1-2 mm. crassi, puberuli demum sublignosi et giabri. Folia conferta vel 

 inferiora ad 4 mm. reniota, subsessilia, crassa, 6-9 mm. longa, 4-9 mm. 

 lata, cuneato-obovata vel orbiculata, basi plus minusve cuneata, breviter 

 et obtuse 3-7-loba, utrinque puberula, rubrotincta. Flores pauci, magni, 

 prope apicem ramorum axillares. Pedunculi 2-3 mm. longi, 1-2-flori, 

 bibracteati ; bracteae 4 mm. longae, lineari-spathulatae, obtusae, glandu- 

 loso - puberulae. Pedicelli 1-1-5 mm. iongi, glanduloso - puberuli. Calyx 

 4-partitus ; lobi 5-6 mm. longi, 2-5-2-75 mm. lati, oblongi, obtusi, glanduloso- 

 puberuli. Corolla ' magna, 5-mera, alba ' (Gibbs). Capsula 5 mm. longa, 

 4-4-5 mm. lata, glabra, in lobos oblongos obtusos 4 disrupta." 



South Island : Between rocks on the top ridge of Mount Bonpland, 

 near Lake Wakatipu, 2435 m., February, 1908 ; Aliss L. G. Gibbs (No. 1172). 



'' Allied to F. spathidata Benth., but differs in having much stouter 

 branches, subsessile leaves, a finer and entirely different pubescence, and 

 very much shorter peduncles. The corolla, according to Miss Gibbs, was 

 white, about f in. in diameter, with 5 subequal lobes ; several were col- 

 lected, but unfortunately they were lost. The name is given in honour 

 of Mr. Harry Birley, a well-known guide in the district, who accompanied 

 Miss Gibbs when this plant was collected." 



I must express my indebtedness to Miss Gibbs for furnishing me with 

 one of the type specimens. Mr. Brown's description appears to have been 

 overlooked by most New Zealand botanists, for when, a feAv years later, 

 flowerless specimens were collected on the Copland Pass by Mr. P. Graham, 

 Chief Guide at the Mount Cook Hermitage, they were described as a new 

 species by Mr. D. Petrie, under the name of Veronica Grahami. {Tnins. 

 N.Z. Inst., vol. 45, p. 273, 1913.) 



In March, 1917, it was again collected by Mr. W. A. Thomson and 

 Mr. J. Speden in considerable quantity at an elevation of 5,000 ft. on Mount 

 Tennyson, near Garston, Lake Wakatipu. An excellent series of specimens 

 was obtained, showing that the plant attains a somewhat greater size than 

 had been supposed, a single plant sometimes covering an area 6 in. to 

 9 in. across. Late in autumn the old leaves become almost glabrous, but 

 the younger shoots are always densely puberulous. The flowers vary in 

 size from | in. to | in. in diameter. 



As it seems inqjortant that the first description of this plant, and a 

 knowledge of the original locality, should be readily accessible in the 

 Dominion, I have placed the particulars on record herewith. 



3. Earina aestivalis Cheesem. n. sp. 



Affinis E. mucronatae a qua differt caulibus robustioribus firmioribusque, 

 foliis latioribus et brevioribus, floribus majoribus, labello longiore, lobis 

 lateralibus majoribus et acutioribus. 



