106 T ransactions. 



It appears evident from these considerations that the fauna is inter- 

 mediate between the Awamoan and Wanganiiian. It is unfortunate that 

 the beds immediately below the unconformity at the base of the fossiliferous 

 sandstones at the Kawa locality are so poorly fossiliferous, since their exact 

 correlation is a matter of great importance, and in addition a good idea 

 could then be gained of the relative importance of the above-mentioned 

 unconformity. 



In conclusion, it is necessary only to point out once more the probability 

 of the wider occurrence of beds of the same age as the above in the district. 

 An example probably even now is furnished by certain sandstones overlying 

 unconformably the upper beds of the Tertiary sequence near Te Kuiti.* 



Art. XIV. — Descriptions of New Native Flowermg-plants. 



By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 20th December, 1918 ; received by Editor, 

 30th December, 1918 ; issued separately, 26th May, 1919.] 



1. Lagenophora cuneata sp. nov. 



L. foliis parvis coriaceis cuneato-obovatis, + 1-5 cm. longis + 0-6 cm. 

 latis, supra parce tomentosis sub apice rotundato-dentatis, a marginibus 

 incrassatis ; culmis 12 cm. longis vel brevioribus erectis valde gracilibus, 

 sub apice + pubescentibus ; capitulis parvis + 6 mm. latis ; acheniis 

 parvulis vix curvatis anguste lineari-ovatis a marginibus incrassatis in 

 rostrum obliquum angustatis. 



Stems loosely tufted, short, slender, spreading by siiort stolons. Culms 

 erect, stiff, very slender, brownish-green, 12 cm. high or less, with one or 

 two minute bracteoles, glabrous below, usually more or less pubescent 

 towards the top. Leaves radical, few, coriaceous, cuneately obovate, 

 ±1-5 cm. long, + 0-6 cm. broad near the top, variable in outline, rarely 

 entire, usually with two bluntly rounded teeth near the apex, sometimes 

 with two pairs of teeth in the upper half of the blade, margins thickened 

 and when dry more or less recurved, glabrous below, more or less clothed 

 above and along the edges of the petioles with long whitish hairs consisting 

 of a single row of cells, narrowed into a flattened petiole about as long as 

 the blades, veins obscure. Heads small, + 6 mm. across ; involucral scales 

 oblong, thin and scarious at the edges, obtuse, purplish at the more or 

 less ciliately jagged tips ; ligules short, narrow, white, re volute. Achenes 

 ■small, linear-obovate, scarcely curved, thickened at the margins, narrowed 

 into a short oblique beak. 



Hab. — Eweburn and Sowburn Creeks, Maniototo County ; Cromwell ; 

 Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin ; Macrae's, Waihemo County ; Tasman Valley ; 

 Takititiiu Mountains : D. P. 



2. Brachycome linearis comb. nov. 



When the late Mr. T. Kirk transferred my Lagenophora linearis to the 

 genus Brachycome he substituted the specific name lineata for linearis. The 

 name B. linearis seems, however, not to be preoccupied, and by the present 

 rules of botanical nomenclature it is the proper name of the species in 

 question. 



* J. Henderson, The Geology of the Te Kuiti District, with Special Reterenee to 

 Ooal Prospects, N.Z. .Journ. Sci. <{• Tech., vol. 1, p. 114, 1918. 



