348 Transactions. — Botany, 



The following are provisionally described pending the 

 collection of further material : — 



8. Gunnera microcarpa, n.s. 



Ehizomes slender, tufted. Leaves 2in.-4in. long, petioles 

 slender, hairy or strigose ; blade about lin. long, broadly 

 ovate or ovate-cordate, with scattered hairs on both surfaces, 

 crenate or crenate-lobed. Mowers not seen. Fruiting scapes 

 lin.-Hin. long, almost filiform, hidden amongst the leaves, 

 bracts linear, ciliate at the apex. Drupes sessile, about the 

 size of mustard-seeds, yellow or red ; styles filiform. 



Hab. Southland ; T. Waugh ! 



Closely resembles G. prorepcns, Hook, f., in general appear- 

 ance, but differs essentially in the weak flexuous scapes, which 

 are much longer than in that species, and especially in the 

 minute drupes and filiform styles. 



9. G. arenaria, T. F. Cheeseman. In MSS. 



Ehizomes rather stout, stems clothed at base with the 

 remains of old petioles. Leaves lin.-2in. long, cartilaginous, 

 glabrous except the petioles, which are sometimes coarsely 

 pilose, blade about |in. long, ovate or broadly ovate-cuneate, 

 deeply crenate. Flowers not seen. Scape sessile or shortly 

 pedunculate, forming a compact blunt head -|m. long; drupes 

 ovate. 



Hab. North Island : On sand-dunes, Waitakerei Eiver ; 

 T. F. Cliecseman ! 



Closely related to G. densiflora, but differs in the larger 

 leave's, subspherical or ovate erect drupes, and short obtuse 

 spikes. 



I am indebted to Mr. Cheeseman for specimens of this 

 species. 



In " Voyage au Pole Sud : Botanique," ii., 76, Gunnera 

 magellanica, Lam., is erroneously stated to have been collected 

 in the Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



It affords me great pleasure to express my thanks to Mr. 

 Waugh, Curator of the Public Gardens, Invercargill, for his 

 kindness in forwarding fruiting specimens of several species 

 found in the plantations under his care. 



