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Hab. South Island: " Awatere Valley and Sinclair Bange ; 

 alt. 4,000ft. Otago: Lake district." (Handbook N.Z. Fl., 

 p. 25.) Campbell Island. 



The above description is drawn exclusively from Campbell 

 Island specimens, as all the South Island specimens that have 

 come under my notice appear to belong to the next species, 

 C. acicularis, Hook, f., the leaves and sepals having longer 

 acicular tips than those of the Campbell Island plant, the 

 perianth of which is exactly represented by fig. 4, t. 93, in 

 Fl. Antarc. The drawing of the Falkland Island plant shows a 

 more slender and lax habit than is exhibited by either New 

 Zealand or Campbell Island specimens, while it differs still 

 further in having tetramerous flowers. 



8. C. acicularis, Hook. f. Handbook N.Z. Fl., 25. 



Densely-tufted, rigid, shining green or brown stems, lin.- 

 3in. long. Leaves densely imbricated, ^in.-fin. long or more, 

 linear-subulate with very long acicular points. Flowers hidden 

 amongst the leaves, almost sessile; sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, 

 with long acicular tips, one-third longer than the capsule. 



Hab. South Island : In rocky places, Nelson to South- 

 land ; 2,500ft. to 5,500ft. 



A more robust species than the preceding, from which it 

 scarcely differs in essential characters. 



9. C. buchanani, n.s. Plate XXVIId. 



Laxly tufted, glabrous; stems slender, lin.-3in. high. 

 Leaves loosely crowded, Jin.- T 7 giu. long ; linear-subulate 

 with acicular points, membranous, concave above, convex 

 beneath, patent or ascending at the tips. Flowers axillary 

 on slender peduncles exceeding the leaves, or rarely shorter ; 

 sepals 5, narrow linear-lanceolate, acute, one-half longer than 

 the capsule. Disc narrow. 



Hab. South Island : Otago ; Manuherikia Valley. J. 

 Buchanan ! 



10. C. muscoides, Hook. f. Fl. Antarc, i., 14. 



A soft, densely-tufted, bright-green plant, forming amor- 

 phous masses lin.-18in. in diameter or more ; excessively 

 branched and matted. Leaves glabrous, densely imbricated, 

 patent or ascending, J^in.— |in. long, linear, obtuse, with 

 dilated bases. Flowers on short peduncles sunk amongst the 

 leaves ; sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, concave, equalling 

 the capsule ; the two lateral sepals larger than the others. 

 Disc very large. Hook, f., Handbook N.Z. FL, 25; Decaisne, 

 Voy. au Pole Sud : Bot. Dicot., t. 17. 



Hab. The Snares ; Auckland and Campbell Islands ; Mac- 

 quarie Island ; Antipodes Island. 



