250 Transactions. — Botany. 



28. C. microcarpa. 



Hook, fil., Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 110 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 118. 



North Island. — " Tops of the Euahine Mouutains, Colemo" 

 (" Handbook "). 



I am either unacquainted with this species, or have not 

 identified it, and can consequently add nothing to Sir Joseph 

 Hooker's description. It appears to differ from C. cuneata in 

 its slender habit, and narrower thin and flat leaves. 



29. C. depressa. 



Colenso; Hook, fil., Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 110; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, 



p. 118. 



North Island. — Lake Taupo, and Euahine Mountains, 

 Colenso; Mount Egmont, T.F.C. 



South Island. — Mount Arthur plateau. Nelson, altitude 

 4,000 to 5,000 feet, T.F.C. 



A low, densely-branched, often prostrate bush, 2-4 feet high. 

 Branches leafy, trailing or prostrate, puberulous ; bark greyish. 

 Leaves opposite or in opposite fascicles, linear-lanceolate, about 

 i inch long by -^-^ inch wide, acute or obtuse, rigid and coria- 

 ceous, veinless, somewhat concave, glabrous or with a few 

 scattered hairs towards the margins, sub-erect patent or recurved, 

 narrowed into very short stout petioles. Stipules short and 

 broad, ciliate on the margins. Flowers terminating the branch- 

 lets, solitary, sessile. Males: True calyx wanting, but the 

 usual calycine involucels present. Corolla j^-i inch long, 

 campanulate, deeply 4-lobed. Stamens, 4. Females : Invested 

 by involucels similar to those of the males. Calyx-limb 3-4- 

 toothed. Corolla -^ inch, deeply 4-lobed. Styles 2, short and 

 stout. Drupe globose, ^ inch diameter, yellowish-red. 



The plant described above is not uncommon on the Mount 

 Arthur plateau, Nelson ; and is, I think, identical with Colenso's 

 C. depressa. It is principally separated from C. cuneata by its 

 smaller size, more slender and prostrate habit, and by the 

 smaller narrower leaves. Small forms of C. cuneata, however, 

 approach very close to it, and it may prove to be a variety only. 



30. C. repens. 



Hook, fil., Flora Antarct., i., p. 22, t. 16<v ; Flora Nov. Zeal, i., p. 110; 

 Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 119. C. pumila, Hook, fil.. Flora Autarct., ii., 

 App., p. 543; Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 110 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 119. 



North and South Islands. — Common in alpine localities, 

 altitude 2,500 to 6,000 feet. 



Auchiand and Camphelt hlaiuh. — Common from sea-level to 

 the tops of the mountains. Sir J. D. Hooker (" Flora Antarc- 

 tica"). 



