280 Transactions. 



L. Gentianace^e. 



Liparophyllum Gunnii. 



Water-holes on the saddle between Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. 

 altitude 3,500-4.500 ft., associated with Carpha alpina, Scirpus 

 aucJdandicus, Carex echinata, Orwbolus, Drosera spathidata, and 

 D. Arcturi ; T. F. C. Boggy places on the slopes of Mount 

 Hector, Tararua Range ; D. Petrie I 



These records are the first for the occurrence of the plant 

 in the North Island. It usually forms flat sheets of considerable 

 extent, and when spangled over with the star-like white flowers 

 presents a by-no-means unattractive appearance. 



LII. Convolvulace^;. 

 Ipomaea palmata. 



Two or three large patches on the cliffs of Tiritiri Island ; 

 A. Hansen I 



This is an interesting and quite unexpected extension of the 

 range of this fine plant, the southern limit of which had been 

 believed to be at Takou Bay, just to the north of the Bay of 

 Islands. 



Dichondra repens. 



D. evolvulacea, Britton in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, v, 1894. 

 should be quoted as a synonym of this species. Dr. Britton 

 appears to have proposed the name on the assumption that 

 Sibthorpia evolvulacea, Linn, f., Suppl. Plant. 288 (1781) was 

 the earliest specific epithet. But, as has been pointed out by 

 Mr. Hiern, this is not the case. It is true that Forster, who 

 first published the genus in his " Characteres Generum " (1776). 

 gives no specific name with the description of the genus 

 printed on page 39 ; but the name " repens " is quoted with 

 the explanation of the plate on page 40. 



LIV. SCROPHULARIACE^:. 



Calceolaria repens. 



Lake Brunner, Westland ; H. J. Matthews ! 



Veronica macrocarpa, var. crassifolia. 



Mr. Townson has kindly forwarded flowering specimens of 

 this plant. These look so different from all the forms of V. 

 macrocarpa that I can entertain little doubt as to its consti- 

 tuting a separate species. I postpone describing it, however, 

 until I have time to make a full comparison. It should be 

 mentioned that its leaves are peculiar, from possessing a very 

 distinct row of fringed pits, or " domitia," on the under-surface 



