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subtus dense et appresse argenteo-tomentosa, marginibus minuti crenatis. 

 Pedunculi e summis ramulis, solitaiii, graciles, r5-2-5 cm. longi, dense 

 argenteo-tomentosi ; bracteis multis, linearibus vel lineari-oblongis. Capi- 

 tulum solitariiim, 1-1-5 cm. latum; bracteis involucri 12-15, linearibus, 

 acutis, tomentosis. Floras radii 12-15, fiavi ; flores disci numerosi. 

 Achenia numerosa, longitudinaliter sulcata, hispida. 



Hah. — Soutb Island : Faces of rocky cliflts at Hell's Gate, Mason River, 

 North Canterbury, H. J. Matthews ! (1909). 



A small depressed much-bra nclied prostrate or suberect shrub, forming 

 dense clumps 6-8 in. high and 8-10 in. diameter. Branches many, closely 

 compacted, stout and woody at the base, and covered with a pale flaky 

 bark ; branchlets ascending or suberect, leafy, densely woolly tomentose. 

 Leaves f-l|- in. long, |-| in. broad, narrow oblong or narrow elliptic-ovate, 

 rarely oblong-spathulate, obtuse, coriaceous, margins minutely crenate, 

 upper surface thinly covered with cobwebby tomentum, beneath clothed 

 with dense silvery-white tomentum ; petioles somewhat slender, broader at 

 the base. Peduncles from the tips of the branchlets, stout or slender, 1-2 in. 

 long, densely silvery tomentose ; bracts numerous, linear or linear-oblong. 

 Heads solitary, turbinate, ^§ in. diam. ; involucral bracts 12-15, linear, 

 acute, densely tomentose. Ray-fiorets 12-15, yellow ; disc-florets numerous. 

 Achenes linear, longitudinally grooved, hispid. 



This interesting plant was collected by the late Mr. H. J. Matthews in 

 1909 in the gorge of the Mason River, North Canterbury, where it was 

 associated with Epilohium hrevijjes, Veronica rvpicola, and other species. 

 So far, it has not been found elsewhere. It is clearly allied to S. Monroi, 

 but is a much smaller and more compactly branched plant, and the 

 peduncles are simple with a single terminal head, whereas in S. Monroi 

 the inflorescence is copiously corymbosely branched. It was introduced 

 into cultivation by Mr. Matthews, and forms an excellent plant for the 

 rock-garden. I have to thank Mr. A. Bathgate for fresh flowering speci- 

 mens from his garden in Dunedin, which are rather more slender than the 

 wild specimens originally forwarded to me by Mr. Matthews. 



6. Veronica obtusata Cheesem. n. sp. (F. macroura Hook. f. var. duhia 

 Cheesem., Man. N.Z. Flora, 501). 



Species F. macrourae Hook. f. et F. divergente Cheesem. affinis, sed 

 foliis bracteis et calycis segmentis margine albo-pubescentibus difiert. 



Frutex parvus, ramosus, 0-75-1 -25 m. altus. Ramuli numerosi, patuli 

 vel decumbentes, juniores teretes, pubescentes sed demum glabrescentes. 

 Folia patula, sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, 2-5-5 cm. longa, 1-5-2-25 cm. 

 lata, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa vel sub- 

 acuta, subcoriacea, marginibus dense albo-pubescentibus. Racemi ramu- 

 lorum apicem versus dispositi, 3-5-6 cm. longi, dense multiflori, recti vel 

 curvati ; rhachis cum pedicellis bracteisque dense pubescens. Calycis 

 segmenta ovato-oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, marginibus conspicue albo- 

 pubescentibus. Capsula 4 mm. longa, ovata, subacuta. 



Hab. — North Island : Sea-cliffs on the coast north of the Manukau 

 Harbour, T. F.C. 



A branching shrub 2-3 ft. high ; branches spreading or procumbent, 

 the younger ones terete, at first pubescent, but at length becoming nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, 1-2 in. long, f-1 in. 

 broad, oblong to elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, . 



