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Zannichellia palustris L. 



Zannichellia palustris L., Sp. PI., 969, 1753. Z. Preissii Kirk (not 



Muell.), Trans. N.Z. Inst., 10, App. xl, 1878. Lepilaena Preissii 



Kirk (not Muell), Trans. N.Z. Inst., 28, 499, 1896. 



Specimens labelled " Lepilaena Preissii " and collected by T. Kirk at 



Rangiriri are in the British Museum. They are included with Z. pedustris, 



being so determined by Ostenfeld. They appear to agree perfectly with 



specimens of Z. palustris collected by Cheeseman from the Waikato River. 



Muehlenbeckia complexa (A. Cunn.) Meissn. 



Polygonum complexum A. Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist., 1, 455, 1838. 

 Muehleyibeckia axillaris Bentham (not Walp.), Fl. Austr., 5, 275, 

 1870 (Lord Howe Island locality only) ; Oliver, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 49, 135, 1917. 



In the Kew Herbarium are specimens from Lord Howe Island marked 

 " M. axillaris." In all the leaves are identical with specimens from 

 East Cape, New Zealand — that is, small orbicular leaves, 10-12 mm. long. 

 Further, the flowers are in short racemes or spikes. I would therefore 

 include the Lord Howe plant under M . complexa. 



Phrygilanthus tenuiflorus (Hook, f.) Engl. 



The only specimen known, that in the Kew Herbarium, is a small twig 

 with five leaves and several flowers ; leaves about 30 mm. long. A note 

 on the sheet states, "Very near L. celastroides." On comparing these I 

 found the leaves to be very different, but the flowers and inflorescence 

 similar. It is not like any other New Zealand species. 



Edwardsia. 



This genus was founded by Salisbury (Trans. Linn. Soc, 9, 299, 1808) 

 for the following three species : E. chrysophylla (Sandwich Islands) ; 

 E. microphylla (New Zealand) ; E. grandiflora (New Zealand). These, 

 with some others, differ from typical Sophora in the four-winged pod, 

 short standard, and exserted stamens. The two groups are so distinct 

 that I think Edwardsia should be reinstated as a separate genus, with 

 E. chrysophylla Salisb. as genotype. This species is near to E. tetraptera 

 (Mill.), but has larger leaves and smaller flowers. Other species are 

 E. mollis and E. inter rupta, both large-leaved forms from India. 



Edwardsia microphylla (Aiton) Salisb. 



Sophora tetraptera Linne (not Miller), Suppl. PL Syst. Veg., 230, 1781 ; 

 Forst., Prodr., 32, 1786. S. microphylla Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 1, 

 2, 43, 1808 ; Jacq., Hort. Schonbr., 3, 17. Edwardsia grandiflora 

 var. microphylla Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., 1, 52, 1853. Sophora 

 tetraptera var. microphylla Hook, f., Handb. N.Z. FL, 1, 53, 1864. 

 Edwardsia Macnabieina R. Grah., Edin. N. Phil. Journ., 26, 195, 

 1838. Sophora chalhamica Cockayne, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 34, 319, 

 1902 (Chatham Island). S. toromiro Phillipi, Bot. Ze.it., 2A, 743, 

 1873 (Easter Island). 



Both Linne's and Salisbury's specimens came from New Zealand. 

 E. Macnaliana is founded on Chilian examples. Specimens from Chile 



