lo-> Specimen of the Botany of X< w Zealand. 



vnrl.i. Pctliuiculi gmcilet, 1-flnri, '2—0 id ;i])iccs ramulorum nggrogati un- 

 cialea, pilis minutii patulia initructL Calyx 5-pbyllua, foliolia subulate-lane 

 itii patentibus ciliatis. Corolla 5-petala, petalii Kneari-lanceolatia. acutia 

 apioe n tUxis decidina. Stain, hypogyna. FUawunta tubi petaloram sty- 

 lique longitudine. Orari/nit OVatO -lanccolatum druse villohiun. Stigma 

 ■phaerico-capitatum. 



17. P. reJU "mi ( /.'. ( . Mss.) fVuticosum, ramosum, ramulis villosiusculi* 

 (pilia cinereia) aaape verticillatia, foliia linearibua confertiaglaberrimia apiculo 

 sphacelate, auper concavis, modice divaricatia arctiato-reflexiave, jimioribua 

 parce ciliatis, capsulis solitariis tcrminalibus acuminatis bivalvibua cinereo- 

 piioaia. 



New Zealand (Xortliem Island). Thickets on the slopes of hills at Wan- 

 garoa, &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Flares nondum vidi. R. C. 



618. P. pimeleoides (R. C. Mss.) fruticosum ramulis verticillatis, foliis 

 modice patentibus angusto-lanceolatis linearibusve acuminatis, apiculo ob- 

 tuso, super concaviusculis glabris subter venosis, mavginibus juniorum revo- 

 lutis plus minus ciliatis, capsulis solitariis aggregatisve axillaribus v. termi- 

 nalibus acuminatis 2-valvibus, pilis patentibus cinereis conspersis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Dry woods on the shores of the Bay of 

 Islands, Wangaroa, &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutez 2 — 3 pedalis, duplo major quam in prsecedenti, atque folia longiora, 

 latiora, et quamlibet patentia non deflexa, capsulis porro crebre aggregatis* 



Nihilominus an species distincta? 



G19. P. radicans (R. C. Mss.) caule fruticoso simpliciter ramoso subra- 

 dicante, ramulis virgatis cinereo-villosis, foliis (uncialiabus) angusto-linea- 

 ribua concaviusculis acuminatis erecto-patentibus recti's falcatisve, pagina 

 superiore margineque pilis raris instructis, capsulis terminalibus solitariis 

 pilosis. R. C. Mss. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Growing about the roots of the Kauri 

 (Dammara australis) principally in a forest near the head of the Kana-Kana 

 river, Bay of Islands, — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



This very distinct species, like the two preceding, has only been 

 observed bearing fruit, which is described in the note that accom- 

 panied the specimen, as being very similar to that of P. reflexum, 

 but inserted on a somewhat longer pedicle. The habit and leaves 

 are however somewhat different*. 



* In herbario meo sequentes sunt pulchras species hujus generis, quae in 

 Australasia jampridem lectee erant, hucusque indescriptae, vel minus cog- 

 nitae. 



P. rubiginosum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve acuminatis ve- 

 nosis spams verticillatisve, basi subattenuatis undulato-auriculceformibus, 

 adultis superne glabriusculis, in feme ferrugineo-tomentosis pedunculo ter- 

 minali niultiiloro bracteato ramulisque dense rubiginoso-crinitis, floribus 

 umbellatis pedicellatis stigmate obtuso late membranaceo, caule fruticoso 

 gracili. 



