NEW ZEALAND SPECIES OF COLOBANTHUS. 175 



6. C. brevisepalus, sp. n. Tufted, rigid, |-1 in. high, much- 

 branched. Leaves densely imbricated, yV~tV ^^* lo^g> linear- 

 subulate, with a broad base, concave above, rounded below, obtuse, 

 mucronate. Flowers terminal, sunk amongst the leaves. Sepals 5, 

 narrow ovate, convex or almost keeled, mucronate, slightly ex- 

 ceeding the capsule. 



Hab. South Island: Mount Mouatt, Arvatere, 4000 ft., T. Kirk. 

 Gorge Creek and Kurow, Otago, D. Petrie ! 



7. C. Benthamianus Fenzl in Aim. des Wieii Mus. i. 49. About 

 1 in. high, densely tufted. Leaves rigid, |— |- in. long, channelled 

 above, rounded beneath, with short acicular points. Peduncles 

 very short, flowers distinctly exceeding the terminal leaves. Sepals 

 5, ovate-subulate, mucronate, rigid, equalling or slightly exceeding 

 the capsule. Disc reduced to a mere line. — F. Mueller, Second Syst. 

 Cens. Austr. PL 46 ; C. Moore, Handbk. Fl. N. S. W. 100 ; Phil. 

 Cat. PI. Vase. Civil. 87. C. subulatus Hook. f. Fl. Antarc. i. 13, and 

 ii. 247, t. 93 ; Handbk. N. Z. Fl. 25 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 160. 

 C. puhinatus F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Vict. i. 201, and PI. Vict. 

 213, t. 11. Sagina subulata D'Urville, Fl. Ins. Mai. in Mem. Soc. 

 Linn. Par. iv. 618 (not of Wimm.). S. muscosa (3. squarrosa, and 

 y. laricifcUa Banks & Sol. MSS. in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Hab. South Island: "Awatere Valley and Sinclair range, alt. 

 4000 ft. ; Otago ; Lake District," Handbk. N. Z. Fl. 25. Campbell 

 Island. 



The above description is drawn exclusively from Campbell 

 Island specimens, as all that have come under my notice from the 

 South Island appear to belong to C. acicidaris Hook, f., the leaves 

 and sepals having longer acicular tips, and the flowers being more 

 completely hidden amongst the leaves than in the Campbell Island 

 plant, the perianth of which is exactly represented by fig. 4, t. 93, 

 in Fl. Antarctica. The drawing of the Falkland Island plant 

 represents a more slender and lax habit than is exhibited by either 

 New Zealand or Campbell Island specimens, while it differs still 

 further in having tetramerous flowers. 



8. C. AcicuLABis Hook. f. Handbk. N. Z. Fl. 25. 



Hab. South Island : in rocky places from Nelson to Southland, 

 2500-5500 ft. 



A more robust species than the preceding, with the flowers 

 more completely hidden. 



9. C. Buchanani, sp. n. Laxly tufted, glabrous ; stems 

 slender, 1-3 in. high. Leaves somewhat lax, |— xV in. long, 

 linear-subulate with acicular points, membranous, concave above, 

 convex below, patent or ascending. Flowers axillary on slender 

 peduncles exceeding the leaves, or rarely shorter. Sepals 5, 

 narrow linear-lanceolate, acute, one-half longer than the capsule. 

 Disc narrow. 



Hab. South Island : Otago, Mancherikia Valley, J. Buchanani 



10. C. MUSCOiDEs Hook. f. Fl. Antarc. i. 14. 



Hab. The Snares ; Auckland and Campbell Islands ; Antipodes 

 Island ; Macquarie Island. 



