266 Transactions. 



Hah. — Dry ground in Awatere Valley (Marlborough), and bed of Robin- 

 son River, in same district. 



Collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., F.L.S., lltb January, 1912. 

 who has supplied me with specimens. 



3. Epilobium arcuatum sp. nov. 



Caules pauci v. plures a basi duro emissi, erecti v. a parte inferiore 

 decumbentes, ad 16 cm. alti, purpurascentes, parce bifariam pubescentes, 

 cetera glabri. 



Folia in paribus oppositis subconnatis arete disposita, elliptica, 2-2| cm. 

 longa, 1-lJ cm. lata, subacuta, rubescentia, in petiolos breves latiusculos 

 angustata, integra v. obscure repanda, tenuia, glabra ; venis utrinque 

 valde conspicuis et a costa oblique excurrentibus. 



Flores 4-7, in axillis foliorum superiorum plerumque conferte dispositi ; 

 pedunculi foliis subtendentibus aequilongi, glabri, rubri. 



Calyeis lobi lanceolati, acuti, coroUam pallide puniceam fere aequantes. 



Capsula 2-2| cm. longa, crassiuscula, glabra ; seminibus papillosis. 



Stems few or several from a hard base, rarely branched and then only 

 from the base, erect or at first decumbent, rather stout, purplish, slightly 

 bifariously pubescent, otherwise glabrous, leafy throughout, lowermost 

 leaves larger and broader. 



Leaves in opposite subconnate pairs, elliptic, 2-2J cm. long, 1-1| cm. 

 broad, subacute, reddish-green, rather thin, narrowed into short broad 

 petioles, entire or slightly repand, glabrous ; veins prominent on both 

 surfaces and running out obliquely from the midrib. 



Flowers as many as 7 in the axils of the higher leaves, generally crowded 

 near the tops of the stems ; peduncles as long as their subtending leaves, 

 reddish, glabrous. 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the pink corolla. 



Capsule 2-2|^ cm. long, rather stout, glabrous, reddish ; seeds papillose. 



Hah. — Clinton Valley (Te Anau-Milford Track). Dr. L. Cockayne, 

 F.R.S., F.L.S. ! and D. P. ; McKinnon's Pass, H. J. Matthews ! 



The present species seems intermediate between E. glahellum Forst. f. 

 and E. chloraefolium Haussk. 



4. Olearia Willcoxii sv). nov.l 



SufErutex humilis, parce ramosus. 



Rami graciles, ascendentes v. subdivaricantes, subteretes, + striati, 

 tnoUi densaque pubescentia incani, veteres fere glabri. 



Folia alterna, subdistantia, anguste elliptica, circa 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. 

 lata, Integra, breviter petiolata, subacuta, parce coriacea, superne glabra 

 ac fu-co-viridia, infra tomento cinereo-albo arete appresso vestita, imo 

 petiolo foliis jam delapsis prominente ac decurrente.. 



Capitula pauca, pauciflora (floribus 5-8), 4 mm. longa, in ramulis 

 brevibus lateralibus aliquantum infra summos ramulos subracemose dis- 

 posita ; bracteae breves, lineares. 



Involucri squamae 3-4 seriatae, lauceolatae v. lineari-lanceolatae. 

 subacutae, castaneae, paene glabrae, baud viscidae, inferoribus gradatim 

 minoribus. 



Radii ligulae paucae, parum conspicuae. 



Achenia pubescentia. 



