442 LOGANIACEZ. | Mitrasacme. 
A genus of about 30 species, chiefly Australian, but extending northwards 
into tropical Asia and southwards to New Zealand. 
Leaves linear-oblong, ending in a stout bristle .. .. 1. M. nove - zea- 
landie. 
Leaves narrow-obovate, obtuse te a3 .. 2. M. montana. 
_ M. Hookeri, M. Cheesemanii, and M. Petriei, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
Xiv. (1882) 348, 349, are species of Veronica, and will be found described under 
that genus. 
l. M. novee-zealandiz, Hook.f. Handb. N.Z. fi. 737.—A small 
moss-like densely tufted perfectly glabrous herb, forming rounded 
patches an inch or two in diameter; branches short, slender, 
densely compacted. Leaves connate at the base, densely im- 
bricated, j4-41in. long, linear-oblong, suddenly narrowed at the 
tip into a stout bristle, quite entire, rather coriaceous, concave, 
nerveless ; margins conspicuously thickened. Flowers solitary, 
terminal, minute, almost concealed by the leaves. Calyx-segments 
like the leaves. Corolla short and broad; lobes 4, short, obtuse. 
Stamens 4; filaments very short; anthers broadly obiong, 
didymous, included. Styles short, free. Capsule oblong, coria- 
ceous, 2-valved at the tip, the valves pointing outwards. 
Sour Isuanp: Canterbury—Hill’s Peak, Cockayne! Otago—Dusky Bay, 
on the mountains, Hector aud Buchanan. Srewart Istanp: Frazer Peaks, 
Rakiahua, Smith’s Lookout, Kirk ! 800-4500 ft. 
Mr. Cockayne’s specimens have narrower leaves with shorter bristle-poiuts, 
and may prove to be a distinct species. 
2. M. montana, Hook. 7. Fi. Tasm. i. 274, t. 88 C, var. Helmsii, 
T. Kirkwn Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii. (1890) 445, t. 32.— A small perfectly 
glabrous perennial herb, forming depressed matted patches 1-3 in. 
diam. Stems slender, 1-2in. high; branches weak, straggling. 
Leaves crowded towards the tips of the branches, opposite, $-4 in. 
long, obovate or obovate-oblong, narrowed into short flat petioles or 
rarely sessile, quite entire, glabrous, rather thick and fleshy, vein- 
less, margins flat. Flowers solitary, terminal, sessile, almost con- 
cealed by the leaves. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments equal, 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube broad; lobes short, acute, not one- 
half the length of the tube. Anthers nearly sessile on the throat of 
the corolla, broadly ovate. Ovary ovoid; styles 2, quite free but 
connivent. Capsule small, compressed, 2-lobed, the outer angles 
produced into curved beaks. 
SoutH Istanp: Westland—Paparoa Range, alt. 3000 ft., 2. Helms! 
This appears to differ from the type, which is a native of Tasmania, in the 
more slender habit, usually petiolate leaves, terminal sessile flowers, and 2-lobed 
capsule. It will probably prove to be a distinct species. 
