Ourisia. | SCROPHULARINE®. ddl 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury — Arthur’s Pass and source of the Poulter 
River, Cockayne! Westland—Source of the Otira, Kelly’s Hill, Mount Alex- 
ander, Cockayne! Otago—Cosmos Peaks, Lake Wakatipu, H. J. Matthews ! 
3000-4500 ft. December—January. 
Allied to O. c@spitosa, but distinguished by the larger size, much larger 
ovate-spathulate long-petioled leaves, and larger flowers. 
6. O. ceespitosa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 198.—Forming broad 
matted patches. Stems often much branched, 2-6 in. long or more, 
creeping and rooting, stout or rather slender, leafy, glabrous or 
sparingly pilose or tomentose; branches short, ascending. Leaves 
close-set, spreading and recurved, usually distichous, 4-4 in. long, 
obovate-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into a short broad sheathing 
petiole or almost sessile, coriaceous or almost fleshy, bright-green, 
glabrous or the margins of the petioles ciliate, entire or more 
usually with 1-3 deep notches or crenatures. Peduncles strict, 
erect, 1-3 in. long, 1-5-flowered, glabrous, as are the bracts, pedicels, 
and calyces. Bracts 1 or 2 pairs, similar to the leaves; pedicels 
slender. Flowers 4—2in. diam., white. Calyx + in. long, 5-partite; 
segments oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, often dilated at the tip. 
Corolla-tube broad, rather longer than the calyx; lobes broad, 
rounded. Capsule +in. long, ovate-oblong.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 219. 
Var. gracilis, Hook. f. l.c. 738.—Much more slender. Leaves smaller, 
z)-4 in. long. Peduncles slender, 1-2-flowered ; bracts small. Flowers smaller, 
4-4in. diam. Calyx-segments linear-oblong. 
Nort Istanp: Summit of Mount Hikurangi, Adams and Petrie! Rua- 
hine Mountains, Colenso! Petrie! Tararua Mountains, T. P. Arnold! W. 
Yownson! SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in mountainous localities from 
Nelson to Otago. Stewart Isztanp: Summit of Mount Anglem, Kirk! 
3000-6500 ft. December-—February. 
A pretty little plant, easily recognised by the matted habit, small bright- 
green almost glabrous leaves, and glabrous peduncle, bracts, and calyces. 
7. O. prorepens, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv. (1893) 272.— 
Stems rather slender, branched, creeping and rooting, 2-4 in. long, 
glandular-hairy. Leaves close-set, spreading, distichous, $—3 in. 
long, obovate, rounded at the tip, narrowed into a broad thin 
petiole at the base, crenate, densely glandular-pilose above, almost 
glabrate with the veins conspicuous beneath. Peduncles erect, 
2-4in. high, sparingly glandular-pubescent, 3-6-flowered. Bracts 
1 or 2 pairs, similar to the leaves, nearly glabrous; pedicels slender. 
Flowers large, 2in. diam., white. Calyx about +in. long, 5-partite; 
segments oblong, obtuse, sparingly glandular-pubescent. Corolla- 
tube longer than the calyx; lobes broad, rounded. Ripe capsules 
not seen. 
Souru Istanp: Otago—Mount Bonpland, Petrie! Mount Kyeburn, H. J. 
Matthews ! 4000-5000 ft. 
