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corollx segmentis obovatis retusis, ovario late ovoideo hispidulo.— 
V. Cheesemani, Benth. MSS. 
Has. New Zealand; Nelson, on ms Raglan Mountains, Wairau 
Valley, alt. 5000 ft., 7. F. Oheesema 
Ceespites 2-3 poll. diametro ; radice oan elongate, vemis perplurimis 
filiformibus dense intertextis. Folia a patentia, 4—,), poll. longa, in 
petiolum angustata, utrinque puberula; petiolo laminw squilongo. 
Flores inconspicui, albi, +1; poll. diametro. Cay ycis segmenta corolla 
paullo breviora, recurva. Capsula sepalis brevior, shite Resta eros 
compressa, hispidula, matura ad basin 4-valvis ; semina minuta, plano 
convexa, fere gery testa granulata. 
Inst.’ v. ix. pp. 503 to 51 )) had pre evn been discovered in New 
Segments; its fruit is unknown. The sagas of V. Cheesemani, re- 
presented at fig. 6, is much narrower Beh less didymous than in 
Specimens examined by me.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Flower. 3. Calyx. 4. Stamens. 5. Ovary. 6. Capsule, ail 
enlarged. 
Puate 1366. Fie. B. 
PORANTHERA ALPINA, Cheesem. 
EvupHoRBIAces, Tribe STENOLOBIEZ. 
P. alpina, herba pusilla, intricatim ramosissima, glaberrima, ram 
ascendentibus foliosis, foliis parvis subimbricatis otek pelea 
sessilibus lineari-oblongis obtusis coriaceis marginibus fere ad costam 
crassam recurvis, floribus ad apices ramul 
culis foliis brevioribus superne incrassatis, sepalis 5 oblongis obtusis, 
petalis 0.—P. alpina, Cheesem. MSS. 
Has. New Zealand; Nelson Province, Port Arthur, alt. 4-500 to 
5-800 ft. T. F. Cheeseman. H. Jay. 
Herba 3—5-uncialis, ramis reareteqae: flexuosis intertextis teretibus, 
wctieasamn cortice rufo-fusco. Folia & pol longa, opposita et sub- 
opposita, CHiee sactin, leevia, Superne convexa, enervia ; Stee subtus 
crassissima ; stipule minute, late, obtuse, castanex, oppre Flores 
1. diam. in axillis supremis, flavescentes, pedicello patentee 
