lOS Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



varia. PeduncuU graciles, l-jflori, 2 — 6 ad apices ramulorum aggregati nn- 

 ciales, pilis minutis patulis instruct!. Calyx 5-phyllus, foliolis subulato-lan- 

 ceolatis patentibus ciliatis. Corolla 5-petala, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 apice refiexis, deciduis. Stam. hypogyna. Filamenta tubi petalorum sty- 

 lique longitudine. Ovarium ovato-lanceolatum dense villosum. Stigma 

 sphaerico-capitatum. 



617. P. refiexum (R. C. Mss.) fruticosum, ramosum, ramulis villosiusculis 

 (pilis cinereis) saepe verticillatis, foliis linearibus confertisglaberrimis apiculo 

 sphacelato, super concavis, modice divaricatis arcuato-reflexisve, junioribus 

 parce ciliatis, capsulis solitariis terminalibus acuminatis bivalvibus cinereo- 

 pilosis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Thickets o» the slopes of hills at Wan- 

 garoa, &c. — 1 833, M. Cunningham. 

 Flores nondum vidi. R. C. 



618. P, pimeleoides (R. C. Mss.) fruticosum ramuKs verticillatis, foliis 

 modice patentibus angusto-lanceolatis linearibusve acuminatis, apiculo ob- 

 tuso, super concaviusculis glabris subter venosis, marginibus jimiorum revo- 

 lutis plus minus ciliatis, capsulis solitariis aggregatisve axillaribus v. termi- 

 nalibus acuminatis 2-valvibus, pilis patentibus cinereis conspersis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Dry woods on the shores of the Bay of 

 Islands, Wangaroa, &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex 2 — 3 pedalis, duplo major quam in prsecedenti, atque folia longiora, 

 latiora, et quamlibet patentia non deflexa, capsulis porro crebre aggregatis* 



Nihilominus an species distincta.? 



61 9. P. radicans (R. C. Mss.) caule fruticoso simpliciter ramoso subra- 

 dicante, ramulis virgatis cinereo-villosis, foliis (uncialiabus) angusto-linea- 

 ribus concaviusculis acuminatis erecto-patentibus rectis falcatisve, pagina 

 superiore margin eque pilis raris instructis, capsulis terminalibus solitariis 

 pilosis. R. C. Mss. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Growing about the roots of the Kawi 

 (Dammara australis) principally in a forest near the head of the Kana-Kana 

 river. Bay of Islands, — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



This very distinct species, like the two preceding, has only been 

 observed bearing fruit, which is described in the note that accom- 

 panied the specimen, as being very similar to that of P. refiexum, 

 but inserted on a somewhat longer pedicle. The habit and leaves 

 are however somewhat different*. 



* In herbario meo sequentes sunt pulchrae species hujus generis, quae in 

 Australasia jampridem lectae erant, hucusque indescriptae, vel minus cog- 

 nitae. 



P. rublginosum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve acuminatis ve- 

 nosis sparsis verticillatisve, basi subattenuatis undulato-auriculaeformibus, 

 adultis superne glabriusculis, inferne ferrugineo-tomentosis pedunciilo ter- 

 minali multiiloro bracteato ramulisque dense rubiginoso-crinitis, floribus 

 umbellatis pedicellatis stigmate obtuso late merabranaceo, caule fruticoso 

 gracili. 



