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opposite or verticillate, quite entire, 1-3 inch long, shortly pctioled or sessile, 
lanceolate, acuminate, 8-nerved. Flowers on short curved peduncles, 
solitary, axillary, erect, calyx 4-toothed; corolla tube narrow, greatly 
elongated, 4-3 inch long, tip short, broad, bifid, projecting ; capsules oblong, 
slightly beaked, ovules solitary. 7 
This plant differs from all other Euphrasie in the entire leaves, greatly 
elongated corolla tube, and solitary ovules. A further supply of specimens 
is desirable in order to establish the permanence of the last character. 
Spiranthes australis, Linde. 
The Okarito specimens of this local plant mark a considerable extension 
of its western range. Specimens mixed with Microtis porrifulia, apparently 
collected on Banks’ Pevinsula some years back by Mr. Armstrong, junr., 
arein the herbarium of the Christchurch Museum; the credit of its first 
discovery in the South Island is therefore due to that gentleman. 
The other known localities for this species in New Zealand are Waikato, 
where it was originally discovered by Mr. Colenso ; St. John's Lake, Auck- 
land, whence I have a fino specimen collected by Mr. Cheeseman; and 
Kaitoke swamps on the Great Darrier Island, where I had the pleasure of 
collecting it some years past. 
Zostera nana, Roth., var. müelleri. 
This discovery marks a great extension of the southern range of our 
plant, and is the first instance of its having been observed in the South 
Island. 
Ruppia maritima, L. 
wo forms of this plant are represented, one with narrow slender sheaths, 
and elongated spirally coiled peduncles; the other is a more robust plant 
with much broader sheaths, and may be R. rostellata, Koch, but the 
specimens are not in flower or fruit. 
Astelia cunninghamii, Hook. f. 
The Okarito habitat for this species shows a marked extension of its 
southern range, 
Areca sapida, L. 
Mr. Hamilton informed me that the occurrence of one or more specimens 
of the nikau in the vicinity of Okarito is commonly asserted, but although 
he made enquiries from the diggers, he failed to find it, nor did he meet with 
anyone who had actually seen the palm growing in the distriet. I was 
assured that on the opening of the goldfield at Ross, the nikau occurred 
sparingly, but was soon destroyed; the most southern habitat known to mo 
on the West Coast is between Greymouth and Hokitika, in latitude 42° 30’, 
On the East Coast it is said to occur on Banks’ Peninsula; I did not 
Observe it at Akaroa, but have no reason to doubt its occurrence < tho 
