Kink.— Notes on Panax lineare. 498 
leaves, as this plant approaches maturity, it resembles P. crassifolium, Den. 
and Planch., but differs from that species in the ascending position of the 
leaves in their young state, and in their uniformly simple character at all 
ages. In these respects, it also resembles an undescribed species discovered 
by Dr. Hector and myself near Nelson, and for which I have proposed the 
MS. name of P. feroz, while it approaches it closely in the linear and 
entire character of the mature leaves. 
Àn abnormal specimen collected by Mr. Buchanan in Dusky Bay, and 
. now in the Otago Museum, has the mature leaves ovate, much broader than 
those of the typical form, and with the midrib less prominent. Another 
specimen exhibits a sessile male umbel with 16 or 17 rays. 
In habit and appearance Panaw lineare closely resembles the simple- 
leaved form of Solanum laciniatum when growing in exposed situations. 
Art. LXX.— Description of a new species of Rumex. By T. Kreg, F.L.S. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 16th September, 1876.] 
Rumex neglectus, n. 8. 
Roorsrock stout, giving off creeping branches. Leaves rosulate, 1-2 inches 
long; petioles nearly as long as the blade ; linear-oblong, obtuse, truncate 
at the base, margins crenate and slightly waved. Panicle stout, depressed, 
rarely 2 inches in height, sometimes reduced to a single whorl produced 
from the apex of the rootstock; flowers bisexual, densely crowded in 
racemed whorls, the lower whorls each with a single petiolar leaf. Outer 
lobes of the perianth short, obtuse; inner lobes lanceolate, with two short 
teeth on each side; midrib tuberculate, elongated, tips elongated, enclosing 
the nut; nut trigonous, smooth. 
Hab.: On shingle beaches, Wellington—(T. K.) Dusky Bay, (J. Bu- 
chanan). 
My first knowledge of this very distinet species was obtained in 1870, 
when I examined a few imperfect specimens preserved in the herbarium of 
the Colonial Museum. Mr. Buchanan informed me they were collected on 
the shingly beach of Dusky Bay, where the plant occurred in such 
abundance that it was often collected by Dr. Hector's exploring party, and 
used for food, forming a weleome change to their somewhat monotonous 
diet. Last year I had the pleasure of collecting speeimens on Ocean Beach, 
near Wellington, and at once recognised it as identical with the plant col- 
lected by Dr. Hector and Mr. Buchanan. It will probably be found on 
shingly beaches from New Plymouth to the Bluff. 
