CuEEsEMAN.—New Species of Flowering-plants. 565 
Art. 39.—New Species of Flowering-plants. 
By Т. Е. CugEsEMaN, F.LS., F.Z.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Auckland 
Museum. 
[Read before the Auckland Institute, 19th December, 1921; received by Editor, 31st 
December, 1921 ; issued separately, 22nd May, 1923.) . 
1. Astelia Cockaynei Cheesem. n. sp. (A. montana Cockayne in Bot. Surv. 
Tongariro Nat. Park (1908), 36, non A. montana Seem., Fl. Vit. 
(1865-73), 313, t. 95.) 
Affinis A. nervosae Banks et Soland. sed multo minore, foliis rigidis 
et utrinque sericeiis vel villosis, scapis folio brevioribus paucifloris. 
long appressed silvery-white or tawny hairs. 
those of A. nervosa, but the panicles much smaller and with fewer branches, 
and the females much more compact. Berry ovoid or ovoid-globose, 
pointed at the tip, jin. diam., fleshy, reddish-orange, enclosed in the 
persistent cup-shaped enlarged base of the perianth, which is often but not 
invariably coloured red within. Seeds 2-3 in each cell, black, angled.— 
A. nervosa var. montana T. Kirk in Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906), 714. 
Hab.—North and South Islands; Stewart Island: Abundant in sub- 
alpine localities from Hikurangi, Mount Egmont, and Taupo southwards. 
2,500-4,500 ft. 
There can be little doubt that a direct passage can be traced from 
A. Cockaynei into A. nervosa. On the mountains of north-west Nelson I 
have several times satisfied myself on this point; and Mr. Petrie has 
white foliage almost shaggy from the abundance of silky hairs, and the 
highly developed form of A. ? ) 
viis the heres are almost glabrous, and sometimes reach a height of 8 ft., . 
with a width of over 4 in., is so pronounced that I cannot refuse to draw 
a line of division between the two plants. 
2. Nasturtium Gibbsii Cheesem. n. sp. 
Species habitu N. latesiliqua sed graciliore et undique glabro, foliis 
multo angustioribus ad apicem paucis dentibus instructis. 
егу similar to N. latesiliqua, and, like it, with a stout woody rootstock 
as thick as the little finger. Radical leaves very numerous, but soon 
