CHEESEMAN.—New Species of Flowering-plants. 569 
n my “ Notes on feria " (Trans. N.Z. Inst, vol. 47, p. 42) I 
treated this as a variety of A. Monroi. But further ‘study of the genus 
has convinced me that the differences between it and the origina, type of 
the species (which I have figured in the Illustrations of the N.Z. Flora) are 
far too great to allow such a course to be taken. The many plants included 
y Hooker in the Handbook under the name “ Monroi” are, д8 ae opinion, 
best treated as follows : —1. Leaves simply pinnate : A. simil . Leaves 
sparingly bipinnate at the base : 4. Monroi (type of the finn 3. Leaves 
3-pinnatisect ; ultimate segments linear: A. divisa. 4. Leaves pinnatisect, 
ultimate segments almost filiform : А. multisecta. 
Art. 40.— Descriptions of New Native Flowering-plants. 
By D. Perr, M.A., Ph.D., F.N Z.Inst. 
[Read before the Auckland Institute, 19th December, 1921; received by Editor, 31st 
December, 1921 ; issued separately, bond May, 1923.) 
1. Colobanthus Wallii sp. nov. 
C. parvus dense ramosus, glaberrimus, + 2:5 cm. altus. Folia dense 
imbricata, lineari-subulata, 5 mm. longa + 1 mm. lata, plana v. apicem 
versus + concava, enervia, basi expansa ac + scariosa. Flores axillares 
sessiles v. subsessiles tetrameri, sepalis folia e et latitudine 
aliquanto excedentibus, obtusis v. subacutis tenuibus, a m us 
scariosis ac лдары cidis. Capsula sepalis + dimidio Беса: ; seminibus late 
claviformi 
A small ан shortly and compactly branched species, + 14 іп. high, 
perfectly glabrous. Leaves densely imbricating, erect or nearly so, linear- 
subulate, acute and shortly apiculate, + iin. long + ji in. broad, flat 
or the upper part more or less concave, nerveless, pale along the edges, 
гу, l 
leaves but considerably wider, obtuse or subacute, rather thin wit 
semi-scarious pellucid margins. Capsule about half as long as the sepals ; 
seeds broadly club-shaped. 
ab.—Crevices in limestone rocks at the top of Mount Arthur, west 
Nelson: Arnold Wall! 
I have seen but a single plant of this: the size of the plant and its habit : 
of growth may prove different in more 90161 situations. 
2. Epilobium Wilsoni sp. nov. 
Caules a radice summa complures, 20-32 cm. longi, graciles teretes 
simplices v. pa parte superiore sparse ac aeque pubescentes, 
ri. Folia subpatentia, Тун petiolata, opposita у. apicem versus 
pe oblongo-lanceolata v. oblongo-ovata, Sate + puberula, remote 
obscure sinuato-dentata, 2-3-5 cm. longa + . lata. Flores pauci 
ex foliorum superiorum axillis editi, majusculi Ber 1:5 ст. longi, albi, 
peduneuli pergraciles, maturi bracteas subduplo superantes. Petala calyce 
duplo longiora, late obcordata. Capsul 34 mm. longa, gracilis sparse 
ae aeque pubescens. Semina papillosa, picta angustata, hoc latere plano 
illo subacute rotundato. 
