3 38 Transactions. — Botany. 



This plant, from its large leaves when young and ciliate margins, has good 

 claim to be re-established as a distinct species, though latterly it has only been 



considered as a var. of D. urvilleanum. 



It is also found in the Lake District of Otago, where it was at first 

 supposed to be D. menziesii. Hook, fil., never having been found in flower, 

 although the leaf transition was noticed on small plants. 



Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium, Forst. 



A small shrub 3 — 8 inches high. In Mr. Travers' collection rooted 

 specimens 3—4 inches high are found in flower. It agrees in every respect 

 with the above species, except in sometimes having 1 — 4-flowered spikes, 

 instead of 1 — 2-flowered spikes, as described by Dr. Hooker (Handb. N.Z. 

 Flora, 183). 



MyRSINEjE. 



*Myrsine chathamica, F. Muell. 



Shrubby, erect, much branched. Leaves 1| — 2| inches long, obovate- 



oblong, obtuse or emarginate, pale and reticulated on both surfaces (Dr. 



Hooker, Handb. N.Z. Fl. 736). The fruit is described by Baron F. von 



Mueller as purplish, spherical, one-seeded, size of a large pea. To this may be 



added : Flowers in capitate lateral fascicles ; calyx, 4-lobed ; petals, 4, pale 



greenish, spotted reel, ciliate on the margins, erect ; stamens, 4, adherent to 



the petals ; anthers large ; stigma sessile, capitate. Dr. Hooker thinks this 



may be a lare;e state of M. urvillei, and specimens of the latter, with large, 



nearly flat leaves, found in New Zealand, approach it very closely, except in 



size of fruit. 



Myrsine mimmularia, Hook. fil. 



PRIMULACE.E. 



Samolus littoralis, Br. 



Gentianejb. 



Gentiana pleurogynoides, Griseb. 



Boeagine^:. 



*Myosotidium nobile, Hook. (PI. XII.) 



Convolvulus sejrium, Linn. 



soldanella, Linn. 



Dichondra repens, Forst. 



CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Solanum aviculare, Forst. 



nigrum, Linn. 



SOLANE.E. 



SCROPHULARINE^ 



;a salicifolia, Forst. ( V. forsteri, F, Muell. var. salicifolia. 

 *dieffenbachii, Benth. 



*chathamica, n. sp. (Y. forsteri, F. Muell. var. ellipticc 



PL XIII. f. 1. 



