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A small prostrate rambling shrub. Branches wiry, & inch diameter, 



pubescent. 

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acuminate, entire, flat, 



scarcely coriaceous. Racemes few or many, 1 — 1£ inches long, subterminal at 

 the ends of the branches and axillary to the uppermost leaves, orbicular or 

 ovate. Flowers numerous, closely set ; peduncles ^ inch long, pubescent ; 

 pedicels and lanceolate bracts equal in length, pubescent ; sepals 

 long, linear lanceolate, ciliate ; corolla large, dark purple, tube short ; capsule 

 imperfect. This beautiful shrub has been cultivated by Mr. Travers in his 

 garden in Wellington, where the profusion of its dark purple flowers and 

 prostrate habit has proved a most showy addition to those plants adapted for 

 the ornamentation of rock-work or earth banks. 



Myoporum latum, Forst. 



VERBENACE.E. 



Labiata. 



Mentha cunninghamii, Benth. 



Chenopodiace.e. 



Chenopodium triandrum, Forst. 



glaucum, Linn. 

 A triplex patula, Linn. 



billardieri, Hook 61. 



Salicornia indica, Willd. 



Polygone.e. 



Polygonum minus, Huds., vai\ decipiens. 



Muhlenbechia adpressa, Lab. 



Thymklile. 



Pimelea arenaria, A. Cunn. 



EUPHORBIACE^E 



Euphorbia glauca, Forst. 



UftTICACELE. 



Urtica australis, Hook fil. 

 Parietaria deb His, Forst. 



PlPERACEJE 



Piper eoccelsum, Forst. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



Orchidaceje. 



Earina mucronata, Lindl. 

 Acianthus sinclairii, Hook. fil. 

 Corysanthes macrantha, Hook. 

 Microtis porrifolia, Sprei 

 Pterostylis banks ii, Br. 



banksii, Br., var. b. 



Qnicromega, Hook. fil. 

 Ccdadenia bifolia, Hook. fil. (Ghiloglottis traversii, F. Muell 

 Chiloglottis cornuta, Hook. fil. 

 Thdymitra longifolia, Forst. 



