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Hab.—Slopes of Mount Diana, Lake Pan MD in damp rather 
open stations at the edge of forest :: W. A. Thon 
omson has sent me all the specimens porem These he grew 
in his garden at Half-way Bush, Dunedin. He has also supplied a re 
graph of the wild feel in situ. The species is named in hon of 
Henry J. Matthews, whose investigations shed so much light on the its 
of western Otago. 
3. Senecio enone Am nov. 
species S. io Hk. f. affinis; differt habitu late patente robusto, 
ramis elongatis,- foliis lios ac tenuioribus, petiolis longis gracilibus, 
inflorescentia laterali laxa 
A shrub 4-6 ft. high or more, with rather few widely-spreading more 
or less subdivided раа Leaves ye elliptic, 4-5 in. = exclusive 
ces, d 
chiefly ‘hong midrib and veins, below clothed with pale-yellow or greyish- 
yellow appressed tomentum ; petioles about as long as blades, grooved 
above, clothed with greyish tomentum. Inflorescence axillary towards 
ends of branches, асе 5-6 in. lon ng; rhachis zigzag, giving off 
below several alternate short, more or less divaricating few-flowered branches 
subtended by small foliaceous bracts, upper portion linear, simple, the 
whole inflorescence pes wit greyish- -white tomentum. Heads on short 
pedicels, discoid, 4in. in diameter; involucral bracts about 8, linear, 
tomentose. Florets diss 12, limb of corolla narrow funnel- shaped, rather 
deeply 5- ro segments revolute. Achene linear, shortly pilos 
H orth Island. Open rocky places near mouth of Mike River ; 
not common: W. A. Thomson ! 
The only specimen seen came from a plant grown in Mr. Thomson’s 
garden at Halt -way Bush, Dunedin. He has had it in cultivation for 
several years 
4. Dracophyllum Adamsii sp. nov. 
Frutex conferte ramosus, 10 dem. (40 in.) altus v. ultra; ramis tenui 
bus, apices versus multo divisis, ramulos pertenues laterales plerumque 
paucifoliatos inflorescentiam brevem terminalem gerentes edentibus. Foliis 
tenuibus, conferte imbricatis, complanatis v. + concavis, lineari- acuminatis, 
ape cm. “a in. P sio. paucifloris; floribus (ad 10) parvis, sessilibus, arcte 
disposi mm. longis; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, a marginibus 
ciliatis ; 'eorollae tubo angusto, calyce 4 longiore, lobis ovatis subacutis 
patentibus v. + reflexis; staminibus corollae tubum aequantibus; capsula 
matura calyce 4 breviore. 
A much-branched bushy shrub, 3ft. high or more. Main branches 
rather slender, much subdivided above; bark greyish-brown ; branchlets 
short, very slender, spreading or ascending, most closely ringed by scars of 
fallen leaves, leafy at tips ; flowering twigs 4in long, generally bearing few 
and broader leaves. Leaves closely imbricating, ascending or spreading, 
3in. long, 2-3mm. wide at base, narrow linear-acuminate, tapering 
