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A small prostrate rambling shrub. Branches wiry, -J- inch diameter, 

 pubescent. Leaves spreading, irregular in size, sessile, J — IJ inches long, 

 l-5th — I" inch broad, obovate-oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, flat, 

 scarcely coriaceous. Racemes few or many, 1 — IJ inches long, sub terminal at 

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

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

 pedicels and lanceolate bracts equal in length, pubescent ] sepals \ — \ inch 

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



Yerbenaceje. 

 Myoporum Iceturriy Forst. 



Labiata. 

 Mentha cunninghamii, Benth. 



CHENOPODIACEiE. 



Chenopodiiim triandrum^ Forst. 



glauGum. Linn. 

 Atri'plex patula, Linn. 



billardieri, Hook fil. 

 Salicornia indica, Willd. 



POLYGONE^. 



Polygonum minus, Huds., var. decipiens. 

 Muhlenbeckia adpressa, Lab. 



Pimelea arenaria^ A. Cunn. 



Euphorbia glauca, Forst. 



Urtica australis, Hook fil. 

 Farietaria debilis, Forst. 



Piper excelsumj Forst. 



Thymrle^. 



EUPHORBIACEiE. 

 IJETICACEiE. 



PiPERACEiE. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



Orchidace^. 

 Earina mucronata, Lindl. 

 Acianthus sindairii, Hook. fil. 

 Corysanthes Tnacrantha, Hook. fil. 

 Microtis x>orrifolia, Spreng. 

 Pterostylis banksii, Br. 



banksii, Br., var. b. 



micromega, Hook. fil. 

 Caladenia bifolia, Hook. fil. {Ghiloglottis traversii, F. Muell., L c, b\.) 

 Chiloglottis cornuta, Hook. fil. 

 Thelymitra longifolia, Forst. 



