Abmstrong. — Description of neiv and rare New Zealatid Plants. 841 



two-Kpped ; upper lip of one narrow, erect or sub-erect, concave lobe ; loiver 

 lip of three nearly equal, spreading, rounded lobes, throat not tumid, but 

 having a few scattered hairs. Stamens four, didynamous, inserted on the 

 throat, included, the two lower the longest. Anthers two-celled, introrse. 

 Style extremely slender, a little longer than the stamens, with a two-lobed 

 stigma. Ovary superior. Capsule two-celled, loculicidal ? included within 

 the calyx.. Seeds minute. (Capsule immature.) 



This genus is allied to Euphrasia, from which it differs in the long 

 curved gibbous tube and bi-lobed stigma. It also approaches the South 

 American genus Gerardia, and in some characters the South African 

 Lyperia. 



Siphonidium longiflorum, n.sp. 



A small creeping or trailing herb. Branches clothed with scattered 

 spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, |- inch long, entire, linear-lanceolate, 

 rarely ovate, acuminate, obscurely three-nerved, pubescent or glabrous, 

 shortly petiolate. Flowers solitary, axillary, very shortly peduncled, not 

 bracteate. Corolla pubescent, pale blue (?) with darker veins. • 



Hah. — Karamea, west coast of Nelson. — Mr. Spencer. 



Some allowance must be made for the above description, as many more 

 specimens are wanted to furnish a good diagnosis. I have seen only one 

 perfect flower. 



Grammitis puniila, n.sp. 



A very small species, less than 1 inch high. Rhizome seldom more than 

 1 inch long, creeping, epigeous, comparatively very stout, covered with 

 membranous imbricating scales, and sending down slender hair-like fibres. 



Fronds erect, ^— | inch long, simple, entire or m-egularly toothed near 

 the base, almost sessile, linear-cuneate or cuneate-oblong, rarely spathulate, 

 obliquely truncate at the tip, crowded, glabrous above, below clothed with 

 minute greyish or brownish pubescence, margins never recurved. Costa 

 distinctly keeled below, remaining veins very obscm-e. Veinlets free. Sori 

 naked, irregular in outline, rounded or oblong, usually only one on a frond, 

 sometimes two, in which case they are confluent, situated on the uppermost 

 veinlet near the apex of the frond, almost terminal, composed of numerous 

 long- stalked sporangia. 



Hab. — Canterbury and Otago Provincial Districts, first collected by 

 Mr. J. F. Armstrong m 1865, at 3-6,000 feet altitude. 



A remarkable little fern, quite distinct from G. aiistralis, H.B., readily 

 distinguished by its diminutive size, sub-terminal, solitary sori, pubescent 

 costa, and obscure veins. The fronds are also invariably uniserial, whilst 

 those of G. australis are generally tufted. It is truly alpine, and is an ex- 

 ceedingly interesting little fern. 



