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Branches square, ^-^o iiich diam., leaves 



acuminate ... ... ... ... 56. V. lycopodioides, H.f. 



Brandies terete, slender, -^-^ inch diam., 



leaves Jq-tV i^ch ... ... ... 57. V. salicornioides, H.f. 



Branches terete, x5-xV ^^^^h diam., leaves 



connate to middle ... ... ... 58. V. armstrovgn,Kivk. 



Branches terete, stout, leaves connate to 



middle ... ... ... ... ... 59. V. hectori, H.f. 



Species the position of wJiich is uncertain until fruit is obtained. 



Leaves \ inch long, ovate-acuminate, im- 

 bricated 60. V. loganioides, n.s. 



Descriptions of New Species. 



16. V. anrplexicaulis, A.rmstrong, "New Zealand Country Journal," Vol. 

 III., page 56. 1-2 feet high, decumbent or suberect. Branches stout, 

 ringed with old leaf-scars. Leaves loosely imbricated, amplexicaul or sub- 

 amplesicaul, oblong, obtuse, ^ inch long, ^ inch broad, glaucous, coria- 

 ceous, entire, slightly concave, not keeled. Floivers in short conical spikes 

 on hairy peduncles, 1-1 i inch long. Spikes f-1 inch long, densely hairy 

 between the flowers, crowded together near the ends of the branchlets, 

 dense-flowered. Bracts solitary, membranous, longer than the calyx, hairy, 

 and ciliated. Calyx-lobes ovate or lanceolate, acute, cihated, half as long 

 as the corolla tubes. Corolla white ; tube ^ inch long ; liiiib I inch across ; 

 lobes lanceolate. Stamens longer than the style. Anthers blue. Style curved 

 upwards, slender. Capsule ^ inch long, ovoid-compressed, acute, hairy, one- 

 third longer than the calyx. 



Hah. — Provincial District of Canterbury, Eangitata, Mr. J. F. Armstrong. 

 Provincial District of Nelson, Upper Waiau, J. B. A. A most beautiful and 

 remarkable little shrub, readily distinguished fi-om its nearest relative, 

 F. carnosula, by the broadly oblong, very obtuse, amplexicaul leaves, and 

 densely hairy spikes, also by the very long corolla tube, but this character 

 may vary. 



19. V. decumhens, Armstrong, "New Zealand Country Journal," Vol. III. 

 A small decumbent, very beautiful shrub. Branches black and polished. 

 Branchlets pubescent. Leaves loosely imbricated or decussate, spreading, 

 entire, quite glabrous, very shortly petioled, ovate or lanceolate, %hy \ inch, 

 obtuse, flat or slightly concave, not keeled, obscurely three-nerved, dull 

 green in colour, with bright red edges. Racemes in pairs near the tips of the 

 branches, shortly peduncled, ovoid, 1 inch long, 12-16-flowered. Pedicels -^-^ 

 inch long, slender, hairy. Bracts one-third the length of the calyx-lobes 

 which are ^ inch long, narrow-ovate, acute, hairy, ciliated, with pink edges. 



