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stalked, keeled, minutely pubescent and ciliated, particularly on the keel. 

 Calyx-lobes linear, ^-\ inch long, sub-acute, keeled, ciliated or glabrous. 

 Corolla white, l-^ inch across ; tube short. Capsules ovoid, acute, -J— i inch 

 long, slightly pubescent, much shorter than the calyx, the valves splitting 

 longitudinally. 



i?rt6.— Waimakariri Valley, 5-6000 feet, J. B. Armstrong, March, 1867. 

 Eangitata Valley, 4,500 feet, Mr. J. F. Armstrong, March, 1869. Eakaia, 

 Mr. T. Phillips (perhaps a different plant), 1878. 



This is closely allied to F. haastii, but differs much in the sepals and 

 capsules. The leaves are narrower, greener, pubescent, and smaller than 

 in that species, and are without the red edges. This species has longer 

 sepals than any other New Zealand one, except F. elongata and F. 

 macrantha. 



30. F. movticola, Armstrong, "New Zealand Country Journal," Vol. III. 

 p. 58 (erroneously printed montana). About 2 feet high. Leaves imbricated, 

 smooth, thick and leathery, spreading, ovate-lanceolate, about 1 inch long, 

 acute, gradually narrowed into a short stalk, concave, not keeled, midrib 

 sunken above. Racemes in pairs at the ends of the branches, longer than 

 the leaves, about 20-fl.owered. Peduncles clothed with short glandular 

 hairs. Bracts linear, acute, ^l '^'^'^^^ ^ong, hairy and ciliated. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate, acute, yV~¥ ^^^^h long, with a white membranous border. Corolla 

 white ; tube i- inch long, compressed ; limb i inch across ; lobes ovate, 

 acute. Anthers brown. Caj)sules twice as long as the calyx, sub-ovoid, 

 much compressed. 



Hob. — Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago, common at 3-4,500 feet. In 

 most New Zealand herbariums this fine little species has been generally 

 confounded with F. lavis, from which it differs widely in the leaves being 

 longer, the midrib sunken, not keeled, gradually narrowed into the petioles, 

 in the membranous bordered calyx-lobes, and in the dull, dark colour, 

 smaller size and pubescent peduncles. 



81. F. grayi, Armstrong, " New Zealand Country Journal," Vol. III. A 

 small upright shrub, 2-3 feet high. Leaves closely imbricated, glabrous, entire, 

 flat, ovate or oblong or obovate, sub-erect, \ inch long, acute, rather suddenly 

 narrowed into short foot-stalks, the lowermost leaves cordate at the base ; 

 veins obsolete. Piacemes slender, hairy, 4-6 together near the tips of the 

 branchlets, many-flowered. Bracts linear, acute, fringed, ^V inch long. 

 Pedicels -^ inch long, stout, hairy. Calyx-lobes -^ inch long, ovate, acute or 

 obtuse, hu'sute, ciliate. Corolla white ; tube very short, xV~i^ i^^'^ •'^^^S > 

 limb \ inch across ; lobes ovate, acute. Anthers blue. Capsules compressed- 

 ovoid, acute, more than twice as long as the calyx. 



Eah. — Canterbury and Nelson Provincial Districts. 



