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in P. Lessonii, styles 5, tips recurved, flowers greenish yellow. Wood white, 

 hard, tough ; resembling F. sim2)lex in general appearance, but the leaves are 

 alike in all stages, the panicles dioecious and terminal, and styles 5. More 

 closely allied to P. Sinclairii. 



From the sea-level to 2300 feet. Cape Colville Ranges, Great and Little 

 Barrier Islands^ Great Qmaha, Whangaroa (North), T. K. 



Olearia Allomii, Kirk. n. s. 



A low shrub, varying from a few inches to two feet in height, brandling 

 from the base, branches few, stout. Leaves oblong, unequal at the base, 

 excessively thick and coriaceous, obtuse, shining, reticulate above, principal 

 veins diverging from the mid-rib nearly at right angles, mid-rib prominent 

 below, often giving the leaf a keeled appearance, leaf covered below with 

 densely appressed, silvery, shining, tomentum, l"-2" long, rather closely set ; 

 petioles short, stout ; corymbs longer than the leaves, pecluncled, downy, 

 spreading, lax, many -headed, simple or slightly branched. Heads on stout 

 downy pedicels ■^'—^' long, large, bi'oad ; involucre cylindrical ; scales 

 numerous, imbricate, broadly lanceolate, obtuse, puberulous or downy ; 

 florets 6-8 ; rays about 8, broad, notched at the apex, white ; pappus brown 

 spreading, feathered. Achenes downy. 



In rather open places on the Great Barrier Island ; frequent from 800 to 

 2300 feet. 



Allied to 0. Haastii, Hook, f., from which it differs in its extremely 

 dwai'f, rigid habit, in the larger size of all its parts, excessively coriaceous 

 leaves, and loosely imbricated involucral scales. 



This plant was discovered on Mount Young by A. J. Allom, Esq., Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, and myself, in November, 1867. I have done myself the 

 pleasure of naming it after Mr. Allom, as a pleasant memorial of his valued 

 aid when exploring the Great Barrier Island. 



An Olearia, with leaves resembling those of the present plant, but 

 attaining the height of 12'-15', and closely branched, occurs at the Whenuakite 

 Biver, Mercury Bay. I have not been able to identify it in the absence of 

 flowers and fruit, 



Mimuhis Colensoi, Kirk. n. s. 



A small erect herb, 3 to 6 inches high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 

 oblong, sessile, scrobiculate, svicculent, entire. Flowers solitary, on shoi't 

 axillary peduncles. Calyx tubiilar, contracted just below the mouth, irregu- 

 larly 5-toothed, corolla very large, pure white with yellow throat, lower lip 

 much produced, entire, capsule ovate-acuminate. 



