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Hab. — Swampy ground in the Hutt Valley, Wellington. 

 Collected by J. Buchanan. 



The slender habit, circular umbels, and pale colour, distinguish this at 

 once from Cyperus ustulatus. 



Isolepis globosa, Buchanan, n. s. 



Culms erect, 1-2 ft. high. Spikelets aggregated in dense globose heads imme- 

 diately below the very obtuse tip of the culm, very narrow, linear, |— | in. long. 

 Proliferous culms 2-4 inches high, sheathed at the base, and bearing smaller 

 heads of linear spikelets. Glumes oblong, obtuse, in the proliferous heads 

 acute. Nut 3-gonous, pale, smooth, not dotted. 



Hab. — Karori Hills, "Wellington, where it shows bright green patches in 

 damp hollows. 



The long linear spikelets distinguish this from the other New Zealand 

 species. 



Collected by J. Buchanan. 



Sellieria fasciculata, Buchanan, n. s. 



An erect small shrub. Leaves |-in. long, obovate, coriaceous, nerveless, 

 fasciculate on alternate short branches. Flowers on short [)ed uncles, 3-4, 

 terminal on the branches, axillary to the uppermost leaves. Peduncles ^ in. 

 long, with two subulate opposite bx-acts above the middle. 



Collected by Dr. Haast at Weka Pass, Canterbury. 



The shrubby habit of this plant allies it more to Sccevola, but for several 

 other characters, which place it with Sellieria and nearest to S. radicans. 



Clematis afoliata, Buchanan, n. s. 



A rigid wiiy-branched climber. Branches finely grooved, glabrous, whole 

 plant leafless, or leaves reduced to opposite tendrils. Male flowers | in. 

 diameter, solitary, terminal, on produced peduncles at the ends of the branches. 

 Peduncles 1 in. long, silky, with one bract at base, in the axils of the last pair 

 of tendrils. Sepals 4, greenish white, linear oblong, acute, silky. Anthers 8—12, 

 linear obtiise. Female flowers few, 2-4, in the axils of branches or tendrils, 

 in single or ojjposite pairs. Peduncles |— 1 in. long, silky, with an opposite 

 pair of bracts on the middle and bracteate at the base. Achenes silky, with 

 long feathery awns. 



This well marked species is often found as an unsupported shrub, weaving 

 and intertwining its stiff branches on themselves, and forming upright dense 

 masses. 



Hab. — Waitaki Valley, Otago, and Marlborough. (See Travis. N. Z. Inst., 

 Vol. i.) 



Collected by J. Buchanan. 



