KiKK. — Becciit Additions to the New Zealand Flora. xxxvii 



habit and solitary heads." I have not seen specimens, but suspect it to be 

 an alpine state of some well-known species. 



South Island — Mount Jollie, Eangitata, 4,500 feet. 



Senecio hectori, Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z, Inst., V., p. 348, VI., pi. XXIII. 



A noble j)lant allied to S. glastifolius, Hook, f., but of widely different 

 habit and foliage. 



South Island — Valley of the Buller, between Eotorua and the Inanga- 

 hua, frequent ; Valley of the Grey. 



Senecio myrianthos, T. F. Cheeseman ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., VII., p. 348. 

 S, clieesemannii, Hook, f., Ic. PL, t. 1,201. 



A handsome species allied to S. perdlcioides, Hook, f., and S. sciadophiltcs, 

 Hook. f. 



North Island — Thames Goldfield. 



Senecio laxiflorus, Buchanan, MS. 



S. laxifolius; Trans. N.Z. Inst., 11., p. 89. 



Mr. Buchanan informs me that ^^ laxifolius'" was substituted for "laxi- 

 florus " through a printer's blunder. I have adopted his original name, as 

 that printed is singularly inappropriate. 



Closely allied to S. greyii, Col., but differing in the lax open panicle. 



South Island— Fowler's Pass, 3,000-3,500 feet. 



Senecio robusta, Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., VI., p. 240, pi. XXIII., f. 1. 



A very distinct species allied to S. bidwillii, Hook, f., but the leaves are 

 scarcely coriaceous, and the corymbs are usually many-flowered. When 

 fresh the whole plant is extremely viscid. 



South Island — Mount Eglinton, J. Morton! Mountains above the 

 Greenstone, J. Buchanan ; Mountains above Lake Harris, 4,000 feet, T. 



Kirk. 



Campanulace^. 



Selliera fasciculata, J. Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 211 ; is merely 

 a rupestral form of S. radicans, Car. 



Jasmine.^;. 

 OJea apetala, Vahl. ; Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 165. 



North Island — Eocky places near the sea ; Tauranga Islands ; Great 

 Barrier Island ; Nelson Island ; Little Barrier Island. 



Gentiane^. 

 Gentiana novcs-zelandice, Armstrong ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IV,, p. 291. 

 Appears to be only a trivial variety of G. montana, Forst. 



CoNVOLVULACE^. 



Dichondva repens, Forst., var. brevifolia. 



D. brevifolia, J. Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 208. 



