396 Transactions,- — Botany. 



S CKOPHULAKINE^ . 



Eiqohrasia dispenna, Hook. f. 

 E. longifiora, Kirk, in Trans. N.Z. Inst. XI., p. 440. 

 E. (Anagos^perma) disperma, Hook, f., le. PI., t. 1283. 

 PLATE XIV. 



Stems weak, procumbent, matted, 2"-4" long, clotlied with deflexed, 

 often glandular hairs. Leaves small, ^"-^" long, opposite, shortly petioled 

 or sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, margins entire. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary, on short curved pedicels, erect. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, teeth linear 

 acute. Corolla erect, i"-f" long, tube narrow at base, dilated above, upper 

 lip erect, obcordate ; lower lip projecting, 3-lobed, lobes equal. Stamens 4, 

 anthers large, exserted, acute. Stigma circinate at the apex. Ovary 

 broadly ovoid, 2-celled, cells 1-ovuled, ovules pendulous from the top of the 

 ovary. Capsule (immature) oblong, slightly beaked, apparently indehiscent. 



Hah. — South Islai^d : Okarito — A . Hamilton. 



In Trans. N.Z, Institute, Vol. XI., I provisionally described this singu- 

 lar little plant under the name of Euphrasia longifiora, but before the publi- 

 cation of that volume it was described by Sir Joseph Hooker under the 

 name given above. I have therefore given a fuller description, although 

 still imperfect, as the ripe fruit is unknown. 



This species is related to E. repens, Hook, f., which at present has only 

 been found at the Bluff. E. disperma is distinguished from all its congeners 

 by the 1-ovuled cells, while its narrow erect corolla and entire leaves are 

 prominent characters. 



Eespecting E. repens and E. disperma, Sir Joseph Hooker writes in 

 " Icones Plantarum :" — " The fruit is known in neither of these species ; if 

 indehiscent in both, they would form a genus instead of a subgenus, under 

 which I now place them with the name Ana/josperma from the reduced 

 number of seeds." He fm-ther states that E. disperma is distinguished from 

 all other 8crop>liularine(B by its solitary ovules. 



Thymele^. 

 Pimelea haastii. 



A strict low-growing shrub 6-10 inches high. Branches few (?), very 

 slender, white with silky hairs. Leaves in distant pairs, petioled, ascend- 

 ing, narrow lanceolate, f"-li" long, acute, hairy below, or nearly glabrous, 

 margins recuived ; floral leaves similar. Flowers 5-8 in a head, very small, 

 perianth swollen below, sessile, silky, lobes narrow, spreading; filaments 

 short ; style equalling the perianth tube. Fruit not seen. 



Hab. — South Island : Canterbury Alps — Professor von Haast, Mr. Arm- 

 strong. 



Although this plant appears very different from any other New Zealand 

 form it is difficult to lay down satisfactory characters apart from the foliage 



