CoLENSO. — DescrijJtion of neiv Plants. ^29 



'Polypodium grammitidis, Br. Nelson ; Foxhill ; Graham Eiver. 



,, pennigerum, Forst. Lowland localities, not uncommon. 



,, punctatum, Thimh. Nelson ; Foxhill ; Moutere ; Graham Eiver. 



,, serpens, Forst. Nelson and coast to the north ; Lower Motueka. 



,, cunninghamii, Hook. Maitai Valley. 



,, pitstulatum, Forst. Nelson ; Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 



,, hillardieri, Br. Abundant in lowland districts. 



Nothochlmia distans, Br. Near Nelson. 

 Todea hyinenophylloides, Presl, Plentiful through the district. 



„ superba, Col. Takaka Valley, ascending to 3,500 feet ; Buller Valley. 

 " Near Eeefton, Valley of the Inangahua, etc., not uncommon," 

 R. W. Raithby ! 

 Ojjhioglossimi vulgatum, L. Maitai Valley ; Wairau Valley ; Lake Eotoiti. 

 Botrychnmi ternatum, Swz. Maitai Valley ; near Foxhill ; Wairau Valley. 



Lycopodiace^. 

 Lycopodium selago, L. Wairau Gorge ; Hope Mountains, Buller Valley ; 

 Mount Arthur plateau. 

 ,, varium, Br. Wairau Valley ; Mount Arthur plateau. 



,, hillardieri, Spring. Near Nelson. 



„ clavatmn, L., var. mageUanicum. Abundant in subalpine locahties. 



,, scariosum, Forst. Near Nelson; Dun Mountain range; Wairau 



Valley ; Buller Valley. 

 ,, volubile, Forst. Abundant throughout the district. 



Ehizocarpe^. 

 Azolla rubra, Br. Near Nelson ; Motueka Valley ; Wairau Valley. 

 Isoetes alpinus, Kirk. Lake Eotoiti, abundant. 



Abt. XL VI. — A Description of a few new Plants from our New Zealand 



Forests. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. 



[Bead before the Haivke's Bay PhilosopJiical Institute, IMh November, 1881.] 



Class I. Dicotyledons. 



" Order 1. EANUNCULACE^. 



Genus 1. Clematis, Linn. 



Clematis quadribracteolata, n.sp. 



Plant dioecious, small, very slender, trailing, extending only a few feet 

 each way ; branches sulcated, glabrous or with the young ones slightly and 

 fiinely puberulent; leaves few, very minute, trifoliolate, on long petiolules 2-3 

 lines long, mostly ovate-acuminate and broadly lanceolate, or spathulate, 

 i^l^ lines long, and sometimes linear-lanceolate 8-6 lines long acute with 

 a knobbed point, no lateral veins, only a mid-rib, with here and there a 

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