Buchanan. — On the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. 351 



Plate XXX., fig. 3, plant nat. size; 3a, 3b, leaves, back and front 

 views ; 3 c, floret ; 3 d, scale ; 3 e, pappus hair, much enlarged. 



A very distinct little species, much smaller than Haastia jmlvinaris, 

 covered with soft, white, cottony wool, and with long silky hairs on the 

 achene. 



Named in honour of H. F. Logan, whose zeal in botanical science has 

 added much to our knowledge of the flora of the North Island. 

 Phyllacne Jiaastii, Berggen. 

 Helophylluvi colensoi, Hook. fil. Handb. N.Z. Flora, vol. i., p. 168. 



Stems 1-1 1 inch long, with the leaves on i inch diameter. Leaves 

 obtuse, broad at the base. Flowers with the staminal column much 

 exserted. 



Hab. — North Island: Tararua Mountains, 4,500 feet alt.; South Island: 

 Mount Alta, 5,000 feet alt. — Buchanan and McKay, 1881. 



Plate XXXI., fig. 1, plant nat. size ; 1 a, branch, enlarged ; 1 b, flower, 

 much enlarged ; 1 c, 1 c', 1 c", flower bracts ; 1 d, 1 d' , 1 d", sepals ; 1 e, leaf, 

 enlarged. 



Helophyllum rubrum, Hook. fil. 

 Handb. N.Z. Flora, vol. i., p. 168. 



Stems much shorter than the last. Leaves narrow, coriaceous, with 

 thick knobs. Flowers white, becoming bright red when dry. Corolla 5-7- 

 cleft, column included, or slightly exserted. 



Hab. — South Island : Mount Aspiring range, 5,000 feet alt. — Buchanan 

 and McKay, 1881. 



Plate XXXL, fig. 2, plant nat. size; 2a, plant enlarged; 2b, flower 

 much larger ; 2 c, 2 c', 2 c", flower bracts ; 2d, 2 d', sepals ; 2 e, 2 e' , leaves. 



The present two plants are but little known, and may be considered rare, 

 no doubt they are often overlooked when not in flower by the few who 

 venture into their habitats plant-collecting. H. rubrum, Hook, fil., has not 

 been seen till the present time, so far as known, since its first discovery on 

 Dr. Hector's expedition to the West Coast of Otago in 1860. The peculiarity 

 in this species is its white flowers becoming bright red when dry, hence its 

 name. 



Veronica muelleri, Buch., n.s. 



A low flexuose, straggling, prostrate, glabrous or puberulent plant, 

 6-18 inches long, rooting along its numerous branches. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, i-J inch long, ovate, ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, entire, or 

 with 1-2 notches on each side. Flowers 1-2, terminal on the branches, 

 and sitting among the leaves. Pedicels ^^^ inch long. Sepals ^ inch 

 long, very obtuse. Corolla ^ inch diameter, dark pink, tube long, stamens 

 large. Capsule didymous, shorter than the sepals. 



