382 Transactions. — Botany. 



Mr. Petrie has sent specimens from Otago which in some respects are 

 intermediate between this species and L. flexicaule ; but the specimens are 

 too far advanced to allow of my forming a positive opinion. 

 7. Lepidium incisum, Banks and Solander. 

 Fl. N.Z., i., 15; Handb. 14. 



I have seen no specimens of this plant, which appears to be extremely 

 local. Mr. Colenso is the only living botanist who has met with it, and the 

 habitat in which he found it has not proved productive of late years. 



The Waimakariri habitat stated in the Handbook for this species must be 

 erased, L, solandri being the plant intended. 



Art. LIX. — Notes on recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora. 



By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 



{Received by the Wellington Philosophical Society, IBth March, 1882.] * 



Capsella procumbens, Fries. 



Hutchinsia procumbens, Hook, f., Fl. Tasm. 

 I HAVE received specimens of this species from Mr. D. Petrie, who col- 

 lected them at Cape Whanbrow and Forbury Head, Otago. Those from 

 the last-named locality are extremely small, scarcely an inch in height ; 

 and those from Cape Whanbrow do not attain the usual size of European 

 and Australian specimens, the largest not exceeding 3 inches. The leaves 

 are entire or toothed in all my specimens, never pinnatifid. The flowers 

 equal the calyx ; the racemes are elongated and open in fruit, and the pod 

 is narrowed at both ends. It will doubtless be found in other localities, but 

 may be easily overlooked. 

 Myriophyllum verrucosum, Lindl. 



I collected this plant in ponds between Tauranga Harbour and the sea, 

 but am not aware of its occurrence in any other part of the colony. It 

 differs from M. elatinoides and M. varicefolium, in its more slender habit, and 

 in having all the floral leaves pinnatifid. The flowers are small, with 

 minute sepals, and the carpels are tuberculated. 

 Azorella selago, Hook. f. 



This interesting plant was discovered on Macquarrie Island, by Fraser, 

 as stated in " Flora Antarctica" ii., 285, but owing to its not having been 

 observed on the Auckland or Campbell Islands, some doubt arose as to the 

 correctness of the habitat, so that it was not included in the Handbook. 

 Botanists are greatly indebted to Professor Scott, of the Otago University, 

 for its discovery during his recent exploration of the island. 



* Title read at Annual Meeting, 12th February, 1881. 



