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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Botany. 
  

  

  sessile, 
  toothed 
  ; 
  flowers 
  in 
  terminal 
  racemes. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  an 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  fruited 
  condition. 
  The 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  exactly 
  that 
  of 
  Camelma 
  

   dentata, 
  Pers., 
  which 
  it 
  closely 
  resembles 
  in 
  general 
  appearance. 
  

   Viola 
  filicaulis, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  sometimes 
  produced 
  in 
  

   pairs 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  axil. 
  

   Panax 
  simplex, 
  Forst. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  specimen, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  height, 
  is 
  doubtfully 
  iden- 
  

   tified 
  with 
  the 
  young 
  state 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  It 
  has 
  5-foliolate, 
  membranous 
  

   leaves, 
  with 
  long 
  slender 
  petioles, 
  and 
  pinnate 
  or 
  pinnatifid 
  leaflets 
  ; 
  the 
  

   segments 
  sharply 
  toothed. 
  

   Panax, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  ? 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  state, 
  6-8 
  inches 
  in 
  height, 
  appear 
  widely 
  

   different 
  from 
  any 
  described 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species. 
  They 
  are 
  characterised 
  

   by 
  simple 
  hnear 
  leaves, 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  crassifolium, 
  but 
  membranous, 
  

   narrow, 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  long, 
  on 
  slender 
  petioles, 
  

   with 
  sharp 
  distant 
  teeth. 
  One 
  specimen 
  has 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  deeply 
  tripartite 
  

   leaves, 
  the 
  middle 
  segment 
  being 
  much 
  the 
  longest. 
  The 
  lowest 
  leaf 
  is 
  

   trilobate, 
  with 
  short 
  broad 
  teeth, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  leaf 
  of 
  the 
  

   hawthorn. 
  

   Celmisia 
  hellidioicles, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  "does 
  not 
  mention 
  the 
  precise 
  locality 
  where 
  he 
  collected 
  

   this 
  plant, 
  probably 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Francis 
  Joseph 
  

   Glacier, 
  which 
  would 
  explaui 
  its 
  occurrence 
  at 
  so 
  low 
  an 
  elevation 
  as 
  1,000 
  

   feet 
  or 
  less. 
  

   Cuscuta 
  densiflora, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  this 
  remarkably 
  local 
  plant 
  at 
  Okarito 
  shows 
  a 
  marked 
  

   extension 
  of 
  its 
  western 
  range. 
  Elsewhere 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  Nelson, 
  Port 
  Under- 
  

   wood, 
  and 
  Otago, 
  but 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  locahty 
  in 
  each 
  

   district. 
  

   Eiqjlit'asia 
  revoluta, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Not 
  previously 
  observed 
  at 
  so 
  low 
  an 
  altitude 
  as 
  1 
  ,000 
  feet 
  ; 
  the 
  remarks 
  

   respecting 
  Celmisia 
  bellidioides 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  plant 
  also. 
  

   Euphrasia 
  longiflora, 
  MS. 
  

  

  I 
  apply 
  this 
  name 
  provisionally 
  to 
  a 
  remarkable 
  plant 
  of 
  which 
  Mr» 
  

   Hamilton's 
  specimens 
  are 
  scarcely 
  sufficient 
  to 
  enable 
  me 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  description. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  

   Eiqjhrasia, 
  although 
  perhaps 
  not 
  to 
  a 
  sufficient 
  degree 
  to 
  warrant 
  generic 
  

   distinction. 
  

  

  Stems 
  weak, 
  procumbent, 
  matted, 
  tetragonous, 
  2-4 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  leaves 
  sparingly 
  covered 
  with 
  scattered 
  retrorse 
  hairs 
  ; 
  leaves 
  

  

  