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NEW NEW-ZEALAND PLANTS. 



By De. S. Berggren. 



Phyllachne Haastii, Berggr*, 7i.sp. — P. foliis imbricatis e basi 

 oblonga plano-convexa semiteretibus apice vix incrassatis, nervo 

 simplici, columna dimiclio exserta, stigmatis lobis oblongis re- 

 curvis, capsula turbinata, seminibus 6-12 in placenta centrali 

 indivisa. 



Kelly's Hill, Canterbury Alps. 



This is the plant which I referred to P. Cole?isoi, Hook, f., in 

 Lund's ' Physiograph. Siiltskaps Minnesskrift,' 1878. tab. III., 

 fig. 1-27. From that plant this is distinguished by the dull 

 olive-green leaves, the upper half of which is semiterete and not 

 swollen at the tip. The single nerve is unbranched, whereas 

 in P. Colensoi there is a lateral branch on each side. The seeds 

 are fewer in number, and the upper part of the placenta is not 

 divided into two branches as in that species. 



Dracophyllum Kirkii, Ben/fir., n. sp. — D. fruticosum, foliis 

 fasciculatis patentibus e basi vaginante superne dilatata non auri- 

 culata angustatis late subulatis concavis apice muticis vel mucro- 

 natis supra glaucescentibus subtus striatis, floribus solitariis 

 breviter pedicellatis 2-3-bracteatis, bracteis sepalisque ovatis acu- 

 minatis margine ciliatis, filamentis antheris longioribus usque 

 infra medium affixis. 



I wrongly referred (/. c, tab. IV., fig. 1-11) this plant to D. 

 uni/loriun, Hook. f. It is distinguished from all the other species 

 of this genus with solitary flowers by the shape of the leaves, 

 which are almost canaliculate, and like the leaves of those species 

 which have compound inflorescence, especially I), strictum. The 

 relative length of the anthers and filaments, as well as the point 

 of insertion of the stamens, presents some difference in this species 

 from both divisions of the genus. 



Mount Torlesse, in Canterbury Alps. 



Carex Buchaxani, Berggr. — C. rufescens ; culmis caespitosis 

 gracihbus firmis, foliis culmum subfequantibus vel longioribus tena- 

 cibus semiteretibus margine scabris, bracteis culmum superantibus 

 supenonbus evaginatis inferioribus vaginantibus, spicis 5-6 oblongis 

 infiina remota ceteris approximatis terminali cylindracea mascula 

 ceteris femineis ima basi masculis, squamis obovatis longe hispido- 

 cuspidatis palhde membranaceis margine laceris, perigyniis ellip- 

 tic^ plano-convexis rostralis bifidis rostro margineque superne 

 ciliato serratis purpureo-inaculatis enerviis glabris squama ob- 

 tectis, stigmatibus 2.— r. tenax, Berggr. 1 « f*A VTT £« 1-7 — 

 a name already used for another species. 



Distinguished from C. Baoidii, Book 



very 



seimtorete leaves, the terminal spikelet without female flowers, 

 and the nerveless glabrous utricle. 



