BERGGREN’S BOTANY OF NEW ZEALAND. A431 
Ovules on the elliptical placenta attached heterotropously to the 
middle of the dissepiment on both sides, subpellucid; the funiculus 
stout, elongate. Capsule sub-woody, indehiscent, bilocular; sub-uni- 
locular above through the dissepiment being obliterated. Seeds 
obovate, the funiculus distinct; testa laxly cellulose. Embryo in 
the oily-fleshy albumen, very close to the hilum, minute, elliptic 
entire. : 
This genus differs from Stylidiwm in the similar divisions of the 
corolla, the short erect column, the broader stigma, and the indehis- 
cent capsule. 
Sp. Oreostylidium subulatum.—(Stylidvum ? subulatum, Hook. f.) 
Habitats :—Swamps at Mt. Ruapehu (Berggren); Nelson: Mountains 
(Travers, Haast); Swampy Hill and Invercargill (Berggren); Maun- 
gatua, near Taieri Plains (Petrie) ; Stewart Island (Thomson). 
(Dr. Berggren might have added that the column differs from 
that of Stylidiwm in never being irritable, a point which has been 
investigated by Mr. Petrie, who also finds that there are occasionally 
three anthers.) 
ABROTANELLA. Hook. f. 
Abrotanella linearis, n.sp. (Berggren.)—Scapigerous ;_ radical 
leaves spreading, curved, linear, obtuse, pilose at the base; scape 3-5 
bracteate ; bracteoles linear, obtuse; heads on a scape larger than 
the leaves, solitary; involucral scales 10-12, linear-oblong, subacute, 
incurved at the tip, transparent and three-nerved; flowers and 
achenes 4-angled ; ray florets with tubular corolla, exserted bifid style 
and linear achene; florets of the disc cup-shaped with obtuse style 
and clavate achenes. 
Habitat:—Kelly’s Hill, Otira River, South Island. 3,000 feet. 
This species differs from A. pusilla (Hook. f.) in its greater 
height, its elongate bracteate scape, and its larger obtuse leaves. 
DRACOPHYLLUM. Labill. 
Dracophyllum acerosum, n.sp. (Berggren.)—Fruticose ; leaves 
i3-4 inches long, erect, strict, linear-subulate, pungent, concave below, 
trigonous above with scabrid margins; sheaths truncate ciliate at the 
sub-recurved margin; flowers solitary, many-bracteate, the bracts 
and the lanceolate ciliate-margined sepals equalling the corolla; 
corolla lobes ovate. 
Habitat: Mt. Torlesse and Bealey River, Canterbury. 
This species differs from its nearest ally D. scopariwm (Hook. f.) 
in the truncate sheaths of the leaves, and the solitary flowers. 
(The D. scoparium (Hook. f.) above referred to is var. 6 of D. 
urvilleanum (A. Rich) of the Handbook.) 
Dracophyllum uniflorum (Hook. f.) is redescribed as follows :— 
Fruticose ; leaves fascicled, patent, narrowed from the sheathing, base 
which is dilated above but not auricled, broadly subulate, concave, 
blunt or mucronate at the tip, glaucescent above, striate below; 
