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3500 ft., Travers; Ashburton valley, 2-5000 ft., Haast ; Otago, river flats of the lake dis- 
trict and Lindis Pass, Hector and Tvxhunan. A most curious species. 
26. V. Haastii, Hook.f., n. sp. A tortuous, decumbent or ascending, 
woody, sparingly branched, glabrous species, 4-10 in. long; branches uni- 
formly and densely leafy, with the leaves on in. diam., obscurely 4-angled. 
Leaves densely 4-fariously imbricated, spreading, sessile, £— §■ in. long, broadly 
obovate or orbicular, rounded at the tip, very coriaceous, opposite pairs almost 
connate at the base, sometimes with 1 obscure tooth on each side, slightly ciliate 
at the very base. Flowers sessile in pairs or more amongst the uppermost 
(lioral) leaves, being apparently in reduced spikes, together collected into an 
oblong head ^-1^ in. long. Bracts ovate-oblong. Sepals ^ in. long, linear- 
oblong, scarcely ciliate. Corolla not seen. Capsule oblong, obtuse, scarcely 
longer than the calyx. 
Middle Island ; summits of Mounts Darwin, Dobson, Torlesse, and on Mount Cook, 
alt. 6-7000 ft., Haast. This and the following are most remarkable plants, of a different 
habit from any hitherto described. 
27. V. epacridea, 1 look, f., n. sp. A small, tortuous, prostrate or 
ascending, glabrous, rigid, much-branched species ; branches uniformly and 
densely leafy, with the leaves on ^ in. diam., obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 
sessile, densely 4-fariously imbricate, spreading and recurved, in. long, 
very broadly obovate-oblong, concave, keeled, rigid, glabrous, round or sub- 
acute at the tip. Flowers collected into terminal, ovoid, leafy heads, as in 
V. Haastii; bracts broadly ovate, ciliate, shorter than the sepals, which are 
linear-oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla with a long tube; limb in. diam. 
Capsule small, ovate-oblong, obtuse. 
Middle Island : Tarndale, alt. 3500 ft., Sinclair ; Discovery Peaks, alt. 5800 ft., Travers ; 
Southern Alps, Ashburton valley, Godley glacier, and forming the highest vegetation on Mount 
Darwin, alt. 5-6500 ft., Haast ; Wai-au-ua valley, 3500 ft., Travers. Nearly allied to V. 
Haastii, but quite distiuct, much smaller, with recurved leaves and ciliate bracts and sepals. 
28. V. maerantha, Hook.f., n. sp. A short, stout, erect, rigid shrub, 
perfectly glabrous, sparingly branched ; branches as thick as a small quill, 
terete. Leaves 1 in. long, obovate-lanceolate, acute, obtusely serrate, nar- 
rowed into a short thick petiole, excessively thick and coriaceous, smooth, 
nerveless; midrib very indistinct. Racemes axillary, 5-7 -flowered ; peduncle 
longer than the leaves. Flowers very large, on short pedicels ; bracts subu- 
late-lanceolate, rigid, and the lanceolate, attenuate, acuminate, coriaceous se- 
pals \ in. long. Corolla f in. broad ; tube very short. Capsule not seen. 
Middle Island, Travers ; Southern Alps, grassy hillsides, 2500-4000 ft., sources of- 
the Waitaki, etc., Haast. This must be a very beautiful plant when fresh, the flowers are 
larger than in V. elliptica, white according to Haast. 
29. V. Hulkeana, F. Muell. A slender, erect, sparingly leafy shrub, 
1-3 ft. high ; stem nearly simple, terete, puberulous above. Leaves in dis- 
tant pairs, 1-1 in. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute,' obtusely or acutely 
coarsely serrate, rather coriaceous ; petiole J-f- in. long. Spikes spreading, 
puberulous and glandular, arranged in long tenpmal opposite- branched 
panicles 4-10 in. long and 2-4 broad. Flowers sessile; bracts broadly 
ovate, obtuse, T ' ¥ in. long, nearly as long as the similar but broader sepals. 
