Mitrasacme. | LOGANIACHAE, 72) 
Flowers solitary, terminal, minute, almost concealed by the leaves. Calyx- 
segments like the Jeaves. Corolla short and broad; lobes 4, short, obtuse. 
Stamens 4; filaments very short; anthers broadly oblong, didymous, 
included. Styles short, free. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 2-valved at ‘the 
tip, the valves pointing outwards.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 442. 
SoutaH Istanp: Canterbury—Hill’s Peak, Cockayne! Otago—Dusky Bay, on 
the mountains, Hector and Buchanan. Stewart IsuAnpD: Frazer Peaks, Rakiahua, 
Smith’s Lookout, 7. Kirk / mountains near Port Pegasus, Cockayne, B. C. Aston ! 
800-4500 ft. 
Dr. Cockayne’s specimens have narrower leaves with shorter bristle-points, and 
may prove to be a distinct species. : 
2. M. montana Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 274, t. 880, var. Helmsii 
T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 445, t. 32.—A small perfectly 
glabrous perennial herb, forming depressed matted patches 1-3 in. diam. 
Stems slender, 1-2 in. high; branches weak, straggling. Leaves crowded 
towards the tips of the branches, opposite, }-$in. long, obovate or 
obovate-oblong, narrowed into short flat petioles or rarely sessile, quite 
entire, glabrous, rather thick and fleshy, veinless, margins flat. Flowers 
solitary, terminal, sessile, almost concealed by the leaves. Calyx deeply 
4-partite; segments equal, lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube broad; lobes 
short, acute, not 4 the length of the tube. Anthers nearly sessile 
on the throat of the corolla, broadly ovate. Ovary ovoid; styles 2, quite 
free but connivent. Capsule small, compressed, 2-lobed, the outer angles 
produced into curved beaks.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 442. 
SoutH Istanp: Westland—Paparoa Range, Rh. Helms! P. G. Morgan ! 3000— 
4000 ft. 
This appears to differ from the type, which is a native of Tasmania, in the more 
slender habit, usually petiolate leaves, terminal sessile flowers, and 2-lobed capsule. 
It will probably prove to be a distinct species, but I have had no opportunity of com- 
paring it with Tasmanian specimens. . 
9. LOGANIA R. Br. [S810. wevn. Corrs. 
Herbs or small shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, usually connected by 
a transverse raised stipular line or short sheath, rarely with minute 
setaceous stipules. Flowers small, often unisexual, in terminal or axillary 
cymes or solitary. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla campanulate or with a cylin- 
drical tube; lobes 5, rarely 4, spreading, imbricate. Stamens 5, rarely 4, 
inserted on the corolla-tube; filaments filiform; anthers meluded or 
exserted. Ovary 2-celled; style simple; stigma capitate or oblong ; ovules 
usually several in each cell. Capsule oblong-ovoid or globose, obtuse or 
shortly acuminate, septicidally 2-valved, valves 2-fid, at length separating 
from the placentas. Seeds ovoid or more or less peltate. 
Species 18, all confined to Australia except the following one, which is very 
imperfectly known. JL. tetragonw Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. FL (1864) 188 and 4. ciliolata 
Hook. f. f.c. 737 have been proved to be species of Veronica, and are now known as 
V. dasyphylla and V. Gilliesiana T. Kirk. L. Armstrongii Buch. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xiv (1882) 347, t. 28, f. 3, is Veronica uniflora T. Kirk, which see. 
1. L. depressa Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 177.—A small prostrate 
rigid woody shrub, closely appressed to the surface of the ground; 
