Notes on some New Zealand Plants and Descriptions of New Species. By G. Simpson and J. Scott Thomson. [Read before the Otago Branch, October 10, 1939; received by the Editor, October 18, 1939; issued separately, June, 1940.] Carmichaelia pilosa Col. ex Hook. f., Fl. Nov. Zel., 1 (1852), p. 50. This was based on specimens collected by Colenso on the “east Coast” North Island. Hooker separates it from C. odorata by (1) the covering of silky hairs, especially on the inflorescence and ovary, (2) the longer curved style, (3) the much shorter and broader pod, hairy till nearly ripe. Kirk (1899, p. 113) treated the plant as a variety of C. Odorata. Neither Kirk nor Cheeseman (1925, p. 521) had recognised specimens, and both, considering hairy pods a variable character in the genus, were apparently doubtful of the status of Colenso's species. While examining specimens for another purpose, the authors found C. pilosa to be well represented in herbaria. The following brief description will serve to separate the species: C. odorata. Branchlets 2 mm. wide, silky-pubescent at the tips, notches small. Leaves small, about 5 mm. × 5 mm., 5 foliate, silky pubescent; leaflets very small, about 2 mm. × 1 mm., equal. Racemes pubescent, 8–12 flowered, erect. Ovary glabrous. Pods about 7 mm. × 4 mm., broadly ovate to almost orbicular, with a long subulate beak. C. pilosa. Branchlets 3 mm. wide, everywhere silky-pubescent notches conspicuous, oblique, pointed. Leaves 5 foliate, 8 mm. × 6 mm., terminal one the larger, silky pubescent, leaves on young branchlets simple and of varying sizes. Racemes silky pubescent, densely more or less 12 flowered, erect. Ovary with minute papillae at the base of the stigma. Pods about 6 mm. × 3 mm., broadly ovate to orbicular, sparingly pilose till nearly ripe. Beak short, stout, subulate. We find the pilose character in the pod to be rare in the genus, but a constant character when it occurs. Specimens of C. pilosa, labelled as C. odorata, appear in the collections of Kirk, Cheeseman, Petrie, Cockayne, Aston and others, and it appears to be a common enough plant in river gorges of the Wellington Province. It is amply distinct from C. odorata, and we restore it to specific rank. The life-form of Rubus squarrosus Fritsch. Cockayne (1933, p. 545) discussed the polymorphy of this species (using the name R. cissoides* For the Nomenclature see Allan (1935, p. 229)) and its causes. He distinguished two extreme states: The liane-form: stems high-climbing, leaves with well-developed laminae (“lamina form”), leaf-stalks short, with weak armature of prickles; the bolster-form: stems entangled into bolster-like masses, leaves with greatly reduced laminae (“midrib form”), leaf-stalks long, with strong armature of prickles. He reviewed the field evidence and considered these forms to be epharmones induced by the diverse habitat conditions—forest for the liane-form, open ground for the