A. small prostrate rambling shrub. Branches wiry, 1/3 inch diameter, pubescent. Leaves spreading, irregular in size, sessile, 1/3—1 1/2 inches long, 1–5th—1/2 inch broad, obovate-oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, flat, scarcely coriaceous. Racemes few or many, 1—1 1/2 inches long, subterminal at the ends of the branches and axillary to the uppermost leaves, orbicular or ovate. Flowers numerous, closely set; peduncles 1/2 inch long, pubescent; pedicels and lanceolate bracts equal in length, pubescent; sepals 1/8—1/6 inch long, linear lanceolate, ciliate; corolla large, dark purple, tube short; capsule imperfect. This beautiful shrub has been cultivated by Mr. Travers in his garden in Wellington, where the profusion of its dark purple flowers and prostrate habit has proved a most showy addition to those plants adapted for the ornamentation of rock-work or earth banks.