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ovules 3—5; style long, slender, incurved, longitudinally bearded on the 
inner side above; stigma minute, terminal. Pod about !/ in, long, more 
or less silky, short, turgid, ovoid or orbicular-rhomboid, straight in front, 
rounded at the back. Seed solitary, transversely oblong; radicle long, 
with a double flexure. — A very remarkable plant, in some respects 
connecting the genera Corallospartium, Carmichaelia, and Notospartium. 
It agrees with the first in the short turgid subrhomboid 1-seeded pod, 
and in the grooved, branchlets, but differs altogether in habit, in the 
slender branchlets, and in the markedly different inflorescence. From 
the section Huttonella of Carmichaelia it is separated by the same cha- 
racters. It entirely corresponds with Notospartium in habit and inflores- 
cence, and has probably been mistaken for that genus in the absence 
of fruit, which at once distinguishes the two genera. — Although I 
consider that the characters of Chordospartium fully justify its erection 
into a separate genus, it must be confessed that the differences between 
it and Corallospartium are not of a very pronounced type. If, however, 
differences of habit, inflorescence, &c., are not considered sufficient to 
separate Corallospartium and Chordospartium, then, by parity of reason- 
ing, similar characters of no greater importance cannot be used to 
distinguish both these groups from the section Huttonella of Carmichaëlia. 
and the three genera must merge into one. Some botanists may prefer 
this course, for it is very much a matter of taste and personal idio- 
syncrasy whichever view is adopted. — I have to express my obligations 
to Mr. Stevenson for his kindness in forwarding an ample supply of 
both flowering and fruiting specimens. Most of these were obtained 
from a tree growing near his house, which he describes as a beautiful 
specimen, with a stem bare of branches for about 8 ft, above which 
„it is a perfect weeping model all round for quite 15 ft.“ Its girth at 
about 2 ft. from the ground was 20 in. The flowering season stretches 
from the middle of November to the end of December, and the fruit is 
ripe at the beginning of April. I have also to thank Mr. T. Keir, of 
Rangiora, for placing me in communication with Mr. Stevenson, and for 
much valuable assistance in obtaining specimens and information. A 
drawing of the plant, with full analyses, will appear in the forthcoming 
.lllustrations of the New Zealand Flora“. — New Zealand: South 
Island: Foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountains, near the mouth 
of the Clarence River; altitude, 1,500— 2,500 ft.; Mr. George Stevenson! 
879. Senecio Turneri Cheeseman, |. c., p. 176. — Affinis S. /atifolio 
Banks et Soland., sed foliis magnis ovato-cordatis distinctissima. — 
Caulis robustus, 0,6—1,8 m altus, inferne lignosus, prostratus vel decum- 
bens, nudus; superne erectus, foliatus; versus apicem ramosus. Folia 
alterna, magna; petioli 15—30 cm longa, basi longe vaginantes; lamina 
10—18 cm longa, 7—15 cm diam, cordata vel rotundata-cordata, acuta, 
membranacea; venis reticulatis; marginibus sinuatis et spinuloso-serratis. 
Folia caulina minora, petiolis brevioribus, auriculis magnis. Bracteae 
numerosae, lanceolatae. Corymbi laxi, ramosi; ramis gracilibus. Capi- 
