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tis intricatis, foliis suborbiculari-reniformibus subcarnosis marginatis inte- 
gerrimis petiolo subsequilongis, ochreis parvis cylindraceis truncatis, ra- 
cemis axillaribus ochreato-bracteatis, floribus polygamis, perianthiis urceolatis 
pedicellisque pellucidis, tubo carne pulposo farcto, laciniis ellipticis demum 
submembranaceis basi intus tuberculosis.—A//. Cun. Fl. Nov. Zel. in Ann. 
Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 455. 7. Dec. 
Has. Northern Island of New Zealand, forming dense bushes about the 
Bay of Islands; 4/7. Cunningham. Introduced, in 1842, by the Rev. W. 
Colenso. 
This species is well named P. complezum by Mr. Cunningham. 
That zealous botanist, however, does not notice the singularly 
fleshy, waxy and pellucid nature of the pedicel and perianth ; of 
the latter, the lower half or the tubular portion is filled with wa- 
tery pulp, which forms the receptacle upon which the stamens and 
age are, as it were, raised and brought to the mouth of the flower. 
n the few blossoms that have yet appeared, the stamens, six in 
number, appear to be imperfect : the ovary or nearly ripe fruit is 
narrow-ovate, triangular, crowned with three small club-shaped 
styles.—This, with some other allied species from various countries, 
constitutes the genus Muhlenbeckia of Meisner (Thysanella of Asa 
Gray): but as far as my observations have gone, the character 
scarcely holds good; and if separated from Polygonum, surely 
Mr. Brown’s name of ‘Helzine’ given to the section ought to be 
preserved. It seems almost to unite Coccoloba with Polygonum. 
8. TerRaNTHERA Japonica, Spr. 
Laciniis perianthii petaloideis ovato-lanceolatis, foliis oblongis marginatis 
supra glabris subtus incano-tomentosis crasse venosis, umbellulis axillaribus 
aggregatis brevipedunculatis. Nees von Esenb. Syst. Laurin. p. 524. 
Litseea Japonica, Juss. Tomex Japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 190. 
Has. Japan, Zhunberg, Siebold. Introduced, we believe, by Sieber, into 
Holland, and thence (through Mr. Makoy of Liége) to the Royal Gardens of 
Kew, in 1843.—/7. Dec. 
A very desirable low greenhouse shrub, having copious, hand- 
some, coriaceous foliage, bright deep glossy green above, very 
downy and ferrugineous beneath, with prominent veins. ‘The in- 
volucres and flowers are clothed with shining silky hairs, those 
of the outer scales rusty-coloured. 
