Tar. 8019. 
RHABDOTHAMNUS Sonanoprt. 
New Zealand. 
GESNERACES. Tribe CYRTANDRES. © 
Ruappornaunvs, A, Cunn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. LO11. 
Rhabdothamnus Solandri, A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. (1838), 
p. 460; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. vol. i. p. 186; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 
Phaner. vol. v. p. 166, t. 173; Ic. Sel, Hort. Then. vol. v. p. 57, t. 174 
(species unica). _ , ' ; vey 
Frutex virgatus, debilis, ramosissimus, 1-3-pedalis, hispidalus, ramis 
gracillimis divaricatis. lia opposita, spe disparia, petiolata, tenuia, 
ovalia vel orbicularia, maxima cum petiolo gracili circiter pollicaria, sed 
plerumque minora, grosse dentata; ven primariz utrinque 3 vel 4, 
subtus elevate, venis ultimis minute reticulatis. lores axillares, 
_ solitarii, suberecti, circiter 1 poll. longi; pedicelli graciles, nunc quam 
© flores paullo longiores, nunc breviores, nudi vel interdum bracteolis 
2. minutis medic instructi. Calyx squaliter 5-fidus, hispidulus; lobis 
lanceolatis acutis tubo longioribus. Corolla glabra, rubro-aurantiaca, 
longitudinaliter rubro-striata, infundibuliformis ;. limbus circiter 1 poll. 
diametro, bilabiatus, labio postico minore emarginato, labio antico 
zequaliter 3-lobato, lobis omnibus rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynamia, 
longiora vix exserta. Ovarium superum, glabrum, 1-loculare, stylo 
incluso; placent parietales, bifide, multiovulate. Capsula crustacea, 
ovoidea, acuta, calycem persistentem paullo excedens, demum in valvas 4 
dehiscens. Semina minuta, levia, obscure striatula—R. scabrosus, 
Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, vol. ii. (1841), p. 443. 
Rhabdothamnus Solandri is the only representative of 
the Gesneracex inhabiting New Zealand, where it is ende- 
mic and confined to the Northern Island, ranging from 
the Bay of Islands southward to Wellington. Sir Joseph 
Hooker states that it was then (1854) in cultivation in 
England; but we think he must have had the Australian 
closely allied [ieldia australis, A. Cunn. (B. M. t. 5089) 
in view, because we find no other record of its existence in 
gardens in the United Kingdom. 
Kew possesses a plant, purchased last year of Mr. 
Lemoine, nurseryman of Nancy; but, like many other 
plants at Kew, it suffered from the destructive fogs of 
the autumn and winter. In Mr. W. EH. Gumbleton’s 
garden at Belmore, Queenstown, Ireland, it has flourished, 
and we are indebted to him for materials for our figure. 
He obtained it from the same source as Kew, and kept it 
in a greenhouse, where it had been almost continuously in 
June Ist, 1905, 
