eine deciduous, subulato -lanceolate, green, ciliated 
eaves. Corolla of eight}deciduous petals, ofa reddish-brown 
colour, linear, the lower half erect, forming a tube, the rest 
strongly reflected, sometimes revolute, acuminated. Sta- 
mens five, hypogynous. Filaments as long as the tube of 
the petals, subulate, white, erect. Anthers yellow, oblongo- 
ovate. Pistil : Germen oval, obtuse, densely hairy. Style 
as long as the filaments of the stamens. Stigma capitate, 
green. 
Obligingly forwarded from the Royal Gardens of Kew, 
where it was introduced some years ago by AtLan CuNNING- 
nam, Esq., who has most kindly communicated to me his 
notes, made on the place of growth in the year 1826, when 
he met with it in dark, humid woods by the rivers in New 
Zealand, producing flowers in September, and ripe fruit 
about the close of the year. It was uniformly found grow- 
ing (parasitically) on tufts of Astexim (A. Banksii), and 
upon the trunks and principal branches of the larger timber- 
trees, particularly upon the “ Kacxarsa,”’ or Dacrypium 
taxifolium of Lampert. 
It flowers in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens at 
Kew, in March. 
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Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Flower. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil :—magnified. 
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