434 notp:s and exhibits. 



and pinnatifid leaves with as many as tliiiteen lobes, some of 

 these again 2- or 3-lobed, approximating to those of G. acanthifolia. 

 On this ground, in conjunction with other reasons, the opinion 

 was expressed that G. Gaudichaudii is a natural hybrid between 

 the species named; and tliat the specimens shown were even 

 strongly suggestive of reci|)rocal hybridism, the plants with entire 

 or slightly divided leaves possibly representing G. laurifolia 9 x 

 G. acanthifolia ^; and those with markedly pinnatifid leaves, G. 

 acanthifolia 9 x G. latirifolia ^. All three species fall into Series 

 2 of Section i., of Mr. Bentham's tabulation : " Heheyynoi. — Ovary 

 sessile or scarcely stipitate, densely villous, &c." G. Gaudichaudii 

 is said to have the habit. inflorescencH, and flowers of G. 

 acanthifolia, and a nearly sessile densely villous ovary. The 

 first of these characters needs amending, as G. Gaudichaudii is a 

 prostrate procumbent plant like G. laurifolia, except jierhaps 

 when the stems are very short. On the other hand, the inflores- 

 cence and flowejs of the latter are not very markedly different 

 from those of the other two. Mature fruits or seeds of G. 

 Gaudichaudii are apparently unknown or at least unrecorded. 



