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plan of putting a number on the pot itself, as well as a 

 numbered label bearing the name of the plant. 



Writing of Coprosma acerosa {loc. cit., p. 386), I pointed 

 out how the stipules with their glandular tips were most likely 

 organs of protection for the young buds. At the time of 

 writing this I was quite unaware that Cheeseman had already 

 pointed out the same fact,"- stating that, " At the apex of the 

 very young stipule a gland is situated, which secretes a copious 

 supply of a viscid mucilaginous fluid. These glands are highly 

 developed and in an active state when the adjacent leaves are 

 in the early stages of growth, but shrivel up and cease to 

 secrete long before the leaves attain their full size." 



Some of the most interesting of the seedlings described in 

 this paper were raised by Mr. S. D. Barker, to whom I am 

 much indebted for permission to use his rare and valuable 

 material. To Mr. A. L. Taylor, of the Christchurch Botanic 

 Garden, I must also express my obligation for having assisted 

 me with seeds and seedlings. Finally, I beg to thank Mr. 

 F. A. D. Cox, of Whangamarino, Chatham Islands, a most 

 enthusiastic naturalist, whose assistance in procuring me 

 Chatham Islands material and in giving information as to 

 habitats of plants is simply invaluable. 



Carmichaelia angustata, T. Kirk. 



Only one seedling examined, and that about one year old, 

 raised by Mr. S. D. Barker from seed sent by Mr. T. Kirk, 

 F.L.S., and collected in the original habitat of the species. 

 Germinated in about fourteen days (Barker). The plant was 

 approaching its final form, but from the base of the main stem 

 were young reversion shoots of the early seedling form . 



Description of Seedling. 



Early leaves (Plate VIII., fig. 1) simple, rotund, emar- 

 ginate, bright-green, 7 mm. long x 8 mm. broad (exclusive of 

 petiole) ; margins entire, reddish ; midrib slender ; veins 5,. 

 alternating ; petioles 6 mm. long, semiterete, channelled 

 above, articulated to midrib and to stem. 



Later leaves ternate, with rotund-emarginate or obcordate 

 leaflets, 4 mm. x 4mm. 



Lateral branch from older portion of plant (Plate VIII., 

 fig. 2) spreading at right angles to main stem, wiry, deeply 

 furrowed ; edges of furrows translucent. 



Older leaves ternate, distichous, inserted at regular inter- 

 vals along branch, and becoming smaller towards its apex. 



Leaflets 8-5 mm. long x 7'5nnn. broad (exclusive of 

 petiole), obcordate, entire, glabrous, often more or less 



* "On the New Zealand Species of Coprosma "^ (Ti&bb. N.Z. Inst.> 

 vol. xix., 1887, p. 222). 



