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Solanum aviculare Forst. f. 

 Solanum aviculare Forst. f., Fl. Austr. Proclr. 18, 1786. 

 Recorded : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25, 1870 (S. laciniatum) ; 

 F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 ; Hemslev, Ann. Bot. x, 245, 

 1896. 



Habitat : Undergrowth in forest from sea-level to summit of Mount 

 Gower ; a few plants only seen. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia . 



t Solanum nigrum L. 



Solanum nigrum L., Sp. Plant. 186, 1753. 



Recorded : Maiden, Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S.W. 23, 150, 1898 (as introduced). 



Habitat : Lowlands in waste places ; in forest clearing at summit of 

 Mount Gower. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia ; cosmopolitan. 



Solanum Bauerianum Endl. 

 Solanum Bauerianum Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norf. 54, 1833. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 74, 1875 ; Hemslev, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 245, 1896. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island. 



Tecoma austro-caledonica Burm. 

 Tecoma austro-caledonica Burm., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. ix, 163, 1862. 

 Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. iv, 537, 1869 (T. australis) ; Hemslev, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 246, 1896 ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39, 382, 1914. " 



Habitat : Scrambling in lowland forest ; summit of Mount Gower 

 (Maiden). 



Distribution : New Caledonia. 



Negria rhabdothamnoides F. Muell. 



Negria rhabdothaynnoides F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. vii, 152, 

 - 1871. 



Recorded : F. Muell., I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 246, 1896. 



A small widely branching tree. The foliage consists of clusters of rosettes 

 of large leaves, which with the flowers, three to a pedicel, are borne at the 

 ends of the branches. Bark very soft, rough with large lenticels, light grey, 

 yellow within, 5 mm. thick. 



Anatomy of leaf of specimen from moss forest on summit of Mount 

 Gower : Upper epidermis of single row of shallow cells of various sizes. 

 Outer wall scarcely or not thicker than the others. Hypoderm of three 

 or four rows of large empty cells. Palisade tissue of three rows of rather 

 short cells in centre of mesophyll. Spongy tissue of about ten rows of 

 small cells. Scattered simple hairs on under-surface of leaf. (See fig. 3, a.) 



Habitat : In forest from 150 m. alt. to summit of Mount Gower ; at 

 the lower altitudes most abundant near running water. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to Rhabdothamnus monotypic in New 

 Zealand. 



