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133. * Hymenanthera latifolia Endl., E. 127, M. 6. 



jg. II dici^not get this, and it is not clear whether it was coilected by Maiden. 

 It is not in the herbarium of the Sydney Botanic Gardens. It has recently 

 been separated by Hemsley from the New Zealand species (" Kew Bulletin," 

 1908, p. 95), which now is H. novae-zealandiae. It is probably scarce on the 

 island, or perhaps extinct. 

 Lord Howe (?). 



134. Melicytus ramiflorus Forst., M. 7. 



Not uncommon in the bush, and apparently not to be distinguished 

 from the well-known New Zealand plant. 

 Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji. 



Passifloraceae. 



135. * Passiflora Baueriana (Endl.) Mast., M. 36. (=Disemma Baueriana 



Endl., E. 123.) 



This has not been found on the island recently, and is either very rare 

 or extinct. It is mentioned by Backhouse, but see next species. 

 Endemic. 



136. Passiflora glabra Wendl.. M. 37. (= Disemma adiantifolia Endl., 



E. 122.) 



Common in the forest. 



It is quite possible that there has been only one species of Passiflora 

 on Norfolk Island. Endlicher mentions two, but admits that only one is 

 present in Bauer's herbarium. He states that the two species differ thus : 

 Disemma adiantifolia, petioles glandular, bases of leaves truncate, rays 

 barely equalling the corona ; D. Baueriana, petioles glandular at the 

 apex, base ovate, rays slightly exceeding the length of the corona. I 

 did not examine the petioles for glands in fresh specimens, and can say 

 nothing on this point ; but I find the leaves variable, and the bases 

 on the same plant either truncate or ovate. The rays in the specimens 

 examined by me sometimes exceed, at other times barely equal, the 

 corona. 



Apparently the only direct authority for the occurrence of two species 

 on the island is that of Backhouse, who was not a botanist. Maiden 

 identifies his specimens as Passiflora glabra Wendl. (= D. adiantifolia). 

 I find it difficult with the material and literature at my disposal to decide 

 definitely which of the species is now represented on the island, but have 

 followed Maiden. 



Endemic. 



Thymelaeaceae. 



137. Wickstroemia australis Endl., E. 92, M. 98. 



A common shrub. 



Endemic, but close to the widely distributed W. indica of the Pacific, 

 Australia, and the Malay Archipelago. 

 Pirnelea linifolia Banks & Sol., E. 92. 

 Is excluded by Maiden, and no doubt rightly so. I did not get it. 



