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161. * Solatium aviculare Forst., M. 52. (= S. laciniatum Ait.) 



A. Cunningham noted this plant " near the settlement." It was quite 

 likely a temporary garden escape, though, of course, it is also a probable 

 indigene. It does not occur now unless in gardens. At the same time, it 

 is a species that in New Zealand at least speedily disappears before cultiva- 

 tion (e.g., on Banks Peninsula). It is also reported from Lord Howe Island. 

 I have for these reasons left it on the list. 



Kermadecs, Lord Howe, New Zealand, Australia. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



Veronica calycina R. Br., M. 83, is probably introduced. I obtained it 

 at Pop Rock. It is noteworthy that no New Zealand species of Veronica 

 occur on Norfolk Island. 



RUBIACEAE. 



162. Coprosma Baueri Endl., M. -17. (= C. lucida Forst., E. 117.) 



I obtained this on rock}' cliffs, both on Norfolk Island and on Phillip 

 Island, but it is very rare. It was not obtained by Maiden. It also occurs 

 on the Moo-oo Stone, a rock off the north coast. 



Endlicher describes Coprosma lucida as occurring on Norfolk Island in 

 the Prodromus, but has no reference to C. Baueri, which he described later. 

 Now, 0. lucida has not since been found on the island, and in spite of a 

 special search for it I did not get it. His description of C. lucida, however, 

 agrees well not with the New Zealand C. lucida but with C. Baueri. 

 I have little doubt that Endlicher confused C. Baueri. which he obtained 

 on Norfolk Island, with C. lucida (Forst. Prodr. and Rich. Fl. Nov. Zeel.). 

 He himself, indeed, points out several discrepancies between his plant and 

 the descriptions of others — e.g., the C. lucida of Endlicher has the leaves 

 ovate and retuse. Now, my specimens of C. Baueri from Norfolk Island 

 are markedly retuse, and the leaves are ovate to oblong. Again, Endlicher 

 describes the " Flores feminei .... pedicellis basi, medio et apice 

 bibracteolatis, bracteolarum pari supremo flores sessiles 3-6, raro plures 

 cupulatim recipiente." This exactly fits my Norfolk Island specimens of 

 C. Baueri. I have no doubt, therefore, that Endlicher first confused his 

 Norfolk Island specimens with C. lucida Forst., and then afterwards re- 

 described them as C. Baueri. Unfortunately, I have not access to his 

 original description of C. Baueri. C. lucida Forst. must therefore be re- 

 moved from the list of Norfolk Island species. Since writing the above, 

 I noticed that Hemsley ("Annals of Botany," x, p. 239) and Cheeseman 

 (p. 247) have both pointed out the identity of 0. lucida Endl. with 

 C. Baueri. 



(?) Kermadecs, Lord Howe, New Zealand, .Chatham Islands. 



The form is somewhat different in each of these groups. The New 

 Zealand species should probably be regarded as a distinct variety of 

 C. Baueri. 



163. Coprosma pilosa Endl., E. 116, M. 49. 



A small fastigiate tree, not uncommon on the lower slopes of Mount 

 Pitt. When the plant grows in the open the leaves are much smaller and 

 harder than when it occurs in the bush. 



Endemic. 



