4G0 SjpeeUnen of the hot any of New Zealand. 



usculis glabris capsula tluplo brcviorilms, gpica muUiflora, foliis cuncatis 

 obtusis craasiusculis, hinc illinc lateribua 1 — 2-dentatis, caule ramoso ccabro. 

 Forst. Prod,: n. 234. //. Rich, Ft. Nov. Zel. p. 191. Rata, Inculis. DUr- 



rillc. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). On rocks upon the sea-coast, Tolaga 

 Bay (hat. 38 22'S.)— 1769, Sir Jot. Banks.— 1827, D'Urvitte. 

 CYRTANDRACEjE, Jack in Linn. Tr.v. 14. p. 23. 



Ii HABDOTHAMNUS. 



Calyx ovario basi adnatus, profunde 5-fidus, subbilabiatus. Corolla tubu- 

 losa, bilabiata (sou limbo quinque-lobato), labio superiorc bilobo, in- 

 feriore tiilobo subsequali. Stamina quatuor, didynamia, et quinti ru- 

 dimentum. Antherce omnes in discum lobatum coluerentes, Anntir 

 /us hypogynus carnosus. Stylus longitudinc staminum. Stigma bila- 

 mellatum. Capsula sicca (venosa) rostrata, unilocularis, bivalvis, 

 valvis medio fissis, marginibus valvularum inflexis, placentis duabus 

 lanceolato-lamellatis pcdicellatis parietalibus demum liberis. Semina 

 numcrosa. Frutex ramosissimus, dumosus, virgatissimus, ramulis gra- 

 cilibus pallidis pilosis. Florcs tubulosi, striati, sordide rubri seu rubi- 

 ginosi. Calyx tubulosns, persistens. Folia subrotundo-rhomboidea, sub- 



■ cuueata, petiolata, scabra, grosse serrata, venosa. Pedunculus uni- 

 jlorus. 



Obs. Nomen genericum e Graecis vocabulis pxfiho; virga, et Supt/o; frutex, 

 ob virgatissimnm fruticis habitum. 



385. R. Solandri.— Column ea scabrosa. Sol. Mss. in Bibl. Banks. 



New Zealand (Nortbern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. In dry woods, 

 in the vicinity of the Bay of Islands. Wangaroa, &c. — 1826, Allan Cun- 

 ningham. — 1834, Richard Cunningham. 



SOLAN E^, Juss. 



SOLANUM, L. 



386. S. laciniatum. Hort. Keiv. ed. 1. Br. Prodr.l. p. 445. non Ruizii. 

 Roe?n. et Sch. Sgst. Veg. 4. p. 578. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 349. Willd. Sp. PI. 1. 

 p. 1030, et Enum. PI. 1. p. 284. — S. aviculare, Forst. Prodr. n. 107. A. 

 Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 193. 



New Zealand. In damp woods. Cook's Strait.— 1773, G. Forster. 

 (Northern Island.) — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cun- 

 ningham. Poro-Poro, Incol. D'Urville. 



Some botanists, and, among them, Dunal and A. Richard, doubt 

 the identity of the plant of Hortns Keivensis and that of Forster. 

 The latter says of the plum-like fruit of S. aviculare, which Cook's 

 sailors ate when thev observed that the birds did not refuse them, 

 " hujus bacca? fulvae, pruni majoris magnitudine, acidae, parum dul- 

 cescentes, subnauseosse, ab Incolis Novae Zelandiae avide vorantur, 

 aviculis etiam gratissimae, neque nostratibus omnino rejicienda?." 



Solanum tuberosum, L., is enumerated by A. Richard in his ' Flora/ 

 p. 194, although admitted to be a plant introduced by Europeans, 

 and now generally cultivated by the natives, who call it Tihon. 



