Cheeseman. — On the Flora of the Kerrnadec Islands. 167 



7. Coriarieje. 



9. Coriaria ruscifolia, L. 



Sunday Island ; abundant, especially in the large crater- 

 basin. New Zealand. 



10. Coriaria thymifolia, Humb. 



Kecorded from the Kerrnadec Islands by Sir J. D. 

 Hooker in the " Handbook of the New Zealand Flora," 

 p. 47 ; but not mentioned in his paper printed in the 

 " Journal of the Linnean Society " (vol. i., Botany, p. 125). 

 I did not observe it, and judging from its distribution in 

 New Zealand it does not seem a likely plant to occur in the 

 islands. New Zealand ; America, from Mexico to Peru. 



8. Leguminos^;. 



11. *Canavalia obtusifolia , D.C. 



Stems long, prostrate or climbing, glabrous, or the 

 young shoots silky-pubescent. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 obovate or orbicular, obtuse, 2-4 inches long, texture firm. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes, rather large, pinkish. Upper 

 lip of calyx very large, with two broad rounded lobes ; 

 lower lip small, three-lobed. Standard orbicular, f inch 

 diameter ; keel curved, obtuse. Pod about 4 inches long 

 by nearly 1 inch broad ; seeds 3 to 6. Scrambling over 

 rocks and shrubs on Meyer Island, an outlying rock on 

 the north side of Sunday Island. Mr. Bell informed me 

 that it occurs in some bays on the east side of Sunday 

 Island. Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, tropical 

 Australia, and a common sea-coast plant in many parts of 

 Polynesia, South America, Africa, and tropical Asia. 



9. KoSACE^E. 



12. Acana sanguisorba, Vahl. 



Kerrnadec Islands, Sir J. I). Hooker (•« Handbook," 

 p. 56). I did not see this, and the plant was unknown to 

 Mr. Bell. New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Tristan 

 dAcunha. 



10. Halorageje. 



13. Haloragis alata, Jacq. 



On both Sunday and Macaulay Islands, but by no means 

 abundant. New Zealand, Australia, Juan Fernandez. 



14. Callitriche verna, L. 



Abundant in shady places on Sunday Island. World- 

 wide, or nearly so. 



