174 Transactions. — Botany. 



61. Peperomia urvilleana, A. Rich. 



Sunday Island ; plentiful. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, 

 Lord Howe's Island. 



33. ORCHTDE<E. 



62. Acianthus sinclairii, Hook. f. 



Sunday Island ; abundant. New Zealand. 



63. Microtis porrifolia, Spr. 



Shaded places in the crater of Sunday Island. Flowers 

 not seen, and the identification is therefore not certain. 

 New Zealand, Australia. 



34. LlLIACEiE. 



64. *Cordyline terminalis, Kunth. 



Stems 3-8 feet high. Leaves numerous, crowded at the 

 end of the stems, 12-18 inches long, 2-3 inches broad, 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, gradually narrowed into a sheath- 

 ing petiole 2-6 inches long. Panicle large, 1-2 feet loug. 

 Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3 on the branches of the panicle, 

 shortly pedicelled, lilac. Perianth about £ inch long, 

 divided about half-way down into 6 segments. Pipe fruit 

 not seen. Lower portions of Sunday Island ; not very 

 common. Australia, Polynesia, Malayan Islands, India. 



35. Palmes. 



65. ''Kentia haueri. 



Abundant on Sunday Island, from sea-level to the tops 

 of the highest hills. I refer it to the Norfolk Island K. 

 baueri with some hesitation, for I have had no opportunity 

 of comparing specimens ; but it seems to match Endlicher's 

 description very fairly, so far as foliage and fruit are con- 

 cerned. Unfortunately it was not in flower at the time of 

 my visit. It differs from K. sapida in the larger size (some 

 specimens reaching 60 feet), stouter habit, more numerous 

 leaves, much larger panicles, and larger nearly globose 

 fruit. Norfolk Island. 



36. Typhace^:. 



G6. Typha a/ngustifolia, L. 



Sunday Island ; fringing the lakes in the crater basin, 

 and also in a lagoon in Denham Bay. Nearly all temperate 

 and tropical countries. 



37. CypERACEjE. 



67. Oyperus ustulatus, A. Rich. 



Sunday and Macaulay Islands ; plentiful. New Zealand. 



68. Scirpuslnodosus, Rottb. 



Sunday and Macaulay Islands ; plentiful. New Zealand, 

 Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia, South 

 Africa, extra-tropical South America. 



