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"Carnley Harbour shows scenes of a more peaceful beauty 

 though when her waters are lashed by the furious winds and the 



storm 



__ - ~- j ,,« VfcV , " ""^ 8 x<:7 j "**oi/» sweep over me 



3 gloomy enough. But on a bright day with the 

 land-locked waters glistening in the sunshine, the brown hills, 

 and the forest of varied greens, the aspect is truly beautiful, and 

 may well challenge comparison with the lakes of Scotland." 



Explanation of the Plates. 



h Tussock grass (Pm lUorma) with Olearla LyaUit in the background. 

 Dr. Cockayne is standing on the left of the tussocks. 



2. A sea shore meadow, shewing Plcunyhyllum crlniferum with a foreground 

 ot Ligudlcnvi latifollum on the left and some leaves of Stilb&carpa polari* 

 on the right Lujudunim with Poa foliosa. ' 



5. Prostrate * rata ■ QMctrosideros luclda) on Auckland Island. 



4. Disappointment Island shewing the huts built by the castaways The 

 A.W. Cape of Auckland Island in the distance. 



In the foreground plants of Bidbinella Rami, 

 fk Sttthocarpa polarh. 



The photographs were taken by Capt. A. A. Dorrien-Suiith. 



XXXII-DECADES KEWENSES 



Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Horti Regii Conser- 



VATARUM. 



DEGAS L. 



491. Asterophorum, Sprague, gen. now [Tiliaceae— Brown- 

 lowieae} ; peraffinis Christianas, DC, a qua carpellis fructus 

 connatis differt. 



Flares nnisexuales, nt videtur monoiei, masculi tantum visi. 

 Calyx campanulatus, lobatus. Petala 5, imbricata. Stamina 

 numerosa, centralis, omnia fertilia, filamentis inferne connatis. 

 Capsula 5-locuIaris, loculicida, loculis 1-spermis, valvia in 

 apicibus carpophori stellati suspensis. Endosperrnium carnosum. 

 Embryo cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicnla exserta. 



*ftlV Asterophorum eburneum, Sprague (species nnica). 



Arbor subramosa, 4'5 m. alta (teste Spruce). Rami striolati, 

 primum stellato-pubescentes, mox glabrescentes. Folia oblongo- 

 ovata, basi rotundata vel subtruncaia, apice obtusiuscule acuminata, 

 12-25 cm. longa, C-10 cm. lata, ntrinqne satis inconspicue 

 subtiliter reticulata, supra in nervis stellato-pubeseentia vel 

 puberula, ceterum glabrescentia, subtus minute puberuia et 

 lepidota; nervi laterales utrinque 8-10; petioli 3*5-7 cm. longi. 

 Slipulae snbulatae, 1-5 mm. longae, caducae. Pedunculi 55-6'5 

 cm. longi, ramie circiter 4. Flares masculi in apicibus ramorum 

 rhachis umbellati, eburnei et odorati (teste Spruce), pedicellis 

 4-5 mm. longis. Calyx 4-5 mm. longus t triiobatus, extra stellato- 

 tomenteIlus f intra glaber, lobis deltoideis 1*5-2 mm. longis. 

 Petala oblanceolata, rotundata, 7 mm. longa, 2-2-5 mm. lata, 



