Pi^ATK 180.-PARATROPHIS HETEROPHYLLA. 



Family URTICACE^.l r^ t. * t, . r. 



-• [Genvs PARATROPHLS, Blume. 



PlanS'^VE:?':;d"pi^^^^^^^^ ^^1^^ .and^^Bentham's "Genera 



species. Three of these aJe from New 7 ^^T'^^'"™^^*'"' "«^ ^o'^tains nine 

 Fiji Islands, three W been rec ndv dfrrfh' l' J"' ''T ^'^"''' °"^ ^^^"^ ^b*' 

 outlying species in the Ph HppSrishn T1,p ^'"!^'' /^^ '^''' ^« ^" 



which prove an affinity betZn the vetV.. fT ''J^^'^^^^^ one of those 



Malayaf an affinity wh^^^chrietter d ve oneT ft ^^ ^"'^^n"^' ^"'^"^^^^' ^^^ 



The closely^llild- P 'iani'?^^^^^ P"'^'':^ P^"^ *^^* «^«h was the case, 



collected Ind figured brBi am Solandr^T'^'^^ f "" '"^"^ ^^^^^^ P^^^^' ^^« 

 P. heteropkyllaLs sup^plfeT 1 1^1 F^ knowledge of 



Akaroa in either 1840 or 1841 He nublfsW] ^^°*^"^^* .^^o^I' ^^o gathered it at 



de Plantes de la Nouvelle zSande " nnS o K 1L^« '\^''°, 'P.P*^^^'"^^ ^^ ^^^ "^hoix 

 to the receipt of numerous recLnsfron?^ T ^n J^ f^^« 1^**^^ work he alludes 

 belong to the same species TutThlw^^^^^ ^^ believed to 



therefore suggested that 11; nam7nl ^^^"f^,/^ ^^^ "^^«li larger foliage. He 

 ^eterophl^llus''.^ Ti^y^^^^^ changed to that of 



Raoul's plant in no way belonged fo Fnt "^ ^'^^l''^ ^^"^^ P^^^^ed out that 



He therefore proposed (he Slnerf^aT^^^ T ' T"^^"^ '' '^^-^^-• 



accepted Raoul's suggestion tl chLap T.? °^/«^«^^«M^«, and at the same time 

 respects the alteration s to be re'refted fortller """'V ^'"'Tt'^^'''- ^^ ^'^^ 

 specimens belonged to P Bmhilf^d' il /\T. ^V'^ ^^^^^^ *^'^* Hooker's 

 adopted by thosf who conskkr that tt is doubtful whether the name will be 

 be retained. ^^""^ *^' "^'b*^'* «P^«^fic name must in all cases 



and KlTfntZ^Z:Z%lTZl^^^ '^^ ^^^^ ^-- ^-g-- 



and Little Barrier I lands but has not h ''' '^^f^^^^- It occurs on the Great 

 or the Chatham Isla S It is mo t ah„n?\'''°'^'-^ "^I'^T ^^°™ ^''^^^ ^^^^^d 

 side of rivers, &c., and is seldom seen mlicTr '" 'T' ^"^^"^^ ^«^-^«*«' «^- ^7 the 

 forms a tree of fr^m 15 ft o IS ft n CfcS i l*^ ^" '''"^f *^"^^ °^ ^'^^^ ^t. It usually 

 in diameter, theWlfbemg gre^or alS'^Ste' T' ""7"^? ^°" '^"^ *^ ^*- 

 Like many other New Zealand trep. tT ' -f ^ """"'S^ ""'^^ ^^^^^^^ lenticels. 



and foliage from that oftheaduR Til v '' ^""Tt '"'''' ^^'^"^'^ ^'^'''''S m habit 



flexuous W often Ittel tanc'ht,^3 tr - r^Z TaTk ^ '?? T' ^^^^'^^ 

 distant, and vary greatly in Shane from nW^. <idrK Drown bark. The leaves are 



are frequently iL^gularfy Ued^ o/^ost nfnnatifi 7'"' '? '^'"'^^ °^^^^"^^^' ^^^ 

 accompanying plate In the arhdt f^P K^ if ' ^\^^'''^^ '^ %• C of the 

 numerous branchlets- am tit 1p i. ^^^^^^^es are shorter and stiffer, with 



crenate-denta e ml4inr^ "'' '''°"' "^^^ "^^^^^^ ^^ «i-« ^"d shape with 



