SUPPLEMENT!!!! FLORiE NOViE-ZELANDLE. 



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Add to the synonyms— BratJiys Forsterii, Spach, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. v. 5. p. 367. 

 (Page 88.) Hartighsea. 



I quote entire the following- just criticism of my friend Asa Gray (Botany of the U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 239), 

 together with his foot-note on the origin of the name. "Dr. Hooker has overlooked Mr. Bennett's remark (in PI. 

 " Jav. Ear. p. 170), that this is not a true species of Hartighsea, but differs from the true species ... in the 

 " entire want of cohesion between the petals and the staminal tube, and consequently of the petals inter se (not- 

 " withstanding the description given by Eorster), and in several other characters of minor importance. He has, 

 " moreover, conformed the generic character to the exception ; the phrase, ' petala basi cum tnbo stamineo obscure 

 " coalita,' being inapplicable to the typical H. Fraseriana, in which the cohesion extends to the middle of the sta- 

 " minal tube. I have not seen that species, nor does its fruit appear to be known ; but, except in its shorter tubu- 

 " lar disc, it seems to differ in no essential particular from the older genus Bidymocliton, to which I should con- 

 " fidently refer //. Forsteri, Juss., along with a species in the present collection (Herb. U.S. Expl. Exp.). If 

 " this view were adopted, the name of Hartighsea might be retained for H. spectabilis and H. Billardieri.— The 

 ' c genus was not named after G. L. Hartig (who was, moreover, a German, not a ' French' author), but in honour 

 " of a Dutch navigator, whose name, though not given by Jussieu, must have been HartigJis or Hartighse." — 

 A. Gray, I. c. 



(Page 40.) 3. Pomaderris. 



I have received another specimen of this plant from Mr. Joliffe, who collected it at Mercury Bay, but it is also 

 without flower or fruit. This, however, settles the question as to its being indigenous to New Zealand. 

 (Page 50.) Carmichselia, Br. 



I have received many forms of Carmicheeliee from Mr. Colenso, Dr. Monro, and others, and they certainly do 

 not tend to clear up the difficulty of discriminating the species, but rather complicate them, several of these being 

 intermediate between those already defined. The whole genus requires careful revision in New Zealand, and a judi- 

 cious selection of ticketed specimens from the same and different individuals at many different localities, various 

 periods of growth, different seasons of the year, etc. Their habits and variations should also be watched narrowly 

 in a growing state. 



(Page 52.) Edwardsia grandiflora, Salisb. 



I have omitted to state under this plant that the flowers vary in size as conspicuously as the foliage does. 

 E. myrioplajlla, Wenderoth in Linnaea, v. 5. p. 201 ; Walp. Pep. v. 1. p. 806, is a trifling variety of F. gran- 

 diflora, or rather a very common state of that plant. 



(Page 54.) Acsena Sangidsorlce, Vahl. 



Add to the synonyms—^, diandrum, Eorst. Prodr. A. Eich. Flor. Eaoul, En. Plant. Nov. Zeald 



Acsena inermis, Hook. fil. 



Hab. Middle Island : Upper Wairau and Lake Botuita, Nelson, Monro. 



I have also received from Dr. Monro specimens, in a very young state, of what may prove to be the Acrnna 

 ascendens, Vahl, of Auckland Island, Puegia, etc. They were collected on the mountains south of Nelson by a 

 shepherd, at Dr. Monro's request.— I find only two stamens in the buds, and an elongated stigma. The whole 

 plant is much more glabrous and more robust than A. Sanguisorbce. 



(Page 55.) Geum. 



I have had two opportunities of reconsidering this genus since describing the New Zealand species ; one when 

 examining the Himalayan forms, and now again, when determining some additional specimens from New Zealand. 

 The result is far from satisfactory. With regard to the common Tasmanian and New Zealand plant referred to O. 

 Magellanicum, I have no further observations to make, except that I am happy to find that Asa Gray (Bot. U.S. 



