Bidwilliane. N. O. Liliacez. 
TAB. DCCCXVILI. 
CHRYSOBACTRON Hooker, Colenso. 
Foliis lineari-ligulatis acuminatis, racemis laxifloris, ovario ob- 
) apsula basi in stipitem attenuata. 
Chrysobactron Hookeri, Col. in litt. 
ew Zealand. In great abundance in the richer parts of 
the alluvial plain of the upper part of the Wairau, Mr. 
Bidwill, n. 83. Sides of watercourses, country between 
Ruahine Range and Taupo, plentiful, Rev. W. Colenso, n. 982 
and 2. 1850. 
My first acquaintance with this. plant was through my valued 
friend Mr. Bidwill, who sent it as a new Chrysobactron, Hook. 
fil., but without flowers, as here represented, and with the fol- 
lowing remarks :— Roo¢ with very large fleshy fibres; 4u/é very 
introduce the flowers into the plate. “ Another prize,” exclaims 
. Colenso in his letter, “which I believe to be a new Chryso- 
_ bactron'! and therefore venture to name it C. Hooker, in honour 
of my good friend and your dear son. I could not procure any 
good specimens, as all—everywhere—had been scorched up with 
fires, extending many miles. I have it, however, flourishing in 
my garden.”—Whether in fruit or im flower the species shows 
itself to be very distinct from C. Aossiz.*—At this moment 
(June 20, 1851) plants of C. Hookeri, sent by Mr. Colenso, are 
owering in the Royal Gardens, and a coloured figure in that 
state will be given in the Botanical Magazine. 
Fig. 1. Fruit, with (as is often the case) the persistent perianth 
and filaments of the stamens. 2. Transverse section of do. 
8. Seed. f. 4. Transverse section of do. 5. Embryo :— 
magnified. 
* The latter may be thus defined :-—C. Rossii, Hook, fil.; foliis regent 
racemis densifloris, ovario basi latiore sessili, fructu conico-ovato. Had. Aue 
Island, J. .D. Hooker. 
