Fraseriane. N. O, Makexauge 
TABS. DLXV.—DLXVI. 
HOHERIA POPULNEA. A. Cunn. 
Hoheria populnea. A. Cunn. Fi. Nov. Zeal. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 
v. 3, p. 319. 
Sida Hoheri. Hook. mst. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. Banks of rivers and 
skirts of forests, Bay of Islands. Fraser, 1825. R. Cun- 
ningham, 1833. Mr. Colenso. Edgerley. “ Hoheri” of the 
natives, 
My first knowledge of this fine and large growing shrub was 
from specimens sent to me by Mr. Fraser in the year above- 
mentioned; and these I had no hesitation in referring to Sida, 
in Malvacee. The accurate Mr. Allan Cunningham, however, 
was of a different opinion, and has constituted of it anew genus, 
Hoheria, which he places in Bombacee, rather than Malvaceae, 
but with some degree of doubt. It is true I am not more 
fortunate than Mr. Cunningham in possessing the mature fruit; 
but so far as can be judged from the ovary and ovules, there is 
nothing to militate against its being a Sida. Its habit, indeed, 
is peculiar, and the deeply serrated, and almost spinulose leaves, 
are remarkable. It may form a section of Sida, to which the 
name Hoheria may be given. In the meantime, I retain the 
name Hoheria, and give the figure as illustrative of the plant. 
as Fig. 1. Unexpanded flower. f. 2. Expanded flower. f- 3: 
Section of the calyx, including the pistil. £4. Free portion of 
__ the staminiferous column. f, 5. Vertical section of the ovary: 
oe f 6. Transverse section of ditto :—magnified. 
