Colensoane. 
TAB. DLXVIII. 
PHEBALIUM NUDUM. Hook. 
_ Ramis erectis virgatis, foliis subsessilibus oblongis obtusis 
glabris nudis subserratis supra precipue glanduloso-punctatis, 
corymbis terminalibus multifloris, calyce minuto 5-dentato, 
petalis lanceolatis, staminibus glabris petala duplo fere super- 
antibus, ovario glabro. 
Has. New Zealand; Owae, on the east coast of the northem : 
island. Mr. Colenso, 1838 (n. 56). Hokianga. Edgerley. — 
I have here again the pleasure of figuring another genus, 
recently added to the Flora of New Zealand; first detected — 
by Mr. Colenso, and soon after by Mr. Edgerley. Most of 
the species of Phebalium are remarkable for the dense tomentum — 
with which almost the whole plant is covered, or more we 
quently a silvery scurf. Our P. montanum,* and some ote 
in our Herbarium, from New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land, 
are an exception and they have terete leaves. The present 
however, possesses the broad foliage, and quite the habit of our 
P. retusum (supra, vol. 1, t. 57) and the leaves quite free from 
any adventitious covering, and in other respects is also bee 
different from any known species of the genus. It forms? — 
2 : : Fig. 1. Portion of a leaf. f.2. Flower. f.3. The sam 
with the corolla more expanded. f. 4. Pistil. f. 5. Section 
* Icones Plant. v. 1, t, 59. 
