Puate 2250. 
TETRACHONDRA HAMILTONII, Petrie. 
BoraGine®, 
Herba depressa repens glabra v. subglabra. Folia omnia oppusita 
parva y'3-;'5 poll. longa, elliptica, obtusa v. obtusiuscula, integra, carno- 
sula, obscure punctata; petioli latiusculi, plani, interdum parce setu- 
loso-cilivlati, connati. Flores ramulos breves awillares foliiferos ter- 
minantes, sepius solitarit. 
T. Hamiltonii, Petrie in Herb. Kew. (sp. unica). Tillea Hamiltonii, 
TD. Kirk ex Hamilton in Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvii. (1884) 292. 
Has. New Zealand, South Island; Lowlands of Southern Otago, 
Waipahi, D. Petrie; flats and river-bed of the Makarewa (or Man- 
garewa), T. Kirk. 
A very remarkable little plant of doubtful immediate affinity, 
occurring, according to Mr. W. S. 
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albumen, which is wanting in Boragee proper. I have been unable to 
Fig. 1. Fragment of flowering branch enlarged, 2. Bud from above, showing im- 
brication of corolla-lobes. 3, Corolla laid open. 4 Flower, the corolla and front- 
9 ca ved. 5, Frnit. 6. Same, three of the nuts removed. 7. De- 
tached nut, inner face. 8. Longitudinal section of seed, showing embryo. All 
enlarged, 
