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smooth light-brown bark; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, excessively 
coriaceous, and clothed, when young, with long silky hairs. A solitary speci- 
men of large size made a forcible contrast, from its long straight branches 
and pendulous branchlets, with M. lucida, which grew in close proximity. 
Fuchsia | procumbens, R. Cunn., var. ?] kirkii, H.£., n.s—A procumbent 
plant, which is doubtfully referred to this species, has rounded ovate-cordate 
leaves, on long petioles ; flowers [large] erect, $ inch long, axillary ; calyx tube 
bright yellow, with reflexed segments ; anthers oblong ; ovary ovate; stigma 
4-lobed. 
Hydrocotyle, n.s.—A. stout, erect plant, pilose, 6 to 10 inches high; leaves 
large, coarsely crenate, 5- to 7-lobed with an open sinus; petioles stout ; pe- 
duncles longer or shorter than the petioles; stipules large, membranous ; 
umbels, 8- to 15-flowered. Fruit large, compressed ; carpels slightly keeled 
with 2 ribs on each face. 
Allied to H. aove-zealandie, from which it is distinguished by its large 
size, stout erect habit, many-flowered umbels, and large keeled fruit. 
Olearia  [?] allomii, n.s.—A. small shrubby form, usually from 3 to 15 
inches high (rarely 2 feet), much branched from the base, allied to O. haasti, 
but differing in its remarkably dwarf habit, uniform oblong keeled leaves, 
which are close set and excessively coriaceous, and in the loosely imbricated 
scales, which are usually acute and downy ; florets of the ray about 8, very 
broad, white; achenes downy ; pappus brown, spreading. 
Senecio ?—4A remarkable plant, resembling a branched Sempervivum 
in habit and colour, appears to be confined to the paleozoic rocks in the north 
part of the island; flowers not seen; leaves crowded, succulent, obovate, 
sometimes 2 inches or more in width, with a few irregular obtuse serratures, 
narrowed into slender petioles. The ordinary broad-leaved form of S. 
glastifolius is frequently found growing with it, and offers a marked contrast 
in habit and colour of foliage. Still, although so widely different in appear- 
ance, they may prove forms of the same species. 
S. glastifolius is found in all parts of the island, and from its noble 
corymbs of large white flowers, tipped with rose, ought to find a place in 
every garden. It is erroneously represented on t. 39, * FI. N. Z.," i., with 
yellow rays. 
Sapota costata, A. DC.—An abundant tree in the northern part of the 
island, but always found close to the sea, and rarely seen at an elevation of 
more than 100 feet. The fruit is oval in shape, and contains three nut-like 
seeds when perfect: sometimes the berry is clavate, and presents an abortive 
appearance ee the non-development of one or two of the nuts. 
