3 3G Transactions. — Botany. 



Aealiace^:. 



Panax crassifolia, Dene <fe Planche. (Hedera crassifolia, A. Gray j F. Muell, £ c.) 

 This species, so remarkable in New Zealand for its varied leaf-form, shows 



in the Chatham Island plant another well marked variety. 



In the varieties of New Zealand the leaves, whether one or three foliolate, 



are much elongated, narrow, and reflexed downwards for several years before 



flowering j afterwards they become shorter, broader, and erect. 



In the variety under notice the leaves are erect from the first, before 



flowering being 3—10 inches long, 1 — 1J inches broad, and with a few deep 



serrations at the tips. Mixed with these in the earliest stage are a few small 

 obcordate leaves, lin. long, fin. broad. After the plant commences to flower, 

 the leaves diminish in size and become entire. The fruit is more elongate in 

 this variety than in the varieties of New Zealand, resembling most that of 

 Panax linear -e, Hook, fil., from Dusky Bay, South Island. 



~ ... Corner. 



Vorokia buddleoides, A. Cunn. 



Native names— Whahataka and IlokataJca ; grows 15—20 feet high. 



n RlJBIACEiE. 



Coprosma baueriana, Endl. 



Nat. name— Karamu. This species is found in the bush as a small tree, 

 10—12 feet high. 



Coprosma robusta* Eaoul. 



cu 



propinqua, A. 



Nat. name — Mingimingi ; 3 



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ing a considerable portion of the bush, and from its dense close growth almost 

 impenetrable. 



Coprosma acerosa, A. Cunn. 



angustifolia, 



Composite. 



var. (Olearia operina, Hook f. 1. c. 731 ; 



Muell 



Leaves very variable in size, obovate-aeute to ovate-obtuse, 1—3 inches 

 o*g, J— 1 inch broad, very coriaceous. Peduncles none or short, with a few 



lax bracts. Flowers 



, - * * single flowering, in succession over a 



lengthened period. Achenes ribbed, silky. Pappus robust : purple on the 



ijolia 



uppe 



than to 0. operina. 



*Olearia semidentata, Decaisne, (PI. XIV). 



Described by Mr. H. H. Travers as i 



masses of dark purple flowers, and 



3 feet high, 



lne leaves of young plants are very close set and narrow, differing 



