92 Tm?tsacfions. 



smoofh ligTit-brovx^n bark ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acimiinate, excessively 

 coriaceous, and clotlied, wlien young, with long silky hairs. A solitary speci- 

 men of large size made a forcible contrast, from its long straight branches 

 and jjendulous branchlets, with If. lucicla, which grew in close proximity. 



JFuchsia [procumlens, H. Cunn., var. .''] kirJcii, H.f., u.g. — A procumbent 

 plant, which is doubtfully referred to this species, has rounded ovate-cordate 

 leaves, on long petioles ; flowers [large] erecf, f inch long, axillary ; calyx tube 

 bright yellow, with reflexed segments ; anthers oblong ; ovary ovate ; stigma 

 4i-lobed. 



Sydrocotyle, n.s. — A stout, erect plant, pilose, 6 to 10 inches high ; leaves 

 large, coarsely crenate, 5- to 7-lobed vdth an open sinus ; petioles stout ; pe- 

 duncles longer or shorter than the petioles ; stipules large, membranous ; 

 umbels, 8- to 15-fiowered. Eruit large, compressed ; carpels slightly keeled 

 with 2 ribs on each face. 



Allied to a. novcs-zealanclics, from which it is distinguished by its large 

 size, stout erect habit, many-flowered umbels, and large keeled fruit. 



Olearia [?] aUoviii, n.s. — A small shrubby form, usually from 3 to 15 

 inches high (rarely 2 feet), much branched from the base, allied to O. JiaasH, 

 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 do"RT.iy ; florets of the ray about 8, very 

 broad, white ; achenes dov^ny ; pappus brovvu, spreading. 



Senecio ? — A remarkable plant, resembling a branched Sempervivum 

 in habit and colour, appears to be confined to the palaeozoic 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^. 

 glastifolms 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 

 ever}^ garden. It is erroneously represented on t. 39, " Fl. 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 from the non-development of one or two of the nuts. Flowers 

 open, not globose, corolla lobes twice as long as the sepals. "Wood very hard 

 and heavy. The seeds are said to have been formerly worn as necklaces by 



