244 Transactions. — Botany. 



Flowers few, in short terminal panicles, or solitary witli an opposite leaf ; 

 peduncles and pedicels pubescent; bracts narrow, entire ; sepals tapering to a 

 long narrow point, soon reflected, 3 lines long, pubescent on both sides, and 

 ciliate. Petals white, shorter than the calyx. Fruit oblong, tapering, the 

 length equal to one and a half times the breadth, succulent. Carpels numerous, 

 angled, with a long persistent style. 



Collected by Dr, Hector on the " Paddock," Lake Brunner, West Coast of 

 the South Island, December, 1873, where it is found growing close to the 

 ground, and covering large patches. The fruit has been made into preserves, 

 and is also eaten by birds. 



This diminutive Ruhus differs from all the varieties of Ruhus australis 

 found in New Zealand in its habit of growth and alternate simple leaves, and 

 might, from its delicious fruit, be worthy of culture, 



Plate XXII., fig, 2 — Female plant with imperfect fruit ; fig, 3 — Male 

 plant in flower. 



Senecio hectori, Buchanan, Trans. N.Z. Inst., "V., 348, 



Plants brought by Dr, Hector from the native locality of this striking 

 species have succeeded well in the Colonial Botanic Garden at Wellington, and 

 have attained a height of 3 feet, but, as yet, show no sign of flowering. 



The accompanying illustration of this plant (PI. XXIIT.) is from fresh 

 specimens received, through the kindness of Mr. McGregor, from the Upper 

 BuUer Yalley, 



Art, XLI. — Notice of an Undescrihed S2oecies of Cordyline. 

 By T, Kirk, F,L,S. 

 [Read before the Auckland Institute, 8th Deceniber, 1873.] 

 With the DraccBna indivisa discovered in Dusky Bay, by Forster, another 

 form has hitherto been confused — the Toii of the North Island — a plant which, 

 even from the scanty information we at present possess, appears to differ 

 widely from the Cordyline indivisa of the Handbook, the description of which 

 was chiefly drawn from the South Island specimens collected by Forster, and 

 to which the North Island specimens, sent to Kew by Colenso, were referred 

 by Dr. Hooker. In order to attract the attention of botanists to the North 

 Island plant, I purpose offering a brief diagnosis drawn from the scanty material 

 already collected, under the provisional name of Cordyline hookeri, in the hope 

 of being thereby enabled to procure data for a complete description at some 

 future time. 



