CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 699 



tion, and with an authentic specimen from George Porster's 

 ' Herbarium/ as well as by ourselves, with others from some 

 part of New Zealand ; and no difference has been detected 

 between them. 



In explanation of the nama applied to this plant, we 

 make the following extract from Mr. Brown's communica- 

 tion upon the subject : 



" I have named the genus in honour of my friend, 

 Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.S., a very accurate bota- 

 nist, whose interesting account of the Island of Tristan 

 d'Acunha is pubhshed in the 12th volume of the 'Linnean 

 Society's Transactions/ and to whom I am indebted for ex- 

 tensive collections, and many excellent descriptions of the 

 plants of the Island of Mauritius and of the Cape of Good 

 Hope." 



JBot. Meg. 912 (1825). 



Chorizema Henchmanni, foliis acicularibus pungentibus 

 solitariis v. ternatim fasciculatis, calycibus villosis. 



C. Henchmanni, B. Brown, ined. 



This plant, which recedes very much in habit from the 

 species of Chorizema, previously pubhshed, has been named 

 by Mr. Brown in honour of Francis Henchman, Esq., a 

 very successful importer of New Holland plants, for whom 

 the present subiect was collected by Mr. William Baxter. 



Bot Beg. 986 (1826). 



