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trees of this plant, about 15' high, but at the time destitute of 

 flowers and fruits. 



ROSACEA. 



POTENTILLA ANSBRINA. 

 Linnd, Spec. Plantar. 710 ; SmHt's English Flora, ii. 417 ; Engl. Bot. t. 861 ; 

 Lehmann, Historia Potentillar. 71 ; J. Hook. Flor. Nova Zeel. i. 53 ; 

 Lehm. in Walp. Annal. Botan. Syst. ii. 513, et in Nov. Act. Acad. Cffisar. 

 Leopold. Oarolin. xxiii., Suppl. p. 188-191 ; P. anserinoides, Eaoul in 

 Annales des Sciences ISTaturell. trois. serie, ii. 123 ; Eaoul, Choix de Plant, 

 de la NouveU. Zflande, 28 ; Lehm. in Acad. Leop. Carol, p. 191. 



On moist places nearly everywhere. 



The plant is most probably indigenous neither in the Chatham- 

 Islands nor in New Zealand nor in Australia. In the latter country 

 it is as yet but seen on places widely apart, but gaining ground in 

 its locaUties. 



ANACAEDIACEiE. 



COBYNOCARPUS LJEVIGATA. 



J. E. & G. Eorat. Charact. Gener. Plantar, p. 31, t. 16 ; Linn6 fll. Suppl. 

 Plant. 156 ; G. Forst. Florul. Insul. Austral. Prodr. 114 ; Willd. Spec 

 Plant, ii. 1178 ; Lamark, Encycl. Method, t. 143 ; Achill. Eichard, Voy. 

 de I'Astrolabe, i. 365 ; All. Cunn! in Annal. of Nat. Hist. iv. 260 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4397 ; Endl. Gen. Plant. 1410 ; J. Hook. Flor. Nov. Zeal. i. 48 ; 

 Benth. & J. Hook. Gen. Plant, i. 425. 



Chatham-Island, in woods. 



Aboriginal name " Karaka." 



The natives use the fruit in the same manner as it is used by the 

 New Zealanders. 



The identification of the Chatham-Island plant with that of New 

 Zealand rests solely on a comparison of the leaves. 



Dr. Dieffenbach (Joum. of the Roy. Geograph. Soc. of Lond. xi. 

 206) observes, that the Karaka or Corynocarpus Isevigata forms the 

 largest part of the forest of the Chatham-Island, and that it rises to 

 a height of 60', its stem attaining a diameter of 1-3' ; further, that 

 its wood is light and spongy, and that this is the only tree of 

 sufiEicient size for being used by the natives for making their canoes. 

 A large pigeon finds plentiful food on the fruit of the Karaka-tree. 



This noble tree, though rather of slow growth, deserves to be 

 adopted for garden-plantations in all latitudes to which it may 

 adapt itself The dense dark evergreen of its foliage imparts to the 

 tree a real grandeur. It has well withstood the dry heat of the 

 Australian summer. 



