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whilst the stigmata are oblique-terminal, very slightly or hardly 

 decurrent, sometimes more curvate-clavate, sometimes so thickened 

 as to appear capitate and to offer a transit to the more decidedly 

 peltate stigma of Hoheria populnea. Thus the habit of the plant, 

 its bisexual flowers and its stigmata mediate a clear transit to Sida, 

 from which the closely allied Hoheria populnea, in appreciation of 

 its winged carpels, can be also only sectionally separated, as indicated 

 in the Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 29. A curious variety of Sida Lyallii, 

 with small deeply incised leaves, collected by Mr. Travers and Dr. 

 Haast in Middle Island, may be distinguished as var. ribifoUa. 



COEIARIE^. 



CORIABIA RUSCIFOLIA. 



Linne, Spec. Plant. 1467, accord, to J. Hook. Elor. Nov. Zeel. i. 45 ; C. sar- 

 mentosa, G. Forst. Florul. Insular. Austral. Prodr. 733 ; G-. Forst. de Plant. 

 Escul. Insul. Ocean. Austr. 46 ; Ach. Eick. Yoy. de T Astrolabe, i. 364 ; 

 Bot. Magaz. 2470. 



Common in woods and at their edges. Native name " Tutu." 

 The Chatham-plant represents the large-leaved normal form. 

 The single orbicular or ovate- orbicular bracteoles at the base of the 

 pedicels render the unexpanded raceme amentaceous. In the 

 mountain region of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, at 

 an elevation from 2500-4000 feet, on open ground and shingles, a 

 variety was collected by Dr. Haast, singular for the narrow-linear 

 leaves of its branchlets. 



Dr. Dieffenbach assigns to this plant the native name " Tupa^- 

 kihi," and mentions that the natives use it for dyeing the strings of 

 their mats with a durable black. 



CARYOPHYLLE^. 



COLOBANTHUS BiLLARDIERII. 



Fenzl in den Annalen des Wiener Museums, i. 48; J. Hook. Flor. Nov. 

 Zeel. i. 27; F. M. Plants of Victor, i. 212; Benth. Flor. Austral, i. 161. 



Varietas brackypoda ; leaves channelled, rigid, mostly about 

 ^" long; pedicels hardly as long as or distinctly shorter than the 

 flower. 



Chatham-Island. 



The same variety has been collected in the Province of Canter- 

 bury, New Zealand, by Dr. Haast. 



