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divided at the summits, which are hispid : anthers forty to sixty, with 

 numerous cells, and furnished with pores at summits : a moniliform 

 cord at base of column : interior of perianth covered with variously 

 formed tubercles. 



R. Patma. When expanded, two feet diameter, arising directly 

 from the root of the Cissus : disc of column concave ; processes on 

 surface of disc numerous, of a pyramidal form, the summits of which 

 are entire and hispid : lower part of tube of perianth and column gla- 

 brous ; interior of perianth covered with variously formed tubercles : 

 anthers with cells and pores ; number not mentioned : no moniliform 

 cord at base of column : antheriferous flower containing cavities filled 

 with spores, hence hermaphrodite. 



R. Manillana. PI. VI. Bud, before expansion, two and a half inches 

 in diameter, arising from a cup three-fourths of an inch high, formed 

 by the thickened bark of the root of the Cissus ; the bractese origina- 

 ting from the inner side of the upper edge of the cup ; no appearance 

 of reticulation under the base : disc of column convex ; processes on 

 surface eleven, one of which is in the centre, the rest arranged around 

 it, their summits entire and hispid ; lower part of tube of perianth 

 studded with thick glandular hairs ; anthers ten, with cells and pores 

 as in the other species ; no moniliform cord at base of column ; spo- 

 riferous cavities not apparent ; flowers examined probably male ; in- 

 terior of perianth covered with various- formed tubercles. 



XLII. — Contributions to the Ichthyology of Australia. By 

 John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., &c, Inspector of 

 Hospitals, Haslar. 



[Continued from p. 218.] 

 Sebastes percoides, Percoid Sebastes. 



Scorp&na percoides, Solander, Pisces Austr. ined. p. 4. 

 , Parkins, drawings, vol. ii. pi. 16. No. 14. 



This species was discovered on Cook's first voyage on the 

 coast of New Zealand, off Cape Kidnappers, and at Motuaro in 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound. Parkinson's sketch is unfinished, 

 and but partially tinted, with some appended notes of the 

 markings, but is sufficiently characteristic to leave no doubt 

 of the fish being a Sebastes, and, from its slight armature, ap- 

 parently allied to inermis. Its colours are more varied than 

 those of any species described in the 6 Histoire des Poissons/ 

 Solander's short description includes very few details of form. 



The height of the body is greatest about the middle of the pecto- 

 rals, and is contained three times and a half in the total length of 

 the fish, caudal included. The length of the head is a trifle greater 

 than the height of the body. The curves of the back and belly are 

 equal, and unite gradually with the profile of the head, which is 

 moderately and regularly convex, particularly above. The eye is 



