ANTHERICUM HOOKERI, or CHRYSOBACTRON 
HOOKERI, Hook. Jil. 
The first species of the present genus (C. Rossi) was detected by Dr. Hooker 
in Lord Auckland Islands. It was named Chrysobactron “ in allusion to the 
magnificent racemes of golden flowers (staff of gold) which that species bears.” 
C. Hookeri is a less showy species. {Bot, Mag.) It grows on Mount Egmont 
(Taranaki) and on the Canterbury Plains, Middle Island. It flowers in December. 
