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calyx, the base of the filaments, the upper surface of the ovary, and 
the style and stigma. Occasionally, however, the whole of the 
petals may be suffused with pink. 
But some ten years ago one plant was discovered in Otago 
with flowers of a bright rose colour, which, although not quite 
even, extended over the whole surface of the petals, giving a 
a striking appearance to the plant. This form, owing to its 
intrinsic value for ornamental purposes, was quickly put into 
commerce under the name of Leptospenmun Chapmanni, so that 
at the present time it is not an uncommon shrub of cultivation. 
Regarding the capability of Leptospenmun Chapmanni to re¬ 
produce itself “ true ” from seed nothing is known. In fact, it is 
by no means certain that the plant is self-fertile. Mr. R. H. Rhodes, 
M.H.R., Tor instance, informs me that a plant in his garden has 
never produced seed, and that the same can be said of another 
specimen in the garden of Mr. Justice Chapman at Dunedin. On 
the other hand, Mr. McIntyre, who has charge of the famous 
collection of New Zealand plants of Mr. Henry James Matthews 
in the above city, has informed me that Leptospenmun Chapmanni 
does produce seed, but not freely. In the latter case, of course, 
such seed may be the result of a cross from white flowered plants 
in the vicinity. 
Quite recently another plant has been discovered which has 
flowers of a much deeper colour than the above— of a rich crimson in 
in fact. This individual is growing on the sand-hills a little to the 
north of Christchurch, and distant some two-hundred miles from 
the original habitat of L. Chapmanni. Messrs. Nairn & Son, the 
well-known nurserymen of the above city, have now a fine plant of 
this form in their garden, and, thanks to them, I am able to put on 
record what is definitely known as to this interesting plant; the 
fore-runner probably of a new race of shrubs which will rival the 
Spiraeas in beauty. 
The precise habitat of the wild plant is at present a secret, but 
it must be somewhere in the heath of Leptospermum, which captures 
the dunes as soon as these are sufficiently stable. At any rate 
there is only one plant, and this must have originated merely a few 
years ago from these white-flowered forms which alone are found 
in its immediate neighbourhood. That is to say, a plant has 
quite recently come into being, possessing a character which 
presumably did not exist in the parent, or if present, had been 
latent for a considerable period. Nor is the crimson colour of the 
flower the only new character. The foliage is also of a different 
