Native Name:—Totera.
This fine genus abounds in parts of South America, but has hitherto been found in no other country except New Zealand, which is one of the most remarkable features in the distribution of the genus on the one hand, and of the New Zealand flora on the other. One kind forms a large bush or tree (F. excorticata) and the other a small prostrate plant. Hook. fil. It grows in the sand near the sea, where it was found by Professor Kirk and received the name of Kirkii, but it has since been united with F. procumbens. It has the peculiarity of the flowers growing upright; the blue anthers are also peculiar. It flowers in December. Auckland.
Native Name:—Pere.
Alsenosmia is a genus confined to New Zealand and to the north of the Northern Island. It was discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, and afterwards by Allan Cunningham; the name he adopted was suggested by the powerful fragrance of the flowers, J. D. Hooker. The name is well deserved—the scent is delicious, and is retained for a long time by the flowers. It is a shrub 6 to 10 ft. high. It flowers in Spring. Waikomiti, Auckland.
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