basi cordatis, bilocularibus. Pollen sphæricum. Ovarium ovatum, in stylum brevem attenuatum, 1-loculare, 1-rarius 2-ovulatum, ovulis latere placentæ globosæ carnosæ immersis. Stigma capitatum, cyathiforme, rarius infundibuliforme, varie divisum, crenatum v. lobatum, interdum fimbriatum. Fructus baccatus, putamine crustaceo, 1-loculari. Semian 1 v. 2, reliquiis membranaceis placentæ indusiata, subglobosa, interdum latere transversim constricta; testa membranacea; albumine corneo, albido. Embryo filiformis, cylindraceus, oblique transversus, paulo arcuatus v. sigmoideus.—Frutices vel arbusculæ Novæ Zelandiæ et insularum Norfolciæ Auckland et Campbell, glabræ, glanduloso-punctatæ. Folia varia, plerumque subcoriacea, integra, venosa. Pedunculi laterales, fasciculati, bracteati. Flores parvi.—Character genericus a Flora Novæ Zelandiæ Ach. Richardi (p. 349) emendatus.
1. Suttonia divaricata, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, ramis divaricatis arcuatis tortuosis parce foliosis, foliis ad apices ramulorum lateralium 2–4 breviter petiolatis late-obovatis retusis v. obcordatis coriaceis, pedunculis brevibus curvatis lateralibus basi squamosis, calycis 4–5-fidi lobis obtusis, petalis obovatis. (Tab. XXXIV.)—Myrsine? divaricata, A. Cunn. Flor. Nov. Zel. in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 47. Alph. DeC. in Prodr. vol. viii. p. 95.
Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island; abundant in woods near the sea, never ascending the hills.
Frutex, rarius arbuscula, erectus, ramosus, parce foliosus, rigidus, primo intuitu spinescens, facie Coprosmæ, 4—8-pedalis. Radix lignosa, diffusa. Truncus brevis, subpedalis, cylindraceus, prope basin diametro 10—12 uncias; cortice atro, transversim rugoso, subannulato; ligno duro, albo. Rami divaricati, horizontaliter patentes, apicibus plerumque deflexis, lignosi, tenaces, gemmis basibusque ramulorum delapsorum tuberculati, cortice fuligineo v. atro-fusco obtecti; ramulis brevibus, subdistiche divaricatis, interdum pubescentibus, apicibus tantum foliosis. Folia parva, ⅓ unc. longa, ramulis ultimis alterna, vel plerumque 2–3 ad apices fasciculata, rarius solitaria, horizontaliter patentia, late obovata et retusa, v. obcordata, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, integerrima, glaberrima, planiuscula v. concava, subcoriacea, nervis prominulis utrinque reticulata, glandulis sparsis, majusculis, elevatis, aurantiacis, pellucidis punctata, et serie intramarginali circumdata, supra læte viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora; petiolo brevi, glabro v. pubescente, supra canaliculato, ¾ lin. longo. Flores parvi, inconspicui, breviter pedunculati, ramis ramulisque lateralibus 2—4 glomerulati. Pedunculi arcuati, 1—1½ lin. longi, basi pluribracteolati, e gemmulis squamosis orti; bracteolis minimis, ovato-rotundatis, brunnei marginibus scarioso-membranaceis. Calyx parvus, obovatus, carnosus, 4- rarius 5-fidus; lobis suberectis v. patulis, late ovatis, obtusis, glanduloso-punctatis, marginibus erosis, ciliatis. Petala 4–5, basi remota, infra faucem calycis inserta, patentia, persistentia, demum basi ovarii crescentis appressa, obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, ¼ lin. longa, subchartacea, rufo-brunnea, glanduloso-punctata, margine membranaceo, pellucido, eroso, cilato v. subfimbriato, pilis breviusculis, articulatis, flexuosis, medio uninervia, nervo obscure ramoso. Stamina 5, petalis ½ breviora; filamenta brevia, linearia, compressa, crassa, supra basin petalorum affixa; antheræ coriaceæ, filamento longiores, oblongo-lanceolatæ, subacutæ, basi cordatæ, valde compressæ, per totam longitudinem rimis lateralibus dehiscentes. Ovarium ovato-ampullaceum, teres, in stylum validum brevem attenuatum, 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum; placenta carnosa et subaquosa, globosa, ovarii loculum implens, basifixa, latere unico excavata; ovulum solitarium, conico-pyriforme, horizontale, funiculo brevi, fundo cavitatis placentæ affixum. Stigma capitatum, forma varians, sæpe lobatum v. crenatum, nunc excavatum, cyathiforme, mar-
this splendid plant, and to Mr. Gunn for magnificent specimens. It is known to very few of the inhabitants of the colony, in consequence of the remoteness and inaccessible nature of the localities it inhabits. Amongst the bushrangers it is called "cabbage-tree," and was always described by them as resembling an American aloe placed on the top of a long pole. I shall have a further opportunity of making some remarks upon it in the Flora of Tasmania.
