p le rum q u e su p e ran tib u s ad fu rc a tu ram pedicelloque unico med ium v ersu s 2 -b ra c te a tis , b ra c te is
ovatis a cu tis scariosis albidis, p etalis 5 b ip a rtitis calycem aequantibus in te rd um eo b rev io rib u s v. nullis
filamen tisq u e ima b a s i d ila ta tis fere h y p o g y n is, sty lis 3 .—Hook. fil. in Icon. P la n t, vol. vii. t. 680.
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s a n d Cam p b ell’s I s la n d s ; common on th e low g ro u n d s , especially in th e
woods, an d n e a r th e sea.
Caules tetragoni, e basi valde ramosi, filiformes, 3-5 unc. longi. Folia carnosula, 3-5 lin. longa, obovata
seu rhomboidea, hincinde, siccitate, minute tuberculata. Petioli 1-3 lin. longi, latiusculi. Pei/wflcu/i folio plerumque
longiores, solitarii, raro uniflori, bifidi seu trifidi; ramis insequalibus. Pétala ssepe 0.
In many respects this agrees with the S . uliginosa, Murr., and more particularly in the size and
arrangement of the inflorescence, but the stems are always decumbent, the leaves all petiolate, very patent or
recurved, and not a t all broader or ovate at the b a se ; their callous apices are common to both species. The
peduncles generally bear two pedicels, which have a pair of bracts at the base, and a pair on one of the pedicels,
whereas in S. uliginosa the peduncle is trichotomously divided, with the intermediate pedicel only destitute
of bracts. The styles seem to be constantly three, and the stamens and petals are less decidedly perigy-
nous than in the latter plant. In form the leaves resemble those of 5. media, With., but the inflorescence is
very different, and the stem wants the alternate line of hairs.
2 . S t e l l a r ia merfia. W ith .—E n g l. B o t. t. . DeC. Prorfr. vol. i. p . 3 9 6 . AlsinCj L .
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s I s la n d s ; covering th e tom b o f a F re n c h sailor, an d grovring along
w ith Poa annua, L . : u n d o u b te d ly in tro d u c ed . A s trag g lin g , very common E u ro p e an form o f th e
p la n t, s till re ta in in g all its ch a ra cte rs.
IV. DR0 SERACEH5, De C.
1. D r o s e r a (sp.) ?
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; on th e hills.— O f th is I o nly once m e t w ith a solitary specimen,
scarcely in flower, resem b lin g a good deal th e D. uniflora, W illd ., o f T ie rra del F u e g o ; b u t it
was lo s t among th e m a n y b o ta n ic a l ra ritie s b ro u g h t d own to th e sh ip on th a t day, so th a t I am o nly
able to re co rd th e fa c t o f a species o f th e g en u s grow in g on th e island.
V. GERANI ACEÆ, De C.
1. G e r a n iu m microphyllum, Ho o k . fil. ; p u sillum , ad p resse p ubescens, caulibus adscen d en tib u s,
foliis omn ib u s longe p e tio la tis o rb icu lari-ren ifo rmib u s 5 -7 -lo b a tis, lobis trifid is su b tu s discoloribus,
p ed u n cu lis la te ra libu s solitariis v. b in is elo n g atis unifloris su p ra med ium b ib ra c teo la tis, petalis
(albis) obovato-cuneatis in teg ris v. re tu sis, g lan d u lis ad b asin stam in um fere obsoletis, filamentis
cilia tis, stylis b rev ib u s, ovario piloso. (T a b . V.)
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; in b o g g y places, a lt. 1 0 0 0 feet.
Radix perennis, multiceps, ad collum squamosa; squamis vaginantibus, ovatis, membranaceis, fuscis,
nitidis. Caules ex eadem radice 3-4, 3-5 une. longi, nudiusculi, decumbentes, deinde adscendentes, parce
pilosi, crassitie pennæ passerinæ, internodiis remotis. Folia radicalia longissime petiolata, ^ unc. lata, supra,
et subtus (præcipue ad ñervos) adpresse pilosa ; lobis lato-cuneatis, obtusis, 3-fidis, segmentis latis acutis ;
læte viridia, subtus fusco-purpurea. Petioli graciles, filiformes, 2 unc. longi, basi stipulis vaginati, inferne
glaberrimi, superne incano-pilosi. Stipulæ ovatæ, acuminata?, rufo-fuscæ, scarioso-membranaceæ. Pedunculi
uniflori, erecti, petiolo breviores, superne pilosi, supra medium bibracteolati ; bracteis parvis, oppositis, ovatis,
acuminatis. Pétala 1 |—2 Hu. longa, patentia, alba. Stamina 10, subæqualia; antheris oblongis.
In the single-flowered peduncles this is allied to the Tasmanian G. potentilloides of L’Héritier, but the
plant is much more dwarfish, with short procumbent or ascending stems, less hairy, especially below, with the
hairs appressed ; the peduncles also are shorter than the leaves, which latter are less deeply cut.
Plate V. Fig. 1, flower ; fig. 2, petal ; fig. 3, flower with the petals removed ; fig. 4, underside of the calyx ;
fig. 5, portion of the stamens ; fig. 6, ovaria :—all more or less magnified.
VI. R O SA C EA , Juss.
1. SiEVERSiA albiflora. Ho o k . f i l .; p a rv u la , h irsu ta , cau lib u s seu scapis p a rc e foliosis tri-q u in -
queflorls, foliis radicalibus in te rru p te ly ra to -p in n a tis , foliolis la te ra lib u s m in u tis g ro sse d en ta tis,
te rmin a li máximo o rbiculari-cordato o b scu re lo b a to inaequaliter d en ta to , c au lin is su b se ssilib u s, p ed icellis
su p ern e in c ra ssa tis u n ib ra c te a tis , b ra c te a sessili trífid a, calycis segm en tis p a te n tib u s ciliatis,
petalis (albis) obovatis re tu sis ex tu s pilosis, ovariis In s ty lum brevem re c tum (nec g en icu latum)
a tten u a tis in s tip item articu la tis, re cep tácu lo elongaio gracili. (T a b . V I I .)
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p ; ro ck y places on th e h ills, a lt. 1 0 0 0 feet.
I regret that owing to the early season I only met with two or three flowers of this rare plant, and not one
specimen with perfect fruit. It is the smallest species known to me, and has a creeping, woody, subfusiform,
oblique root, throwing out coarse fibres; and from the summits of this spring most of the leaves. The stems, or
rather scapes (for they remain Yuthered stalks after the fall of the fruit), arise also from the top of this root, and
are branched, twice or thrice as long as the radical leaves : they bear a few flowers with white petals, whicli
are succeeded by the narrow elongated receptacle, hispid as it were with the persistent stipites of the carpels.
It is this character which it has in common with a very arctic species, the S . Rossii, Br., together with the
very short styles, that induces me to place it in Sieversia; for the style seems too short ever to be geniculated.
It further differs from all known species in having white petals.
Plate VII. Eiy. 1, unexpanded flower; 2, expanded flower; 3 , p e ta l; 4 and fig. 5, stamens;
fig. 6, young ovarium ; fig. 7, receptacle after the carpels have fallen away :— all more or less magnified.
1. A czena (A n cistrum ) Sanguisorboi, V ah l., E m m . vol. i. p . 294. DeC. P ro d r . vol. ii. p. 592.
A . Cunn. P ro d r . Fl. Nov. Zeal, in A n n . N a t. H is t. vol. iii. p . 244. A n c is trum S a n g u iso rb ^ , L in n . fi t.
A. anseriniefolium, Forst. Gen. t. 2. A. d ia n d ru ra , Forst. P ro d r . n. 52. A. d ec iimbens, G a rtn . Fru ct.
t.3 2 .
Var. /3. minor ; depressa, ramis brevissimis, foliis valde sericeis. A. decumbens, Menzies in Herb. Hook
H a b . A b u n d an t in L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p an d Cam p b ell’s Is la n d , especially o n cliffs overh
an g in g th e sea. /3. O n th e mo u n tain s in ro ck y pla ces. M^Qu arrie’s Is la n d , DooA-. • also
found in D u sk y Bay b y M r . Menzie s.
The ordinary states of this plant differ in no particular from other specimens gathered at the Bay of Islands
It is also a native of Tasmania, and probably of Southern Australia. Stems trailing, a span to two feet lono-
Branches erect or ascending. Leaves impari-pinnate, with 4 -6 pairs of obovate or oblong, coarsely serrated
sessile leaflets, smooth on the upper surface, silky beneath, and more especially in the young plants, and in var.
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