of the leaf of a Gmm, its hairiness, and the size of its flower, and. faiUng all these, on difference of locality, there is then
no limit to such species; for as much variety may be found between English specimens of Q. urbanum as amongst
the above-mentioned species. As collectors and herbaria increase, and plants, supposed to have very limited or
isolated areas assigned to them, are fonnd to spread aU over the world, we must modify our views of the eharaeters
they offer when these are variable. This is eminently the case with Geum; and I tliink that any one. having a
as many specimens and species at once under the eye as I have, would regard the present as a plant eommoi, to most
temperate pai-ts of the world i in Asia, from Siberia to the Himalaya Mountains; throughout E u ro p e; in Australasia,
in Tasmania and New Zealand; in North America, from the Arctic Sea to Georgia; thence extending along the
Andes to Peru and Cliili, and so down to Euegia. In the •Antarctic Flora.’ I assumed this species and the foUowmg
to be both diflierent from Fuegian p la n ts ; but more specimens have placed both in another light. Dr. Lyall s
Milford Sound plant is not in flower, but in young fruit, and entirely resembles G. urbanum.
2. G e u m Commerson; parvulum, dense vfllosum e t velutino-pubescens. folus radicalibus
in te rru p te pinua tisec tis lobo terminaU ro tu n d a to lobato crenato la terabbus 2 -8 -ju g is parvulis v. 0, caule v.
pedúnculo foHoso, floribus foliobs parvis involucratis, petalis calyce subduplo longioribus, stylo apice
uncinato, earpelbs vfflosis. Commerson. EC . Prodr. F l. An ta rc t. v. 2. p . 2 63. G. involucratum. Jnss.
EC. etc. A n Sieversia albiflora, F l. Antarct. v. l . p . 1. t. 1 ?
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . S u ah in e Mountains, Colenso.
A small plant, 4 -8 inches high, with a stout woody root, everywhere densely covered with shaggy yellowish
hab-s. I t is extremely like a smaU alpine state of G. Magellanicum, and may prove to be so ; but it is here kept
distinct, on account of its size, vUlousness, the great terminal lobe of the leaf, and veiy minute lateral ones. ^ The
flowers’appear to he white, from Mr. Colenso’s considering it closely resembling those of Sieverda alUfiora,
between which plant and this New Zealand one I see no difference, except that the old receptacle of the latter
is vülous, and of the Sieversia (perhaps from my specimens being too old) quite naked.
N a t . O k d . XXV. ONAGBARIbE, J u s s .
Gen. I . FU C H S IA , Plum.
Calycis tu b u s basi ovario adhmrens, superne in tn b um deciduum apice 4-lobum producto. P e ta la 4,
tubo calycis inserta, v. 0. S tam in a ? ,. Ovarium disco nrceolato coronatum, 4 -lo cu lare; stylo gracili;
stigmate c lav a to ; locubs 00-ovulatis. Bacca ovoidea, carnosa, 4-locularis, 00-sperma.
This fine genus abounds in the tropical mountains and temperate regions of South America, from Mexico to
the Straits of MageUan; but bas hitherto been fonnd in no other country except New Zealand, which is one of the
most remarkable features in tho 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, and the other a smaU prostrate plant. Both are perfectly smooth, with
alternate petioles, leaves, and axillary pendnlons flowers. Tube of the calyx united to the ovary, and produced
beyond it into a campanulate four-lobed limb, which drops off from tbe ovaiy. PctaU small and convolute, or none.
Stamens eight, with long filaments. Style one, club-shaped at the extremity. Berry ovoid, four-ceUed, maiiy-seeded.
(Named in honom* of Leonard Fucks, a learned German physician.)
1. Fuchsia exeorticata, Lin n , fil.; fraticosa v. arbórea, foUis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis Hneari-
lanceolatisve acuminatis remote et obscure dentatis su b tu s albidis, petalis parvis. Lm n . fi l. Suppl. Lm d le y
in Bot. Reg. v. 1. t. 867. A . Cunn. Prodr. Skinnera, Forst. Prodr. A . Rich. Flora. Agapantlius calyciflorus,
B ank s et Sol. M S S.
H a b . Moist woods th ro u g h o u t th e Is la n d s ; abundant, Forster, etc. Dusky Bay, Menzies. N a t.
name, “ K o tu k u -tu k u ,” Cu n n .; of th e berry “ Ko n in i,” L ya ll. (Cultivated in England.)
A tree 16-30 feet higli, with a papery deciduous cuticle to the bark. Leaves on slender petioles, very variable
in lengtli ; ovate or lanceolate, much acuminate, membranous, 2 -4 inches long, remotely and obscurely toothed,
quite white and almost silvery below. V lomm i - 1 inch long, solitary, axillary, on slender peduncles, which are
usually shorter than the petioles, of a dingy purple colour. Tube of the ealyx inflated and campanulate above
the ovary, with four hnear-lanceolate or ovate acuminate lobes. Petals veiy small, convolute. Stigma capitate.
The berries 4. inch long, and blue-purple; they are sweet and eaten. The stamens vary much in length, being
sometimes quite inelnded.
2. F u c h s ia procumlens, E . Cunn. ; caule gracili procumbente ramoso, ramis ascendentibus, fo b s longe
petiolatis ovato-cordatis rotunda tisve sinuato-dentatis integerrimisve obtusis acutisve, floribus apetalis.
A . Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 421.
H a e . N o rth e rn and Middle I s la n d s ; east coast, on th e sand of th e sea-beaeh, R . Cunningham,
cnso. P o rt Cooper, LyaU. N a t. name, "T o te ra ,” Cunn.
A muck smaller plant than the preceding, with slender woody prostrate stem, and few ascending branches.
Petioles very slender, as long or longer than the leaf, i - 1 inch long. Leaves smaller, rounder and broader than in
the precedmg, usually blunt, paler but hardly white beneath. Flowers smaller than in F. exeorticata, with a
broader calyx-tube, and no petals.—Mi-. Colenso has noticed this species becoming elongated amongst bushes, etc.,
and having stems 6 feet long.
Gen. I I . E P IL O B IU M , L .
Calycis tu b u s linearis, 4-gonus, ovario a d u a tu s ; limbus 4-sepalus, deciduus. F e ta la 4. Stamina 8.
Ovarmm 4 -io cu la re ; stylo e lo n g a to ; stigmate clavato. Capsula linearis, 4-gona, 4-locularis, 4-valvis,
polysperma ; valvis membranaceis. Semina papposa.
A large genus, universally diffused throughout the temperate regions of the globe, whose species are evei7 where
extremely variable and difiicult to distinguish. I t forms a larger proportion of the Elora in New Zealand than in any
other country ; the species abounding at all elevations, and constantly enlarging their range by means of tbeir light
feathery seeds.— Herbs with perennial roots, creeping or upright, smooth or pubescent, divided or simple stems, and
opposite or alternate, sessile or petioled leaves. Flowers axillary and solitary, on long or short pedicels, or spiked, or
panicled. Calyx-tube surrounding a long four-sided ovary; limb of four deciduous sepals. Fetals four, rose-
coloured, white, or purple. Stamens eight. Style long, with a davate stigma, entire and oblique in all the New
Zealand species. Capsule very long and slender, splitting into four narrow linear valves, and emitting many feathery
seeds. Peduncles erect in flower, often pendulous in young fruit and again erect, always very variable in length.
I have carefully studied all the southern forms of Epilobia on several occasions, and must own that I know no good
limits between the majority of the species ; especially of the New Zealanders. Mr. Cunningham’s specimens have all
been studied ; they are very iiisuflicient, and often mere tips of branches. I have seen or possess Forster’s original
specimens oi E. junceum, rotimdifolium, and glabellum, which include many otliers. I would advise the student not
to attempt naming species without copious suites of specimens, they vary so extremely. Many of the species are
very similar to English ones, but I have not ventured to unite any except E. tetragonum. Small states of E. glabellum
and E. tenuipes closely resemble E. alpinum; E. ptibens the E. roseim ; states of E. junceum the E. palustre
aud parvljlorum; of E. Biliardieri resemble E. montanum, E. origamfolium, E. alsinifolmm (a plant so named in
Ticrh. Hook.). The general aspect of the New Zealand plants differs in all these cases from what prevails in the
European, but considerable differences are to be expected amongst specimens of widely-diffused plauts coming
from dissimilar climates. (Name from ctti, upon, and Xo^os, a pod, from the position of the flower.)
§ a. Stems creeping. Peduncles truly axillary and erect. Leaves opposite.
1. Epilobium mimmularifolium, C u n n .; pusillum, caule repente radicante bifariam pubescente v. gla