| 704 |
Cordyline.—C. rubra, Hueg. ex Kunth. Enum. pl. v. 34, is often quoted as a native of New Zealand, but is really a garden-plant of unknown origin. Mr. Baker remarks that it is intermediate between the widely diffused C. terminalis and the Australian C. stricta, Endl. I know nothing of C. Hooibrenkeana, Goepp, in Nov. Act. Cur. xxv. (1855) 55, also said to come from New Zealand. |
| 708 |
Astelia.—I have failed to identify the following species, described by Mr. Colenso: A. spicata, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1882) 335; A. subrigida, l.c. xix. (1887) 268; and A. planifolia, l.c. xx. (1888) 209. |
| 711 |
A. Banksii.—Mr. Townson sends specimens of apparently this species from the vicinity of Westport. |
| 712 |
A. trinervia and A. Solandri.—Both of these have also been collected at Westport by Mr. Townson. |
| 716 |
Phormium Cookianum.—Bishop Williams has described and figured a remarkable sport of this species in which the flowers are replaced by tufts of foliage leaves, the scapes thus bearing numerous dense clumps of leaves which sometimes reach the length of 12 in. to 18 in. For a detailed account see his paper in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxvi. 333. |
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