Grown out-of-doors in this country are herbaceous plants, but some species of the shrubby Australasian genus Hymenan- thera are hardy, at least in southern England. H. crassifolia Hook. f., a native of New Zealand, is one of these. It has been in cultivation since 1875, and, though its flowers are inconspicuous, is valued as a garden shrub on account of its numerous berries, which are pure white or tinged with purple at the base and remain on the bush for a considerable time it retains some of its leaves through the winter, but can scarcely be called evergreen. For the material from which our plate has been prepared we are indebted to the Marquess of Headfort, Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland, who informs us that the plant was given him some 10 years previously by Sir Frederick Moore. Bean mentions a very fine plant in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 6 ft. high and 12 to 15 ft. in diameter. It may be propagated by seeds or cuttings. Since Hooker described H. crassifolia it has been found necessary to restrict the species to a narrower concept than his. Hemsley* has shown that Scaevola novae-zelandiae A. Cunn., quoted by Hooker as a synonym, is a distinct * Hemsley in Kew Bull. 1908, p. 96.

Scaevola novae-zelandiae A. Cunn. et specimen Cunninghamianum et Colensoanum

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