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2. Weinmannia, L. 



516. W. betulina, foliis ternatis impari-pinnatisque : foliolis obovatis co- 

 riaceis obtusis basi angustatis crenato-serratis venosis, rachi ramulis pedun- 

 culisque pubescentibus, racemis terminalibus multifloris, petalis obovatis 

 obtusis calyce paulo longioribus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Damp woods on the east coast. — 1826, 

 A. Cunningham. 



Obs. Arbor (sempervirens) triginta pedalis. Foliola coriacea. Racemi 

 2 — 4 pollicares, confertiflori. Capsula ovata, acuminata, pube adpressa raro 

 conspersa. Semina apice penicillata. 



517. W. fuchsioides, foliis simplicibus ternatis ve ovato-oblongis acumi- 

 natis coriaceis reticulato-venosis serratis basi attenuatis longe petiolatissubtus 

 discoloribus, petiolis ramulisque pubescentibus, racemis terminalibus multi- 

 floris folio duplo triplove longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis lato-ovatis 

 obtusis calyce longioribus, ovariis villosis, stylis stamina sequantibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shaded forests, margins of woods, &c, 

 Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham.— 1834, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Arbuscula ramosa. Folia sesqui v. 2-pollices longa, basi angustata, 

 crenato-serrata, subtus rubro-venosa ut in Fuchsia. Racemi densiflori, 4 — 5 

 unciales. Pedunculi pubescentes. Capsules subrotundse, costatae, pilis te- 

 nuisgimis patentibus conspersse. Semina basi apiceque barbata. 



518. W. sylvicola (Sol.), foliis ternatis impari-pinnatisve : foliolis ellipticis 

 acuminatis obtusiusculisve coriaceis petiolatis basi attenuatis crenato- 

 serratis utrinque glabris, racemis elongatis densifloris folio plus duplo lon- 

 gioribus, fasciculis subverticellatis 4— 6-floris, ramulis pedunculisque pubi- 

 geris. Sol. Mss. in Bibl. Banks. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Dry woods in 

 the country intermediate to Hokianga and the Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. 

 Cunningham. 



Obs. Arbuscula 15 — 20 pedalis. Foliola crassa, ovalia, obtusa, subtus 



from the ground, however, the roots which the former had thrown out from 

 its stem had got hold of the fern tree, the caudex of which they enveloped 

 by numerous folds, so as to present but one trunk of great bulk for upwards 

 of 20 feet. Above this, however, was to be perceived the rough bark of the 

 Quintinia on one side, and the rugged caudex of the fern on the other, the 

 trunks of both continuing firmly united, as if grafted into each other, until 

 near their summits, where they separated ; the Quintinia exhibiting a 

 branching umbrageous head, while the Cibotium spread forth its noble tufts 

 of fronds, evidently not in the slightest degree inconvenienced by the em- 

 brace of the aerial roots of the other, throughout nearly its whole length of 

 caudex. 



It may here be added, that all the specimens of Cibotium, examined at that 

 period on the Tomah mountain, had young seedlings of the Quintinia grow- 

 ing on their trunks, upon which, being well rooted, they assumed all the ha- 

 bit and aspect of some kinds of wild fig in intratropical regions, that live and 

 grow as well without earth, in the hollow branch or trunk of a tree, as they 

 do when they happen to fall to the ground and there take root. (Memoran- 

 dum 2nd Dec. 1823. A. C.) 



