Specimen of the Botany of Neio Zealand. 359 



Maka-maka, insul. R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Arbor 30-pedalis. Ramuli dense cinereo-pilosi. Folia pinnata : 

 foliola 4 — 6-juga cum impavi, sesqui vel biuncialia, elliptica, acuta, serrata 

 (serraturis attenuatis), breve petiolata, glabra, subtus discolorata, pen- 

 ninervia attamen pilosa. Flores terminales, paniculati, paniculis ramosis, 

 laxis, dense lanatis, pilis stellatis. Petala lineari-spathulata, segmentis calycis 

 oequalia. Stamina incumbentia. Styli divaricati. Ovarium copiose to- 

 mentosum. Capsula subrotunda, ecostata, strigosa. 

 CRASSULACEiE, DC. 

 Tilljea, Mich. L. 



521. T. verticillaris ; caule basi prostrato radicante, ramis adscendentibus, 

 foliis oppositis oblongo-linearibus, fioribus quadrifidis ad axillas congesto- 

 verticillatis, aliis sessilibus (immaturis ?), aliis pedicellatis. DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 382. Endl. Syn. Fl. Insul. Oc. Ausir. in Ann. des Wien. Mm. Band i. 

 p. 177.— T, muscosa. Forst. Prodr. n. 61 . A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 322, 

 non Linn. conf. Endl. 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 

 FICOIDEiE, Juss. 

 1. Mesembryanthemum, L. 



522. M. australe. Soland. in Hort. Kew. ed. 1. vol. ii. p. 187. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. ii. p. 1047. Haw. Misc. Nat. p. 79. DC. Prodr. iii. p. 428. Endl. 

 Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 72. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Bafiks, H. K. loc. cit. 



Obs. Caulis semiteres, glaber, prostratus. Folia triquetra, glaucescentia, 

 punctulata, laevia, incurvantia. Pedunculus obtuse anceps, basi bibracteatus. 

 Flores mediocres, dilute rubicundi. Calyx 5-fidus. Stigmata 5, subulata. 

 2. Tetragonia, L. 



523. T. expansa. Soland. in Hort. Kew. ed. 1. vol. ii. p. 178. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. ii. p. 1024. DC. Prodr. iii. p. 452. Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 72. A. 

 Rich. p. 320. Plant. Crass, t. 114. 



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

 New Zealand Spinach. 



PASSIFLORE.E, Juss. 

 Passiflora, L. {Granadilla Tournef.) 



524. P.tetrandra; glabra, foliis ovali-oblongis acuminatis integerrimis 

 eglandulosis. DC. Prodr. iii. p. 323. Banks et Sol. Mss. in Bill. Banks. 



Ku-papa, incol. R. C. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Near the Wai- 

 mate and on the margins of forests at the head of Kana- Kana river, Bay of 

 Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Pedunculi ramosi, triflori. Calyx 4-lobus. Stamina 4. Involucrum 

 nullum, aut minimum. Flores parvi, virescentes. 

 CUCURBITACE.E, Juss, 

 Sicyos, L. 



525. S. australis, foliis cordato-reniformibus angulatis denticulatis scabri- 



