376 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



nate, rarely somewhat rounded at the top ; its cells are nearly- 

 parallel throughout their whole length-; the central line be- 

 tween the cells is a deep furrow in front and a keel behind, 

 and the stigma is rather broad, truncate, folded so as to leave 

 a channel between its pointed lobes, its middle emarginate. 



H.fornicata, Bab., PI. bifolia, Reich., has a hooded anther 

 with parallel cells and the upper petals not converging. 



St. John's Coll., Cambridge, May 18, 1838. 



XLI. — Flora Insularum Novae Zelandice Precursor; or a Spe- 

 cimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By 

 Allan Cunningham, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 216.] 



EUPHORBIACE.E, Ad. deJuss. 

 1. Euphorbia, L. 



339. E. glauca, caule fruticoso, foliis ad apices ramorum confertis lanceo- 

 latis integerrimis glabris, umbella 4 — 6 radiata, radiis simplicibus trichoto- 

 misque, foliis floralibus oppositis ovali-acutis, involucris 4 — 5 fidis. Kndl. 

 Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 86. Forst. Prodr. n. 208. Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 790. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 352. Ic. Ferd. Bauer, t. 1 66. (Endl.)—Kekiri 

 gnott of the natives, around whose houses the plant is frequent. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Middle Island), Astrolabe Harbour.— 1827, D'Urville. 

 (Northern Island), sandy shore, at the embouchure of the Hokianga river. 

 — 1820, A. Cunningham. 



SANTALACE.E, R. Br. 

 1. Mida, (Thesium, Linn.) 

 Perianthium 5-partitum, persistens, eglandulosum. Disco epigyno nullo. 

 Stam. 5, extus fasciculo gracili villorum munita. Antherce biloculares. 

 Stigma 3 — 4 lobum. Nux corticata coronata. R. Br. in obs. : — Arbus- 

 culae glabra?, ramis ramulisque plerumque alternis. Folia alterna, quan- 

 doque subopposita, utrinque glabra, nitida, venosa. P'lores racemosi 

 axillares s. terminales. Nomen vernaculum Mida, unde nom. generis. 

 R. Cunningham. 



340. M. salicifolia, foliis angusto-lanceolatis attenuatis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A slender tree fifteen feet high, bearing 

 flower and fruit in October, in the forests of Wangaroa. — 1826, A. Cunning- 

 ham. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



341. M. eucalyptoides, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A small tree fifteen to twenty feet high, 

 in fruit in October and November in shady woods at Wangaroa. — 1826, A. 

 Cunningham. 



