30 Specimen of the Botany of Neiv Zealand, 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Among fern, on the shores of the Bay 

 of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



528. C. incana, cano-villosa, foliis oppositis brevi-petiolatis oblongo-ovatis 

 ovatisve coriaceis serratis, floribus axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus race- 

 mosis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Dry exposed rocky hills. Wangaroa. 

 — ^1826, yi. Cunningham. 



GoNiocARPus, Kcsnig. 

 Calycis tubus ovario ovato adhaerens, limbus 4-partitus. Petala 4, lobis 

 calycis alterna. Stamina 8. Stigmata 4. Fructus nucamentaceus 

 ' indehiscens, 8-angulatus, 8-nervius, 4-locularis, 4-spermus. Semina in 

 loculis pendula. 



529. G. tetragynus, foliis ovatis serratis acutis subscabris, junioribus pe- 

 talis ramulisque pilosis, spicis elongatis, floribus sessilibus erectis. DC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. QQ. — G. tetragyna. LahilL Nov. Roll. i. p. 39. t. 53. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Among fern, on hills around the Bay 

 of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Caulis spithamaeus et triplo altior, suberectus obtuse tetragonus ut 

 ramula. Floras ex axillis foliorum seu bractearum alternarum, solitarii. 

 Petala 4, pilis caducis exasperata. Staminum Jilamenta octo brevia, antherae 

 oblongae tetragonse biloculares. Germen inferum subglobosum. Stigmata 

 penicilliformia. 



530. G. citriodorus ; repens, foliis ovato- rotundatis cordatis acutis crenu- 

 latis, petalis ramulisque glabris, spicis abbreviatis, floribus tetrandris pen- 

 dulis. 



Piri-piri ab incolis vulgo nominatur. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In bogs, on the banks of the Keri 

 Keri river. Bay of Islands. — 1834, Rich. Cunningham. 



531. G. depressus, repens, foliis elliptico-ovatis acutis crenatis, ramulisque 

 scabriusculis, spicis elongatis laxis, floribus subsessilibus patulis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Low boggy ground at Wangaroa. — 

 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Myriophyllum, Faill., Linn. 



532. M. propinquum, foliis quaternum verticillatis pinnatipartitis, lobis 

 linearibus oppositis, inferioribus quandoque linearibus integris vel dentatis, 

 floribus axillaribus solitariis geminisve. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Bogs at the Mission Station on the 

 Keri Keri river, as also on the Hokianga river. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Herba facie MyriophylU verticillati, L. Omnino cum M.elatinoidi, 

 Gaud. (Ann. Sc. Nat. y.p. 105) characteribus congruit nostra planta ; flori- 

 bus axillaribus dioicis, masculis octandris, sed fortasse diversa. 



ONAGRARI^, Juss. 



I. F vcnsi A, Plum., L. 



* Flores petaliferi. 



533. F. excorticata, ramis laevibus demum excorticatis; foliis alternis pe- 

 tiolatia ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis denticulatis subtus dealbatis glabris, pe- 



