Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 249 



The above character accords so fully with the plant from New Zea- 

 land, as to leave no doubt of its identity with that from Van Diemen's 

 Land, recently described by Sir Wm. J. Hooker in the work above 

 quoted. 



Fruticulus incanus, erectus, ramosissimus. Ra7ni stricti, numerosi. Folia 

 linearia, obtusa, petiolata, 3 — 4 lineas longa, supra convexa, margine valde 

 revoluta. Flores parvi apetali cymosi, pedunculati, folia subaequantia. Pe- 

 rianthium 5-fidum, laciniis ovatis acutis. Stamina 5, inclusa, segmentis pe- 

 rianthii alterna. Stylus apice trifidus staminum longitudine. Stigmata tria. 



Genus novum Rhamneis affine, — 



COROKIA. 



Flores dioici. Mas. . Fcem. Calycis tubus ovario adhaerens limbo 5- 



fido persistente, per ssstivationem valvato. Petala 5, lanceolata, Tobis 

 calycis alterna, decidua. Discus carnosus, glandulosus, epigynus. 

 Stylus 1. Stigma capitatum lobatum. Ovarium inferum biloculare, 

 loculis 1-ovulatis pendulis. Drupa 2-locularis, loculis 1-spermis. 



579. C. Buddleioides. 



Korokia-taranga, appellatio incolarum est. R. Cunn. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Margins of woods, on the shores of the 

 Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1834, R. Cun- 

 ningham. 



Caulis fruticosus, 10 pedalis, ramis ramulisque strictis albo-tomentosis 

 instar Buddleice. Folia alterna, lanceolata, acuta, petiolata, coriacea, supra 

 plerumque glabra, valde lucida, subtus dense albo-lanata. Flores parvi, sub- 

 paniculati, paniculis brevibus saepius axillaribus v. terminalibus cano-pilosis. 

 CorollcB petala alba, oblongo-lanceolata, reflexa, segmentis calycis ter lon- 

 giora, extus incano-villosa, intus glabra. Drupa sphaerica, pisi magnitudine 

 (epicarpio fragili, nigro, nitido) apice umbilicato villosa. 



Nomen hujus generis ad nomen vernaculum refert. 



Genus novum Ordinis manifeste intus 

 Brexiaceas et Celastrineas. 



IXERBA. 



Calyx inferus, 5-phyllus, persistens, sestivatione imbricata. Petala 5, mem- 

 branacea, unguiculata, disco hypogyno inserta, decidua, fere asstiva- 

 tione imbricata. Stamina 5, hypogyna, petalis alterna. Antherce 

 ovatae acuminatae, adnatse, biloculares, longitudinahter dehiscentes. 

 Discus hypogynus, carnosus, 5-lobatus, lobis inter bases staminum re- 

 tusis integris. Stylus \, angulatus, continuus, versus apicem attenuatus. 

 Stigma simplex. Ovarium superum 5-lobum, 5-loculare, loculis 2-ovu- 

 latis, ovulis collateralibus suspensis. Fructus nondum vidi. 

 Nomen Brexice anagramma est, cui generi nostra planta certe maxime 

 affiuis. 



580. /. Brexioides. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A tree on the skirts of woods at Wan- 

 garoa, Nov. 1828. A. Cunningham. 



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