Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 315 



RUTACE.E, Juss. 

 1. Melicope, Forst. 



582. M. ternata; foliis oppositis petiolatis trifoliatis, foliolis (biuncialibus) 

 obovato-oblongis obtusis integerrimis subcrenulatisve glabris, racemis erectis 

 subpaniculatis axillaribus petiolo longioribus. Forst. Prodr. n. 166. Char. 

 Gen. t. 28. DC. Frodr. i. p. 723. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. _p.293.— Ento- 

 ganum laevigatum. Sol. Ms. Gcert. Fr. i. p. 331. t. 68. 



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

 Bay of Islands, &c. — 1828, A. Cunningham. 



Arbuscula 12 — 15 pedalis, ramis teretibus glabris. Folia : foliola elliptica 

 V. obovata, obtusa, subintegra. Cyma paniculata, axillaris. Corolla : pe- 

 tala 4 ovata, subacuminata, albida, calyce triplo longiora. Stamina 8 co- 

 rolla minora. Ovaria 4, superne mediants stylo connexa. Stigma con- 

 caviusculum. Carpella 4, subcoriacea, venosa, divarieata, superne dehis- 

 centia. Semina in loculis solitaria, obovata, atra, valde nitida. 



583. M. simplex, foliis oppositis simplicibus petiolatis rhombeo-obovatis 

 subrotundisve obtusis bicrenatis glabris, racemis simplicibus axillaribus pau- 

 cifloris petiolum sequantibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Forests near the sources of the Ho- 

 kianga river. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Frutexgxa.c\Y\^, glaber, orgyalis, ramulis elongatis virgatisfascibus teretibus. 

 Folia simplicia, opposita, semiuncialia, longe petiolata, pellucido-punctata, 

 petiolis leviter alatis canaliculatis apice articulatis. Flores parvi albi, in 

 racemis simplicissimis ad axillas dispositi. Calyxhxevis 4-partitus persistens. 

 Petala 4, ovata, concava, patentia, decidua. Stamina 8, quorum 4 breviora, 

 petalis opposita, filamentis basi complanatis. Antherce biloculares. Ova- 

 rium disco brevi hypogyno 8-lobato impositum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma 

 4-lobatum. Fructus : Carpella 4, bivalvia, divarieata. Epicarpium coria- 

 ceum, nervoso-venosum, villosum, ab endocarpio cartilagineo elastico facile 

 solubile. Semina in loculis solitaria. Testa venosa, brunnea, nitida ; cha- 

 laza prope hilum. 



OXALIDEiE, DC. 



1. OxALIS, L. 



* Foliis palmato-trifoliatis. 



584. 0. Urvillei, caulibus erectis ramosis, foliis longe petiolatis, foliolis 

 obcordato-bilobis, lobis patentibus calycibusque strigoso-hirtis, paginis viridi 

 cinereis, marginibus subdenticulatis pedunculis elongatis 2 — 4 floris, petiolis 

 foliis duplo longioribus stylis stamina longiora eequantibus, foliolis calycis 

 ovato-lanceolatis longitudine dimidii corollse. — O. ambigua. A. Rich. Fl, 

 Nov. Zel. p. 296. non Jacq. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). River Thames. — 1827, D'Urville. 

 Among fern at the Bay of Islands. — 1 833, B. Cunningham. 



585. O. CataracteE ; caespitosa, caulibus ramosis decumbentibus, foliis 

 longe petiolatis, foliohs sessilibus obcordato-lobatis, lobis subdivergentibus, 

 adultis utrinque caulibusve glabris venosis, subtus albido-glaucis, marginibus 



