318 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



MELIACEiE, Juss. 

 1. Hartighsia, Ad. de Juss, 

 Calyx 4 — 5 dentatus, v. partitus. Petala 5 basi inter se et cum tubo sta- 

 mineo coalita, valvata. Filam. 8 — 10, in tubum cylindricum 8 — 10 

 crenatum, fauce antheriferum coalita. AnthercB inclusse, cum tubi in- 

 cisuris alternantes, erectse. Discus ovarium vaginans, integer v. crena- 

 tus. Stylus simplex, staminum longitudine v. subnullus. Stigma dis- 

 coideum. Capsula 3 — 5 locularis, loculis 1 — 2 spermis, loculicido 3 — 5 

 valvis. Semina arillata. 

 597. H. spectahilis (melius Banlcsii) foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis trijugis 

 ovatis obovatisve obtusiusculis integerrimis subundulatis glabris subtus dis- 

 coloribus, racemis (e ramis vetustioribus) axillaribus paniculatis elongatis 

 pendulis paucifloris, floribus quinquefidis, ovario 3 — 4 loculari, stigmate 

 breviter pedicellato, caule arboreo. Ad. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xxix. p. 227. — 

 Trichilia spectabilis. Forst. Prodr. n. 188. DC. Prodr. i. p. 623. A. Rich. 

 Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 306.— T. cauliflora. Sol. Ms. in Bibl. Banks. 

 Koa-Koa incolarum. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. A tree 30 to 

 40 feet high, in damp forests on the banks of rivers. Bay of Islands, &c. — 

 1826, A, Cunningham. 



SAPINDACEiE, Juss. 

 DoDONiEACE^, Thunh. 

 1. Aledryon, Gcert. Fr. i. p. 216. t. 46, 

 Calyx 5-phyllus, sestivatione imbricata. Petala 0. Stamina 8, hypogyna. 

 Anther (B incurvatae, biloculares, filamentorum longitudine. Stylus 1. 

 Stigma 3-fidum. Ovarium 3-locuIare. Bacca sicca abortu 1 -locularis 

 margin e aut apice alata. Semen exalbuminosum, arillo in complete 

 cinctum, basi loculi adfixum, erectum. Cotyledones spiraliter convolutae, 

 et radicula deorsum spectans. 



598. A. excelsum, fructu apice ala cristato, foliis alternatim pinnatis sub 

 4-jugis, foliolis (sesqui 2-uncialibus) ovato-oblongis obtusis acuminatisve 

 supra glabris, subtus parallelo-venosis, ramulisque tomentosis, racemis axil- 

 laribus terminalibusve. DC. Prodr. i. p. 617. Geert. Fr. i. p. 216. t. 46. — 

 Euonymoides excelsa. Sol. Ms. in Bibl. Banks. 



Tetoki, indig. R. C. 



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

 of Wangaroa. — 1826, A. Cunningham. On the banks of rivers and shores 

 of harbours, frequently ^within the range of the tide. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Formerly an oil was extracted by the natives from the fruit of this 

 tree. Of late years, however, the constant visits of whalers to their 

 ports, have enabled them readily to obtain, by way of barter, abun- 

 dance of fish oil, which they now prefer to that of vegetable extrac- 

 tion, wherewith to anoint their persons. R. Cunningham. 



2. DODON^A, L. 



599. D. spathulata ; dioica, foliis oblongo-linearibus subspathulatis basi 



