10^ specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



XIII. — Florce Insularum Novce Zelandice Precursor; or a Spe- 

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

 Allan Cunningham, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 26.] 



PITTOSPORE^, R. Br. 

 1. PiTTospORUM, Banks and Sol. 



612. P. crassifoUum, foliis obovatis obtusis basi angustatis admodum co- 

 riaceis, supra convexiusculis glabris nitidis venosis, subtus ramulisque cano- 

 villosis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris solitariis, capsulis crassis 3-valvibus. 

 Banks and Sol. Ms. 



Tarata, indigenis. B. Cunn. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. On Flat Island, 

 one of the Cavallos, and at Matauri on the east coast, opposite those islands, 

 &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex orgyalis. Rami stricti, fastigiati, glabri, ramulis cinereis foliatis. 

 Folia alterna distincta, vel conferto-verticillata, crassa, valde rigido-coriacea. 

 Pedunculus (uncialis) ex apice ramuli inter folia solitarius. Calyx 5-sepalus, 

 cinereo-villosus. Petala 5 longitudine sepalorura. Stamina 5 hypogyna, 

 petalis breviora. Antherce adnatse biloculares. Stylus terminalis, simplex, 

 staminibus parum brevior. Ovarium villosissimum. Capsula nucis Avel- 

 lancB magnitudine, plerumque trivalvis, valvis obovatis lignosis resinosis. Se- 

 mina plurima. 



613. P. umhellatum ; foliis obovatis obtusis retusisve interdum apiculatis 

 utrinque glabris subtus pallidioribus reticulato-venosis, pedunculis termina- 

 libus umbellatis, pedicellis unifloris calycibusque ferrugineo-tomentosis, cap- 

 sulis 4-lobis 2-valvibus, caule arboreo. Banks and Sol. Mss. Gcert. Fr. i. p. 

 286. DC.Prodr.i.p.Ml. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shores of the 

 Bay of Islands. — 1 826, J. Cunningham. In woods around Onawero Bay, 

 Wangaroa. — 1833, R. Cunningham* 



Arbor 20 — 26 pedalis, formosa, habitu omnino Enkianthi, ramis teretibus 

 glabris. Folia in ramulis alterna vel conferta subtus pulchre reticulata, pe- 

 tiolata. Petiolus subuncialis lucido-coloratus. Flores terminales, rubri, um- 

 bellatim dispositi. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis extus pi- 

 losis. Petala 5, oblonga, obtusa, nervosa, sepalis longiora apice revoluta. 

 Stamina longitudine styli petalis breviora. Capsula globosa, magnitudine 

 Cerasi. 



614. P. engeinoides, omnino glabrura, foliis ellipticis (biuncialibus) acutis 

 petiolatis venosis undulatis pellucidis, pedunculis terminalibus brachiato- 

 ramosis, pedicellis umbellato-corymbosis multifloris, capsulis (minimis) el- 

 lipticis acuminatis bivalvibus, stigmate obtuso. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shores of Onawero Bay, Wangavoa. — 

 1833, R. Cunningham. 



