24 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



subungniculata, apice triloba. Discus glandulosiis. Stamina circiter 

 12. Anther (B cordato-oblongse, muticas, 2-loculares, poris sub apice 

 debiscentes. Stylus leviter sulcatus, apice 2-vel 4-fidus. Bacca sicca, 

 fragilis, 4-locularis, loculis dispermis. Seniina angulata subtriquetra, 

 testa atra nitida, rugosa, Crustacea. 



603. F. racemosa, foliis (oppositis) cordato-ovatis acuminatis petiolatis 

 ingequaliter serratis flaccidis venosis, racemis compositis subpaniculatis pa- 

 tentibus axillaribus ramulisque villosis. — Dicera ? serrata. Forst. Prodr. n. 

 227. DC. Prodr. i. p. 520. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 304.— Elseocarpus Di- 

 cera. Vahl. Symh. in. p. 67. 



Maho-Mako of tbe natives. R. C. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, ^^V Jos. Panics. Shady forests 

 and margins of running streams, shores of the Bay of Islands, and elsewhere 

 on the east coast where it usually flowers in Oct. and Nov. — 1 826, A. Cun- 

 ningham. (Middle Island.) — 1773, G. Forster. 



Arhuseula erecta pulcherrima, 12 — 15 pedal is : rami paten tes, teretes, 

 suboppositi. Folia membranacea, minute reticulato-venosa, juniora vavie 

 violacea pui-purascentique picta. Flores in racemos patentes dispositi. 

 Calyx villosus ciliatus. Petala albido-rosea vel purpurascentia, sepalis al- 

 terna. Filamenta staminum cinereo-villosa. Stylus deciduus. 



STERCULIACE^, Kunth. Endl {BomhacecB, D.C?) 



Plagianthus, Forst. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx subhaemisphsericus 5-fidus aut dentatus, 

 persistens. Petala 5, cum tubo staminum unita. Stamina 10 — 12, fila- 

 lamenta in tubum cylindraceum unitum. Pistillum solitarium. Ovarium 

 ovatum, 1 — 2 ovulatum, ovuiis suspensis. Stylus crassiusculus. Stigma 

 magnum bilobum, hinc decurrens, papillosum. Capsula subdrupacea 1 — 2 

 cocca, apiculata indehiscens. Cocculi 1-spermi. Semen pendens. Albu- 

 men carnosum. Embryo immersus, curvatus. Radicula cylindracea, ad 

 hilum seminis versa: Cotyledones majusculas planre subfoliaceae longitudi- 

 naliter undulatse.— Arbores vel Frutices. Folia stipulata, alterna, linearia 

 aut ovata. Flores siihsolitarii paniculatique. 



604. P. divaricatus, glaber, foliis fasciculatis lineari-spathulatis obtusis 

 integerrimis patentibus trinerviis floribus solitariis binisve axillaribus, pe- 

 talis obovatis ad basin tubi staminum unitis, lobis stigmatis tubo inclusis, 

 caule fruticoso. Forst. Prodr. n. 254. DC. Prodr. i. p. 477. A. Rich. Fl. 

 Nov. Zel. p. 299. Bot. Mag. 3271 . 



Runa, indigenis. R. Cunn. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Frequent in 

 salt marshes on low sides of rivers, where it forms dense bushes. — 1826, A. 

 Cunningham. (Middle Island). — 1773, G. Forster. 



Frutex gracilis, diffusus, 3 — 4 pedalis, ramis virgatis divaricatis altemis 

 teretibus prorsus glabris, cortice atro-brunneo, stipulis procumbentibus. 

 Flores solitarii interdum bini ; pedicellis bvevibus. Calyx cyathiformis, 5- 

 dcntatus, dentibus acutis parvis brevibus divaricatis. Petala ovata, conca- 



