Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 23 



601. E. arhorescens. 72. 5r. Mss. J5o^ ilfa^r. 2480.— Apeiba australis. A, 

 Rich. FL Nov. Zel. p. 301. t. 34.— Corchorus Sloanoides. Sol. Ms. in Bihl, 

 Banks. 



Whau or Iwau, indig. R. C. 



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

 Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Arhuscula 12 — 15 pedalis, ramis teretibus pubescentibus. Folia alterna, 

 longe petiolata, palmaria, subcordata, palmato 3 — 5 loba, insequaliter eroso- 

 dentata, prsesertim subtus pubescentia, pilis densis stellatis. StiptdcB binae, 

 lanceolatse deciduae. Flores in racemum brevem, pauciflorum, peduncula- 

 tum dispositi. 



ELiEOCARPEiE, Juss. 



1. El^ocarpus, L. {Dicera, Forst.) 



602. E. Hinau ; foliis petiolatis alternis oblongis subacuminatis obtusis 

 basi sensim attenuatis dentato-serratis subter pube adpressa sericeis venosis, 

 in venarum axillis ssepe saccato-foveolatis, racemis simplicibus axillaribus 

 folio brevioribus, petiolis trilobatis, drupis ovatis, niicleo sulcato. — E. den- 

 tatus. Fa7i/.%»26, iii.^. 67.— Dicera dentata. Forst. Prodr. n. 226. DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 520. A. Rich. FL Nov. Zel. p. 303. 



Hinau ab incolis vulgo nominatur. 



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

 the forests of Wangaroa, Hokianga, &c. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle 

 Island.) Shores of Queen Charlotte's Sound.— 1773, G. Forster, 



Arbor procera, 50 — 60 pedalis ; rami teretes, patentes ; cortice brunneo- 

 griseo. Folia alterna, oblonga, vel ovato-lanceolata, dentato-serrata, coriacea 

 glabra, patentia, petiolata, subtus tenuissime sericea, pulchre reticulato-ve- 

 nosa, et in axillis venorum saepe profunde foveolata. Racemi axillares sim- 

 plicissimi, palmares, laxiflores, folio breviores. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis villosis sequalibus patentibus. Petala alba, oblongo- 

 dilatata, 3-lobata, 3-nervia, unguiculata, lobis oblongis obtusis undulatis in- 

 termedio longiore. Stamina circiter 15 — 20. Anther cb lineares, teretiusculo- 

 tetragonae, villoso-scabrae, 2-loculares, filamentis longiores, apice 2-valves 

 dehiscentes, valva unica aristata, altera breviore reflexa. Discus hypogynus 

 5-glandulosuS; glandulis basi bifidis extus sericeis. Ovarium superum coni- 

 cum sericeum 5-loculare. Stylus subulatus. Stigma simplex. Drupa nu- 

 cleo sulcato 5-loculare ? loculis 4 plerumque abortivis. 



The wood of the Hinau is remarkable for its whiteness, but it is 

 almost useless on account of the way in which it splits, when exposed 

 either to wet or warmth. Its chief use is that it makes an excellent 

 dye, either a light brown, puce or dark black, not removeable by wash- 

 ing. The natives employ it (that is the outer skin of the bark) for 

 the purpose of dyeing the black threads of their garments. — Yates*s 

 Neiv Zealand, p. 49. 



2. Friesia, DC. 



Calyx profunde 4-partitus, foliolis aequalibus ovatis. Petala 4, cuneata, 



