110 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



sc ipo (3 — 4 imciali) tereti 3 — 4-floro multoties brevioribus, calyce glaber- 

 rinia. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In boggy grounds, in the vicinity of 

 the Keri-Keri river, Bay of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. D. spathulatcB, Labill. maxime affinis, quse tamen differt, scapo 

 compresso, sex- ad duodecim-floro, atque calyce glanduloso. 



621. D. intermedia (R. C. Ms.), foliislonge petiolatis profunda bipartitis, 

 lobis linearibus, petiolo compresso, duplo brevioribus, scapo compressiusculo 

 (sesquipedali) foliis triplo longiore 12 — 20-floro, floribus racemosis filiformi- 

 pedicellatis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In bogs in the country inteijacent to 

 the Keri-Keri and Waimate rivers, Bay of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Inter D. hinatam et pe6?afaw,proxima priori, quse petiolo semitereti, 

 foliis duplo ad quadruplum longiore, scapoque tereti vix spithamseo, race- 

 moque 3 — 6-floro, facile distinguenda, atque in D. pedata, foliis pedatim di- 

 chotomis petiolis paulo brevioribus, scapo (pedali) foliis vix duplo longiore, 

 et floribus omnino majoribus, corymbosis, distincta videtur. 



VIOLARIEiE, DC. 

 Erpetion, DC. in Herb. Lamb. 



Calycis sepalis injequalia, omnia plus minus deorsum in appendices auri- 

 culiformes producta. Petala inaequalia aestivatione convolutiva, inferius 

 basi concavum in calcar non productum. Stamina 5 approximata, nee 

 coalita, ad apicem dentium tori pentagoni inserta. Filamenta basi di- 

 latata oblonga, antheras demissius gerentia, lobis antherarum distinctis 

 basi subdivergentes. Stamina 2 anteriora dorso appendices subulatas 

 nectariferas in calcar intrantes gerentia. Ovarium superum. Stigma 

 inconspicuum. Capsula trigona, 3-valvis, polysperma. Semina hori- 

 zontalia, manifeste carunculata, ovoidea et nitida. 



622. E. spathulatum, stoloniferum foliis longe petiolatis obovato-rotun- 



apice reflexa, obtusa. Stamina e fauce parum exserta, stylum aequantia. 

 Stigma capitatum glanduloso-tuberculatum. Ovarium pilis cinereis laxis 

 tenuiter instructum. Capsula aurantia, lato-elliptica, compressa, bivalvis, 

 glabra, extus corrugata. 



P. ligustrifoUum i foliis (1 — 2 uncialibus) angusto-lanceolatis subspathu- 

 latisve basi attenuatis petiolatis mucronatis concavis aveniis adultis utrinque 

 glabris, subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis 1-floris axillaribus terminalibusve 

 petioles ffiquantibus, ramulis incano-tomentosis. 



Jfab. In littoribus aridis Insula? Rottnest, adversum ostium amnis Swan, 

 orse occidcntalis. — 1822, ^. Cunningham. 



Arbuscula altitudine 20 pedum, ramis gracilibus divaricatis, ramulis flex- 

 uoso-patentibus propensis foliatis canescentibus. Folia sparsa confertaque, 

 lanceolata, parum attenuata, glabra, mucrone uncinato, juniora super pilis 

 cinereis raris instructa, Flores non nobis cogniti. Capsula sordido-flava, 

 obelliptica, compressa, bivalvis, stylo brevi terminata. Stigma capitatum, 

 lobatum, laevigatum. 



