110 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



scapo (3 — 4unciali) tereti 9 — 1-floro nmltoties brevioribus, calyce glaber- 

 rim a. 



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

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



()!is. I). spat hula fa; Labill. maxime afiinis, quae tamen differt, scapo 

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



621. D. intermedin (It. C. Ms.), foliis longe petiolatis profunde bipartitis, 

 lobis lincaribus, petiolo compresso, duplo bvevioribus, scapo comprcssiusculo 



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

 pedicellatis. 



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

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



Obs. Inter D. binatam et pedatam, yroxim a priori, quae petiolo semitereti, 

 foliis duplo ad quadruplum longiore, scapoque tereti vix spithamaeo, 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. 



Cah/cis sepalis inaequalia, omnia plus minus deorsum in appendices auri- 

 culiformes producta. Petala inaequalia aestivatione convolutiva, inferius 

 basi concavum in calcar non production. 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-vahi's, 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 . ligustrifolium ; foliis (1 — 2 uncialibus) angusto-lanceolatis subspathu- 

 latisve basi attenuatis petiolatis mucronatis concavis aveniis adultis utrinque 

 glabris. subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis 1-floris axillaribus terminalibusve 

 petiolos a?quantibus, ramulis incano-tomentosis. 



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

 orae occidentalis. — 1822, A. 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 inshncta, Flores non nobis cogniti. Capsula sordido-flava, 

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

 lobatum, laevigatum. 



