24 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



subunguiculatn, apicc triloba. Discus glandulosus. Stamina circiter 

 12. Anthcrce cordato-oblonga?, mutictc, 2-Ioculares, poris sub apice 

 dehiscentes. Stylus levitcr sulcatus, apice 2-vel 4-fidus. Bacca sicca, 

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

 testa atra nitida, rugosa, Crustacea. 



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

 inrequaliter 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.— Elaeocarpus Di- 

 cera. Vahl. Symb. \\\. p. 67. 



Mako-Maho of the natives. R. C. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. 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. — 1826, A. Cun- 

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



Arbuscula erecta pulcherrima, 12 — 15 pedalis : rami patentes, teretes, 

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

 violacea purpurascentique picta. Flores in racemos patentes dispositi. 

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

 terna. Filament a staminum cinereo-villosa. Stylus deciduus. 



STERCULIACE^E, Kunth. Endl. (Bombacece, D.C?) 



Plagianthus, Forst. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx subhasmisphaericus 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, ovulis 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 

 hikim seminis versa : Cotyledones majusculae planre subfoliaceae longitudi- 

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

 aut ovata. Flores subsolitarii paniculaiique. 



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, difTusus, 3 — 4 pedalis, ramis virgatis divaricatis alternis 

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

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

 dentatus, dentibus acutis parvia brevibus divaricatis. Petala ovata, conca- 



