318 Specimen of the But (my of New Zealand, 



MELIACE.E, Juss. 

 1. Hartigiisia, Ad. de Juss. 

 Calyx 1 — 5 dentatus, v. partitas. Petala 5 basi inter sc ct cum tubo sta- 

 niinco coalita, valvata. Filam. 8 — 10, in tubum cylindricum 8 — 10 

 crenatum, fauce antheriferum coalita. Anthera inclusa?, cum tubi in- 

 cisuris altcrnantes, erects. Discus ovarium vaginalis, integer v. crcna- 

 tus. Stylus Bimplex, staminum longitudine v. subnullus. Stigma dis- 

 coideum. Capsular — 5 locularis, loculis 1 — 2 spermis, loculicido 3 — 5 

 valvis. Scmina arillata. 



597. //. spectabilis (melius Banksii) foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis tiijugis 

 ovatis obovatisve obtusiusculis integerrimis subundulatis glabria subtus dis- 

 coloribus, racemis (e ramis vetustioribus) axillaribus paniculatis elongatis 

 pendulis paucifioris, floribus quinquefidis, ovario 3 — 1 loculari, stigmate 

 breviter pedicellato, caule arboreo. Ad. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xxix. /;. 227. — 

 Tricbilia spectabilis. Forst. Prodr. n, 188. DC. Prodr. i. p. 623. A. Rich. 

 Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 306.— T. cauliflora. Sol. Ms. in Bibl. Banks. 



Koa-Koa incolarum. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks, A tree 30 to 

 40 feet high, in damp forests on the banks of rivers, Bay of Islands, & r c. — 

 1826, A. Cunningham. 



SAPINDACEiE, Juss. 



DodonjEace^e, Thunb. 

 1. Aledryon, Gcert. Fr. i. p. 216. t. 46. 

 Calyx 5-phyllus, eestivatione imbricata. Petala 0. Stamina 8, hypogyna. 

 Anthera: incurvatae, biloculares, filamentorum longitudine. Stylus 1. 

 Stigma 3-fidum. Ovarium 3-loculare. Bacca sicca abortu 1 -locularis 

 margin e aut apice alata. Semen exalbuminosum, arillo in completo 

 cinctum, basi loculi adfixum, erectum. Cotyledones spiraliter convoluta?, 

 et radicula deorsum spectans. 



598. A. excelsum, fructu apice ala cristato, foliis alternatim pinnatis sub 

 4-jugis, foliolis (sesqui 2-uncialibus) ovato-oblongis obtusis acuminatisve 

 supra glabris, subtus parallelo-venosis, ramulisque tomentosis, racemis axil- 

 laribus terminalibusve. DC. Prodr. i. p. 617. Gairt. Fr. i. p. 216. t. 46. — 

 Euonymoides excelsa. Sol. Ms. in Bibl. Banks. 



Tetoki, indig. R. C. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shady forests 

 of Wangaroa. — 1826, A. Cunningham. On the banks of rivers and shores 

 of harbours, frequently within the range of the tide. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Formerly an oil was extracted by the natives from the fruit of this 

 tree. Of late years, however, the constant visits of whalers to their 

 ports, have enabled them readily to obtain, by way of barter, abun- 

 dance of fish oil, which they now prefer to that of vegetable extrac- 

 tion, wherewith to anoint their persons. R. Cunningham. 



2. Dodonjea, L. 



599. D. spathulata ; dioica, foliis oblongo-linearibus subspathulatis basi 



