2 i^ Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



Btaminibua longior. Fruetus coriaceus, subglobosus, quasi zona cinctus ex 

 maigine calycia adnato, 5-locolari8. Semina plura, angulata rugulosa. 



2. Pennantia, Forst., Gen. G7. 



Caljtcii scpala 5, lanceolata, acuta, aestivatione imbricata, in anthesi pa- 



tentissima. Stamina 5, hypogyna, sepalis altcrna ; filamentis liberis, 



antheris introrsus bilocularibus, dorso aftixis. Ovarium sessile, ovato- 



oblongum, 3 loculare, loculis biovulatis, ovulis ex apice loculi pendulis. 



Stigma sessile, discoideum, obsolete 3-lobum. Fruetus drupaceus, mo- 



nospcrmus, semine inverso. Endl. 



57(1. P. corymbosa. Font. Prodr. n. 379. Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 1122. 



Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 80. Ram. et Seh. Syst. Veg. v. 5. p. 509. A. 



Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 308. Icon. Ferd. Bauer, illustr. PI. Norf. Ins. t. 



105. 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



Arbor 40-pedalis, et infra cortice aibo. 7?aw?iteretes, albo-punctati, fistu- 

 losi. Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga v. obovata, integerrima (vel 

 extra medium serrata) emarginata, venosa, glabra. Flores hermapbroditi, 

 pentandri, paucissimis abortu masculis intermixtis, corymbosi. Corymbi 

 cymosi, 4-pollicares, in ramis ramulisque terminales. Ovarium 3 loculare, 

 loculis biovulatis, ovulis pendulis superpositis. Drupa atro-purpurea stigmate 

 roronata, semine unico inverso foeta. 



3. POMADERRIS, LabiU. 



* Flores petaliferi. 



577. P. Kumeraho, cymis densiflorisumbellato-paniculatis, foliis ellipticis 

 coriaceis valde obtusis super glabris subrugulosis margine tenuiter crenulatis 

 integrisve subfus alte costatis ramulisque albo-tomentosis. 



Kumeraho nom. vernaculum. R. Cunningham. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Banks of the Keri-Keri river, &c., 

 Bay of Islands. — 1820, A. Cunningham. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Valde afrinis P. elliptic^ quae differt foliis prsesertim acutioribus, pa- 

 nicula multo minore et laxiore, floribusve perquam minus confertis. 



The flowering of this shrub, which takes place in the month of 

 September, the spring of New Zealand, is the signal for the natives 

 to plant their Koomeras or sweet potatoes ; hence doubtless origin- 

 ates the name by which they call this plant in the present day. 



** Flores ape tali. 



578. P. ericifolia, foliis linearibus pubescenti-scabris marginibus condu* 

 plicato-revolutis subtus cinereo-hirsutissimis, cymis parvifloris axillaribus 

 folio vix longioiibus, stipulis subulatis ramisque oblongis. Hooker, Journ. 

 Bot. i. p. 257. 



Tuturnai incolarum. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). On hills among fern, Bay of Islands. 

 — 1820, A. Cunningham. 



