Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 31 



dicellis axillaribus flore subbrevioribus, lobis calycis lanceolatis tubo longi- 

 oribus trinerviis, petala ovata duplo superantibus. D C. Prodr. iii. p. 39. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 857. — Skinnera excorticata. Forst. Gen. t. 29. A. Rich. Fl. 

 Nov. Zel. p. 331. 



Kohutu-hutu vulgo ab incolis dicitur. 



The berries of this fine plant, which emit a delicious perfume, and 

 are produced in great abundance during the summer months in New 

 Zealand, contain a large portion of sugar, and on that account are 

 eaten with avidity, both by the natives and the birds of those islands. 

 How Forster could have so misunderstood the fruit of this shrub as 

 to have described it as a capsule, and in consequence erected it into 

 a genus distinct from Fuchsia, to which all subsequent botanists 

 (saving M. Ach. Richard, who retains Forster's genus) have referred 

 it, is difficult to understand. 



** Flores apetali. 



534. F. procumbens (R.'C. Mss.), caule procumbente adscendente, ramis 

 gracilibus glabris, foliis sparsis alteniis longe petiolatis lato-ellipticis subro- 

 tundisve obtusis basi subinde cordatis remote denticulatis ciliatis, paginis 

 glabris, pedicellis solitariis axillaribus (iu ramulis lateralibus) flore ter bre- 

 vioribus, perianthio infimdibuliformi, lobis lanceolatis reflexis tubo breviori- 

 bus, stylo elongato filiformi stamina exserta superante, stigmate dilatato lo- 

 bato, pilis patentibus tenuiter instructo ! 



Totera indigenis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Around the village of Matauri on the 

 east coast opposite the Cavallos Isles, inhabiting the sands immediately 

 above the range of the tide, where it was found in flower in March. — 

 1834. R. Cunningham. 



Fruticulus decumbens, virgatus. Rami patentes, graciles, glabri. teretes, 

 juniores foliati. Folia subuncialia venosa, basi cordiformia, minute denti- 

 culata, utrinque glabra. Petioli unciales, complanato-filiformes, glabrius- 

 culi supra canaliculati. Flores axillares, solitarii, erecti. Perianthium tu- 

 bulosum, aurantio-luteum, limbus 4-partitus reflexus, laciniis aequalibus 

 lanceolatis acutis viridibus, apicibus purpureo-luridis. Stamina octo, fila- 

 menta fauci inserta. Anther cu ovatae, biloculares, peltata?. Ovarium 4-lo- 

 culare, loculis pluriovulatis, ovulis obovatis erectis. Stylus complanatus, 

 staminibus longior. Stigma clavatum, lobatum. Bacca — ? 



2. Epilobium, L. 



535. E. nummularifolium (R. C. Mss.) foliis oppositis (lineam unam lon- 

 gis) subrotundis carnosis petiolatis integris subcrenulatisve glabris subtus 

 glaucis, floribus pedicellatis axillaribus solitariis, fructibus pedunculatis albo- 

 pubenlibus, caule repente. — E. pendulum. Sol. Mss. in Bibl. Banks. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shores of the 

 Keri Keri river, and in dry as well as in boggy grounds. — 1834, Rich. Cun- 

 ningham. 



536. E. pedunculare, repens, radicans, parum pubescens, foliis oppositis 



