Drimys.| MAGNOLIACEA. 29 
whorl on a flat receptacle, always 1-celled. Ovules 2 or several, 
attached to the ventral suture. Ripe carpels either dry and 
follicular, or succulent and berried, rarely woody. Seeds solitary 
or several; embryo minute, at the base of copious albumen. 
A small order, mainly found in eastern and tropical Asia and North America. 
Genera 11; species about 80. Some of the species of Magnolia are strikingly 
beautiful in both flowers and foliage, and must rank among the finest known 
trees. The sole New Zealand genus is a somewhat anomalous member of the 
order, belonging to the tribe Wintere@, characterized by the exstipulate leaves, 
polygamous flowers, and the carpels few in number in a single whorl. 
1. DRIMYS, Forst. 
Glabrous and aromatic trees and shrubs, usually of small size. 
Leaves alternate, exstipulate, marked with pellucid dots. Flowers 
small. Calyx cupuliform in the New Zealand species, the margin 
shortly and irregularly toothed or lobed, or entire. Petals 5 or 6 
or more, in 2 or more whorls, spreading. Stamens with the 
filaments thickened above; anther-cells diverging. Carpels 1 to 
several ; ovules few or many. Fruit of one or several indehiscent 
berries. 
A small genus of 10 or 12 species, found in South America, New Zealand, 
Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Borneo. The three New Zealand 
Species are all endemic. 
Large shrub or small tree. Bark black. Leaves 2-5 in., 
not blotched. TF ascicles 3-10-flowered 1. D. axillaris. 
Large shrub or small tree. Bark black. Leaves em 24 in., 
blotched with red. Fascicles 2—4-flowered oy 2. D. colorata. 
Small compact shrub, 3-5ft. high. Bark reddish- yellow, 
rugose. Leaves 3- -Lin.; ; petioles anes Flowers 
solitary or two together Se 5 y: .. 3. D. Travers. 
1. D. axillaris, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 42.—A small tree 12-26 it. 
in height, rarely more; bark black. Leaves 2-5in. long, on short 
petioles, elliptic- ovate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous or rarely 
submembranous, green on both suriaces or glaucous below, not 
blotched. Flowers small, greenish-yellow, in fascicles of 3-10 in 
the axils of the leaves, or from the scars of fallen leaves; pedicels 
+-in. long. Calyx cupular, with 2-6 irregular shallow lobes or 
notches. Petals 5-6, linear, spreading. Stamens 6-15, in 3 series. 
Carpels 3-5. Berries 2 or 3, about the size of a peppercorn ; seeds 
- A. Cunn. Pre- 
cur. n. 629; Raoul, Choix de Pluntes, 47; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
1.12; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 10; Kirk, Forest Fl. t.1; Students’ Fl. 22. 
Wintera axillaris, Forst. Prodr. n. 229. 
NortH AND SoutH Is~tANnpDs: Not uncommon in forests from Ahipara to 
Banks Peninsula. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 2800 ft. Horopito. 
October-December. 
Aromatic and pungent, but not so much so as the following species. The 
wood is serviceable for inlaying, and a decoction of the bark is occasionally 
used by country settlers as an astringent. 
