30 MAGNOLIACER. [Drimys- 
2. D. colorata, Raoul, Choix de Plantes, t. 23.—Very similar to 
the preceding, and merged with it by Hooker in the Handbook. 
It is usually smaller and more compactly branched ; and the leaves 
are shorter, 3-24 in. long, more coriaceous, yellowish-green blotched 
with red, usually more glaucous below. Fascicles 2—4-flowered ; 
peduncles much shorter. Calyx shallowly cup-shaped, often quite 
entire. Carpels 2-4. but it is seldom that more than 2 ripen. 
Seeds 2-3.—D. axillaris, var. colorata, Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 2; 
Students’ Fl. 22. , 
NortH, SoutH, AND Stewart IsitaAnps: Not uncommon from the Patetere 
Plateau and Rotorua southwards. Very abundant in Stewart Island, where it 
descends to sea-level. November—December. 
I have considerable hesitation in re-establishing this as a species. It is cer- 
tainly very close to the preceding. and in the dried state it is often difficult to 
separate the two. But in the field it can always be readily distinguished, and all 
my correspondents regard it as distinct. The two species grow intermixed in 
many localities in the Wellington and Nelson Districts. 
3. D. Traversii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxx. (1898) 379.— 
A compact closely-branched shrub, 3-6ft. high. Branches stout ; 
bark reddish or reddish-yellow, rough and wrinkled, almost verru- 
cose, sometimes viscid. Leaves numerous, close-set and often 
overlapping, #-lin. long, oblong-obovate or obovate-spathulate, 
obtuse, thick and coriaceous, glaucous below, margins slightly 
thickened ; petiole short, stout, appressed. Flowers small, axillary, 
1 or 2 together; pedicels short. Calyx saucer-shaped, entire. 
Petals 5, linear-oblong, obtuse. Stamens usually 5. Carpel soli- 
tary (always ?), obovate. Berry small, globose-depressea; seeds 
—6.— Hymenanthera Traversii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. 
(1883) 339, t. 28. 
Sours Istanp: Western part of the Nelson Province; near Collingwood, 
H. H. Travers! Medora Creek, Wakamarama Range to the Gouland Downs, 
alt. 2000-3000 ft., J. Dall; Mount Rochfort, near Westport, W. Townson ! 
A very curious and distinct species, by far the smallest of the genus. 
OrpER IIT]. CRUCIFERA. 
Herbs, very rarely undershrubs, with pungent watery juice. 
Leaves alternate, entire lobed or pinnately divided, the lower ones 
often forming a rosette at the base of the stem; stipules wanting. 
Flowers perfect, in terminal racemes, which are often short and 
corymb-like when the flowering commences, but lengthen out as 
it advances, usually without bracts. Sepals 4, free, deciduous. 
Petals 4, free, hypogynous, placed cross-wise. Stamens 6, 2 of 
them shorter than the other 4; sometimes reduced to 4 or even 2 
(Lepidiwm). Ovary usually 2-celled; style short or wanting; 
stigma entire or 2-lobed. Ovules few or numerous. Fruit a pod, 
long or short, usually divided into 2 cells by a thin partition called 
