94 RUTACER. [Melicope. 
or 4 coalescing into 1; stigma capitate, 4-lobed; ovules 2 in each 
cell. Cocci 1-4, distinct, spreading, 2-valved, 1-seeded; endocarp 
cartilaginous or horny, separating. Seeds usually solitary; testa 
crustaceous, shining; albumen fleshy; embryo straight or slightly 
curved. ' 
Besides the two species described below, both of which are endemic, there 
are 10 or 12 from the Pacific islands, 2 from tropical Asia, and 3 from Australia. 
Leaves large, 3-foliolate (often 1-foliolate in var. Mantelli) ; 
petioles terete whe Be Se wr 1. M., ternata. 
Leaves small, 1-foliolate; petioles flat .. ee .. 2. M. simplex. 
1. M. ternata, Forst. Char. Gen. 56.—A much-branched per- 
fectly glabrous small tree 12-20ft. high. Leaves opposite, 3- 
foliolate; leaflets 2-4 in. long, linear-obovate or elliptic-oblong or 
oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, entire, finely pellucid-dotted. 
Flowers +in. diam., greenish, often unisexual, in axillary tri- 
chotomous panicles usually longer than the petioles; pedicels 
short. Petals ovate-oblong, longer than the stamens, concave. 
Ovary glabrous ; style short, stout. Cocci 4, coriaceous, spreading, 
strongly wrinkled and punctate. Seed black and shining, attached 
by a slender funicle, often protruding from the half-open valves.— 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 293; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 582; Hook. Ic. 
Plant. t. 603; Raoul, Choiz, 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 48; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 40; Kirk, Forest Fi. t. 66; Students’ Fl. 86. 
Entoganum levigatum, Gerin. Fruct. i. 331, t. 68. 
Var. Mantellii, Kirk, Forest Fl. t.66.—Smaller, much branched; branches 
strict. Leaves usually much smaller, 3- or 1-foliolate; leaflets rounder, often 
obscurely crenate. Panicles 3-6-flowered.—M. Mantellii, Buch. im Trans. N.Z. 
Inst, ili. (1871) 212. 
Kermapec Istanns, NortH Isntanp: Common in lowland districts. 
SoutH Istanp: Marlborough and D’Urville Island, local. Ascends to 
1000 ft. Wharangi. September—October. 
The Kermadec Island specimens have much larger and more obtuse leaflets, 
but do not seem to differ in other respects. Var. Mamntellii combines the 
characters of M. ternata and M. simplex to an extraordinary degree, and may 
be a hybrid between those species. 
2. M. simplex, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 583.—A glabrous shrub: 
6-12 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches. Leaves alternate 
or fascicled, rarely opposite, in young plants 3-foliolate, in 
mature 1-foliolate ; petiole flattened or narrowly winged ; leaflets 
small, jointed on the top of the petiole, }-$in. long, rhomboid- 
obovate or rounded, obtuse, doubly crenate, pellucid-dotted. 
Flowers often unisexual, small, greenish-white ; peduncles usually 
several together, axillary, longer than the petioles, 1- or 3-flowered. 
Stamens longer than the petals in the male flowers, shorter in the 
females. Ovary hirsute; style very short in the male flowers, 
longer in the females; stigma obscurely 4-lobed. Fruit as in M. 
ternata, but smaller.—Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 585; Raoul, Choix, 48 ; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 43; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 40; Kirk, Forest 
