Donatia.] SAXIFRAGEA:. 135 
appressed, 4in. long, subacute, shining, veinless, very thick and 
coriaceous, villous at the base. Flowers +in. diam., sunk amongst 
the uppermost leaves. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, acute. Petals 5, quite 
free, ovate-oblong, obtuse, thick and fleshy. Stamens 2. Styles 2, 
short and thick, recurved. Capsule }in. long.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
58; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 450; F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 41. 
NortuH Isutanp: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, W. Townson! SoutH 
Istanp : Not uncommon in alpine bogsthroughout. Srewart Istanp: Petrie ! 
Kirk! Most abundant between 3000 and 5000 ft., but descends almost to sea- 
level on Stewart Island. December—March. 
2, QUINTINIA, A. D.C. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, exstipulate. 
Flowers small, in axillary or terminal many-flowered racemes. 
Calyx-tube obconic, adnate to the ovary; teeth 5, persistent. 
Petals 5, imbricate, deciduous. Stamens 5, filaments subulate. 
Ovary inferior, 3—5-celled, the free summit broadly conical, 
narrowed into a persistent 3—d-grooved style; stigma capitate, 
3-5-lobed ; ovules numerous. Capsule small, inferior or half- 
superior, coriaceous, obovoid, 1-celled, 3—5-valved, the valves 
separating up the furrows of the style. Seeds numerous, ascend- 
ing; testa loose, winged. 
In addition to the two following species, which are endemic in New Zealand, 
there are three others in Australia. 
Leaves 3-6 in., linear-lanceolate to oblong =e -. 1. Q. serrata. 
Leaves 3-8 in., obovate or elliptic-oblong te .. 2. Q. acutifolia. 
1. Q. serrata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 515.—A small tree 15-30 ft. 
high ; branchlets, leaves, and racemes covered with minute lepidote 
scales, viscid when young. Leaves coriaceous, yellow-brown or 
reddish-brown when dry, 2-6in. long, linear-lanceolate or linear- 
oblong or oblong, shortly petiolate, remotely and irregularly sinuate- 
serrate, acute or subacute, margins undulate. Racemes 2-4 in. long, 
erect, strict, axillary, many-flowered ; pedicels short, tin. Flowers 
pale-lilac, in. diam. Capsule woody, 2 in. long.—Hook. Ic. Plant. 
t. 508; Raoul, Choix, 47; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 78; Handb. N.Z. 
Fil. 58; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 125; Students’ Fl. 137. Q. elliptica, 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 78; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 59. 
Nortu Is~anp: Common in forests from Mongonui to Taranaki and 
Hawke’s Bay. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Tawheowheo. October-November. 
Very variable in the size and shape of the leaves. On high mountain-ranges 
they become shorter, broader, and more obtuse, and the plant is then probably 
identical with Hooker’s Q. elliptica. This is said to have elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate entire and obtuse leaves, and was collected in some locality on the 
Hast Coast by Colenso. 
2. Q. acutifolia, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 137.—A small tree 
20-40 ft. high, with a trunk 1-2ft. diam. Branchlets, leaves, and 
racemes viscid and clothed with lepidote scales. Leaves much 
broader and thinner than in Q. serrata, 8-7 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 
