Carpodetus.| SAXIFRAGER. 137 
Calyx-tube turbinate, adnate to the ovary; lobes 5-6, small, 
deciduous. Petals 5-6, inserted under the margin of an epigynous 
disc, spreading, valvate. Stamens 5-6, inserted with the petals; 
filaments short, subulate; anthers oblong. Ovary inferior with a 
free rounded summit, 3-d-celled; style slender; stigma capitate ; 
ovules numerous. Fruit globose, almost fleshy, indehiscent, girt 
round the middle by the cicatrix of the calyx-limb, 3-5-celled. 
Seeds numerous, small, pendulous; testa coriaceous, pitted ; 
embryo very small; albumen fleshy. 
The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in New Zealand. 
1. C. serratus, Forst. Char. Gen. 34, t. 17aA.—A shrub or small 
tree 15-30 ft. high, with a trunk 6—-9in. diam.; branches often 
flattened, spreading; young twigs, leaves, petioles, and inflores- 
cence more or less pubescent. Leaves 1-2in. long, ovate-oblong 
or elliptical, acute or obtuse, sharply and coarsely serrate, nar- 
rowed into a petiole +-4in. long; in young plants often panduri- 
form or irregularly lobed. Panicles broad, many-flowered, shorter 
than the leaves. Flowers in. diam., white, very abundantly pro- 
duced. Capsule about the size of a small pea, black and shining 
when fully ripe.—A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. 366; A. Cunn. Precur. 
un. 075; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 564; Raoul, Choix, 50; Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel.i. 78; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 59; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 47; Stu- 
dents’ F'l. 138. 
NortH anp SoutH Isnanps, Stewart Istanp: Not uncommon from the 
North Cape southwards; most plentiful in alluvial ground, by the banks of 
rivers, &c. Ascends to 3000 ft. Piripiriwhata; Putaputawheta. No- 
vember—January. 
Wood strong and tough, but not durable; sometimes used for axe- 
handles, &c. 
5. ACKAMA, A. Cunn. 
Small trees. Leaves opposite, pinnate, stipulate. Flowers 
smal], unisexual, in compound panicles. Calyx-tube short, lobes 
5, ovate-triangular, persistent, valvate. Petals 5, inserted under 
the margin of a perigynous disc, scarcely longer than the calyx. 
Stamens 10, inserted with the petals; filaments filiform, the 
alternate ones longer; anthers didymous. Ovary free, 2-celled; 
styles 2, persistent; ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule 
small, coriaceous, turgid, 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved. Seeds 
ovoid, apiculate, hairy; embryo cylindric, in the axis of fleshy 
albumen. 
Besides the New Zealand species, which is endemic, there is another from 
Australia. The genus only differs from Weinmannia in the paniculate in- 
florescence and valvate calyx. 
1. A. rosefolia, 4. Cunn. Precur. n. 520.—A handsome small 
tree 20-40 ft. high, with a trunk 1-2 ft. diam. ; branchlets, leaves, 
petioles, and inflorescence more or less covered with short brownish 
