138 SAXIFRAGEA). [Ackama. 
pubescence. Leaves 3-10 in. long, imparipinnate ; leaflets 3-8 pairs, 
1-3in. long, narrow-oblong to elliptical, sessile or very shortly 
petioled, acute, acutely serrate, membranous, upper larger than the 
lower; stipules large, leafy, toothed, deciduous. Panicles much 
branched, many - flowered, longer or shorter than the leaves. 
Flowers unisexual, minute, ;4,in. diam., sessile on the slender 
branches of the panicle. Ovary densely pilose. Capsule very 
small, $in. long, sparingly silky when mature.—Raoul, Choiz, 47; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 719; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 60; Kirk, Forest 
Fl. t.63; Students’ Fl. 139. Weinmannia roszfolia, A. Gray, Bot. 
U.S. Hxupl. Exped. 671, t. 84. 
Nort Isuanp: From Kaitaia and Mongonui southwards to Whangarei, 
not common. Makamaka. September-October. 
6. WEINMANNIA, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, petiolate, simple or 3-folio- 
late or imparipinnate, stipulate. Flowers in terminal or axillary 
racemes. Calyx inferior, divided almost to the base into 4-5 im- 
bricate segments. Petals 4-5, inserted under the margin of a 
perigynous disc. Stamens 8-10, inserted with the petals. Ovary 
free, ovoid or conic, 2-celled, 2-beaked; styles 2, subulate; ovules 
few or many in each cell, pendulous. Capsule small, coriaceous, 
2-celled, septicidally 2-valved. Seeds oblong or reniform or sub- 
globose, often hairy ; embryo terete ; albumen fleshy. 
A rather large genus of over 50 species, distributed through the Malay 
Archipelago, Madagascar and the Mauritius, tropical South America, Polynesia, 
and Australia. The two New Zealand species are both endemic. 
Branchlets usually pubescent. Leaves of mature trees 
3-foliolate or pinnate . 1. W. sylvicola. 
Branchlets usually teheoys: Leaves of mature trees 1-fo- 
liolate ge 2 Se -. 2. W. racemosa. 
1. W. sylvicola, Sol. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 518.—An erect 
tree, usually from 25 to 50 ft. high, sometimes taller and reaching 
60-70 ft.; trunk 1-3 ft. diam.; branchlets, petioles, and midribs of 
the leaves and inflorescence more or less pubescent or almost 
glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate or imparipinnate, rarely 1-foliolate ; 
leaflets 1 to 4 or 5 pairs or more, 1—2in. long, obovate-oblong 
or ovate-oblong to lanceolate, narrowed below, acute or acu- 
minate, coarsely serrate. Leaves of young trees pinnate, with 
numerous membranous leafiets; of old ones usually 3-foliolate, 
coriaceous. Stipules leafy, entire or toothed. Racemes 1-4 in. 
long, often numerous towards the ends of ies branches, sometimes 
branched. Flowers very numerous, small, 1, in. diam., white or 
pale-rose. Capsule usually glabrous, +4 in. long. Seeds minute, 
with a tuft of hairs at each end.—faoul, Choix, 47; Hook. f. Ft. 
Nov. Zel. i. 79; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 60; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 72; Stu- 
dents’ Fl. 140. W. betulina and W. fuchsioides, A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 516, 517. 
