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NortH Isutanp: Abundant in forests as far south as the Hast Cape and 
Taupo, ascending to 3000 ft. Tawhero. December—April. 
An exceedingly variable plant. The bark is largely used for tanning. 
2. W. racemosa, Linn. f. Suppl. 227. — A taller tree than 
W. sylvicola, frequently from 50-80ft. high or more, with a trunk 
1-4ft. diam. ; glabrous when mature, except the raceme, which is 
pubescent. Leaves of young plants pinnately 3-5-foliolate, thin 
and membranous, often pubescent; of mature plants 1-foliolate, 
1-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or obiong-ovate to orbicular-ovate, 
obtuse or subacute, coarsely and obtusely serrate, very coriaceous, 
quite glabrous. Racemes 1-4 in. long, axillary and terminal, some- 
times branched; rachis pubescent ; pedicels stout. Flowers nu- 
merous, very similar to those of W. sylvicola but rather larger. 
Ovary pubescent. Capsule 4in. long, 2-3-valved. Seeds hairy.— 
Forst. Prodr.n.173; A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 321 ; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i. 80; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 61; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 73; Students’ 
Fl.140. Leiospermum racemosum, Don. in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 
1830, 91; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 519. 
Norte anp Sours Isnanps, Stewart Isuanp: Plentiful in forests from 
the Thames Goldfields and middle Waikato southwards. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Towa ; Kamahi. December—January. 
Very closely allied to W. sylvicola, but can generally be separated by the 
larger 1-foliolate leaves of the mature stage. 
OrperR XXV. CRASSULACEA:. 
Succulent or fleshy herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or 
alternate, generally simple; stipules wanting. Flowers regular, 
hermaphrodite or rarely unisexual. Calyx persistent, free, usually 
3-5-fid or-partite. Petals as many as the sepals, free or more or 
less cohering into a lobed corolla, inserted at the base of the calyx. 
Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals, inserted with the 
petals and sometimes adnate to them. Ovary superior, of as many 
carpels as petals; carpels free or connate below, 1-celled, usually 
with a small gland or scale at the base of each; styles simple ; 
ovules usually numerous, attached to the ventral suture (few in 
Tullea). Fruit of several 1-celled follicles, dehiscing along the 
ventral suture. Seeds few or many, minute, albuminous; embryo 
terete, cotyledons short. 
A rather large order, spread over the whole world except Polynesia. Particu- 
larly abundant in South Africa, where nearly half the species are found; also 
plentiful in the rocky districts of Kurope and central Asia; rare in Australia 
and South America. Genera about 15; species estimated at 400. All the 
species are inert, and are of little importance from an economic point of view. 
The single New Zealand genus is almost cosmopolitan. 
TILLASA, Linn. 
Small and slender somewhat succulent glabrous herbs. Leaves 
Opposite, entire. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary or fascicled, 
