148 HALORAGEZ. | [Haloragis. 
1. HALORAGIS, Forst. 
Erect or procumbent branching wiry herbs, sometimes almost 
woody at the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or toothed 
or lobed. Flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, minute, axillary, 
solitary or clustered, often spicate or racemose. Calyx-tube 4-8- 
angled or winged; lobes 4, erect, persistent. Petals 4, cucullate, 
acute, coriaceous, often wanting in the female flowers. Stamens 
4-8, filaments usually short. Ovary 2—4-celled; ovules solitary in 
each cell, pendulous; styles short. stigmas usually plumose in the 
female flowers. Fruit a small dry 2—4-celled 2-4-seeded nut, some- 
times 1-celled and 1-seeded by abortion; the adnate calyx-tube 
either smooth, ribbed, or muricate. 
About 50 species are known, mostly from Australia, but a few are also found 
in New Caledonia, eastern Asia, and temperate South America (Juan Fer- 
nandez). Four of the New Zealand species occur in Australia, and one in the 
island of Juan Fernandez as well. 
Leaves large, lanceolate or Toe 1-3in. Flowers 
crowded, drooping . Bis -. 1. A. alata. 
Leaves small, t-#in., floral ones alternate. Flowers erect, 
spicate. Fruit 4-8-costate, rugose or tuberculate be- 
tween the ribs a, oc .. 2. H. tetragyna. 
Leaves small, ;,-3in., floral ones opposite. Flowers erect, 
spicate or solitary. Fruit 4—8-costate, smooth between 
the ribs... 3. H. depressa. 
Leaves small, 4-2 in. ‘Flowers in terminal panicles. Fruit 
4-8- costate, smooth between the ribs.. .. 4. H. spicata. 
Leaves small, 2-4in. Flowers drooping, in naked spikes. 
Fruit 8-costate, smooth between the ribs se .. 5. H. micrantha. 
1. H. alata, Jacq. Misc. 11. 332.—A coarse erect or suberect 
branching herb 1-3ft. high; stems sharply 4-angled, minutely 
scabrid. Leaves opposite, petiolate, very variable in size, $—-3in. 
long, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, coarsely and sharply serrate, 
acute or acuminate. Flowers minute, solitary or clustered, in 
leafy racemes terminating the branches; pedicels short, curved, 
drooping. Calyx-ttbe 4-angied ; lobes small, broad. Petals oe 
as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 8. Fruit rather small, 45 in. 
long, ovoid, with 4 ribs more or less dilated into wings; inter- 
spaces smooth or rugose.—Forst. Prodr. n. 180; Hook. f. #l. Nov. 
Gel. i. 62; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 65; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 479; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 148. Cercodia erecta, Murr. in Comm. Gotting. iii. 
(1780) 8, t. 1. C. alternifolia, d. Cunn. Precur. n. 527. 
Var. cartilaginea.—Shorter and stouter. Leaves 4-3? in., broadly ovate, 
obtuse or subacute, coarsely serrate, very coriaceous, margins cartilaginous. 
Fruit conspicuously rugose.—H. cartilaginea, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxix (1897) 390. 
KermapEc Isnanps, NortH aNnp SourH Isnanps, STEWART ISLAND: 
Abundant, especially in lowland districts. Sea-level to 2000 ft. Toatoa. 
November—January. Also in south-eastern Australia and the island of Juan 
Fernandez. Var. cartilaginea: Cliffs at the North Cape, 7’. F. C. 
