30 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. | Malvacee. 
latis lineari-ligulatis curvatis subcuneatisve obtusis integerrimis subcoriaceis opacis, floribus parvis herma- 
phroditis axillaribus solitariis, pedunculis folio brevioribus, calyce hemispheerico, petalis oblongis linearibusve 
obtusis concavis, tubo stamineo elongato apice truncato, antheris subsessilibus 8-10, capsula cano-tomen- 
tosa gibbosa rima longitudinali dehiscente et irregulariter transverse rupta. Forst. Prodr. DC. Prodr. 
A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zeal. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3271. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; common in salt marshes near the sea, Forster, ete. (Cultivated 
in England.) 
A slender twiggy shrub, 3—5 feet, high, with spreading branches, differing much in habit, but not in botanical 
characters, from P. betulinus. Leaves in fascicles, 1-3 inch long, narrow, linear, blunt, quite entire and smooth. 
Flowers very small, yellowish-white, on short peduncles, solitary, axillary. Calyx smooth, hemispherical. Petals 
oblong or linear-concave. Staminal tube long, bearing six to eight sessile anthers at the top. Capsule larger than 
in P. betulinus, obliquely turgid, white with appressed wool; splitting down one side, and also bursting irregularly 
and transversely. Seeds solitary, about the size of a tare. 
Gen. III. HOHERIA, Cunn. 
Calyx hemispheericus, quinquelobus, lobis valvatis. Petala 5, basi in tubum coalita. Stamina 00; fila- 
mentis basi in tubum (tubo corollee continuum) coalitis, superne pentadelphis v. liberis ; antheris 1-locula- 
ribus, bilobis, rima longitudinali centrali dehiscentibus. Ovariwm 5-10-loculare ; loculis l-ovulatis. Sžy/i 
5-10, basi coaliti, intus versus apices stigmatiferi, lineares, vix dilatati. Carpella 5-10, compressa, mono- 
sperma, dorso concava v. in alam producta. AA 
Shrubs and small trees, confined as far as hitherto known to New Zealand, differing in habit chiefly from Sida. 
Flowers white and showy, peduncled, axillary, solitary or in fascicles. Leaves alternate, petioled, doubly toothed, 
serrate or crenate, smooth or covered with stellate pubescence ; when seen between the eye and light, small trans- 
lucent dots may be seen. Calyx, corolla, and stamens as in Plagianthus. Ovary with five to ten one-ovuled cells, 
and as many long styles united below into one. Carpels five or ten; when five, coriaceous and winged at the back ; 
when ten, membranous and furrowed. Seeds pendulous, compressed. (Name derived from the native one.) 
Subgenus I. EuHoHERTA. Carpels and styles 5, the former winged at the back. 
1. Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn. ; arbuscula glaberrima v. glabrata, ramulis pedunculis calyceque cano- 
pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis late ovatis v. anguste oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis basi cuneatis trunca- 
tis v. cordatis irregulariter duplicato-dentatis rarius lobatis venosis, pedunculis fasciculatis articulatis 1-floris 
calycibusque pubescentibus, petalis ovato- v. lineari-oblongis obtusis concavis obliquis sub-l-dentatis dorso 
pubescentibus, filamentis pentadelphis, ovario 5-loculari, stylis 5, carpellis dorso in alam obtusam ascenden- 
tem productis. 4. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 565, 566. 
Var. a; foliis ovatis amplis grosse et argute dentatis. 
Var. B. lanceolata ; foliis lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis serratis dentatisve. 
Var. y. angustifolia ; foliis parvis grosse irregulariter pauci-spinoso-dentatis lineari-oblongis, floribus 
minoribus. H. angustifolia, Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p. 48. t. 26. 
Var. 8. cratagifolia ; foliis ovatis varie lobatis dentatisque. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, Cunningham. Auckland, Sinclair. Var. a. Not 
common south of the Thames, Colenso. Var. y. A more southern plant. Akaroa, Raoul ; Nelson, Bidwill. 
Var. B, y, 5. Hast coast, Colenso. Nat. name, “ Houheria,” Colenso. 
A small handsome tree, 25 feet high, with copious white flowers, something like those of a cherry. The bark 
(like that of Althea and other Mallows) affords a demulcent drink, used in medicine; also cordage, whence the 
