Cunoniacee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 19 
Has. Northern Island; east coast, Colenso. 
Mr. Golenso considers this a very distinct plant, and so it may be; but his specimens are only in bud and fruit, 
neither of which show any difference from Q. serrata: the petioles are longer, leaves smaller (13—2 inches), broader, 
elliptical, and guite entire. 
Nar. Ord. XXXV. CUNONIACEA, Br. 
Gen. I. ACKAMA, 4. Cunn. 
Calyx 5-partitus, valvatus. Petala 5, lineari-spathulata. Stamina 10, glandulis hypogynis totidem 
alternantia, elongata. Ovariwm liberum, dense strigoso-hirsutum, 2-loculare ; ovulis plurimis, angulo loculi 
interiori affixis; stylis 2, filiformibus. Capsula libera, calyce persistente suffulta, coriacea, septicide 
2-locularis, 2-valvis; valvis stylis persistentibus terminatis; semina minima; testa laxa, reticulata. 
Ackama rosefolia is the only known species: it forms a tree 30-40 feet high, with opposite, pubescent, impari- 
pinnate leaves, and axillary spreading panicles of very small flowers. Calyx five-partite; lobes valvate. Petals as 
many, very narrow, linear-spathulate. Stamens ten, long, exserted, alternating with ten erect fleshy glands. Ovary 
free, densely hispid with stiff white hairs, two-celled, with two long free styles. Capsules of two turgid, boat- 
shaped, coriaceous valves, terminated with the persistent style. Seeds extremely minute.—The genus is hardly 
distinct from the following, Weinmannia, except in the form of the petals. (Name, an anagram of the native one.) 
1. Ackama rosafolia, A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island; Bay of Islands, 4. Cunningham, ete. Nat. name, “ Maha Maka,” 4. Cunn. 
(Cultivated in England.) 5 
Young branches, petioles, leaflets below, and panicles, covered with a yellowish tomentum. Leaves 5-8 inches 
long; petiole terete. Leaflets five to eight pair, opposite, the upper gradually larger, sessile, obliquely oblong or 
ovate, lanceolate, acute, serrated, reddish below. Panicles large and spreading, sub-trichotomously divided, branches 
slender. Flowers minute, 2 line across, sessile. Capsules black, turgid, 14 line long. 
Gen. II. WEINMANNIA, ZL. 
Calyx persistens, 4-partitus, imbricatus. Petala 4, imbricata. Stamina 8, glandulis totidem v. lobis 
disci alternantia, elongata. Ovarium liberum, 2-loculare, basi disco cinctum; stylis 2, liberis. Capsula 
coriacea, libera, septicide 2-valvis, poly- v. oligo-sperma, stylo persistente terminata; seminibus parvis, 
glabris v. pilosis; albumine parco; embryone cylindraceo; radicula hilo proxima.—Weinmannia et 
Leiospermum, Don. 
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with opposite, stipulate, simple, ternate or imparipinnate leaves, and racemose 
flowers. Calyæ small, four-lobed, imbricated. Pedals four, imbricated. Stamens eight, alternating with eight 
linear glands or lobes of a disc; filaments long. Ovary free, seated on the disc (when present), two-celled, with two 
long styles. Capsule coriaceous, with a septicidal dehiscence ; valves boat-shaped, sharp-pointed. Seeds generally 
few, very minute, with a loose testa, smooth or loosely covered with long hairs.—A genus chiefly confined to 
the Southern Hemisphere, but theré common to all tropical and temperate latitudes, advancing as far as the south 
end of New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Cape of Good Hope, in the Old World, and South Chili in the New. 
(Named after J. J. W. Weinmann, an eminent German author.) 
1. Weinmannia sylvicola, Banks et Sol.; arborea, ramulis petiolis pedunculis costisque pubescentibus 
v. glabratis, foliis simplicibus 3-nis pinnatisve, foliolis coriaceis petiolatis terminalibus obovatis v. obovato- 
