216 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Zaurinee. 
1. Salsola australis, Br.; fruticosa, glaberrima, divaricatim ramosa, foliis parvis subulatis pungentibus, 
bracteis perianthio fructifero longioribus, alis perianthii fructiferi amplis insequalibus obovatis obtusis mar- 
gine sinuato. Br. Prodr. Mog.-Tand. 1. e. An var. S. Kali? Mog.-Tand. 
Has. Northern Island. Port Nicholson Harbour (introduced ?), Colenso. 
Gen. V. SALICORNIA, Z. 
Perianthium turbinatum, carnosum, caule articulato conditum, obscure lobatum. Stamina 1-2, imo 
perianthii insertum. Stylus 2—3-fidus. ^ Utriculus perianthio aucto inclusus. 
A remarkable and very natural genus of salt-marsh leafless plants, found in all parts of the world, with creeping 
woody stems, and erect, herbaceous, cylindrical, simple or branched, fleshy, jointed branches. "The only New Zea- 
land species is also Australian and Tasmanian. Mr. Brown identifies it with a very widely-diffused plant of both 
tropical and temperate shores. M. Moquin-Tandon (DC. Prodr. vol. xiii.) breaks up this species into genera, founded 
on the position of the seed and its embryo. My specimens not being in fruit, I am at a loss where to place it in his 
complicated system, and have therefore followed Mr. Brown's decision.— Branches a few inches high, their joints 
3 inch long. Flowers minute, whorled, crowded at the tops of the joints, which become shorter upwards, whence 
the branches appear like fleshy spikes. Perianth fleshy, oblique, sunk a little into the tops of the joints. Stamens 
one or two. Ovary oblique, with one or two styles. (Name from sal, salt, and cornu, a horn.) 
1. Salicornia Indica, Willd. ; caule suffruticoso, ramis ascendentibus, articulis junioribus clavatis 
senioribus cylindraceis retusis, spicis cylindraceis terminalibus, floribus plurimis subverticillatis v. paucis 
1-2-andris. Br. Prodr. A. Cunn. Prodr. | S. australis, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Salt marshes and rocky places, Banks and Solander, ete. 
NAT. Ord. LXXII. LAURINEA, Juss. 
Gen. I. TETRANTHERA, Jacq. 
Flores dioici. Lnvolucrum 4-5-phyllum, deciduum. Perianthium O v. 4-6-partitum. FL. g. 
Stamina 6-15; filamenta interiora v. omnia basi glandulis aucta. Anthere 4-loculares. Pistilli rudi- 
mentum. FL. 9. Glandule staminaque sterilia. Stigma dilatatum, sublobatum. Bacca nuda. 
Large trees, chiefly abundant in the Tropics of the Old World, often yielding valuable products, as timber, oils, 
ete. ; several are Australian. The only New Zealand species forms a very leafy, evergreen, umbrageous, small tree ; 
everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate, ovate, blunt, quite entire, 3-4 inches long, sometimes glaucous 
below. Flowers numerous, dicecious, in umbels surrounded with four or five concave deciduous bracts. Perianth 
of five to eight linear pieces. Stamens numerous, on long filaments. Anthers dilated, four-celled, opening in front 
by four valves. The female flowers have rudimentary stamina, and an ovarium with an erect style and dilated 
stigma. Berry ovoid, $ inch long, placed on the thickened end of the peduncle. (Name from rerpa, four, and 
avénpa; in allusion to the four-celled anthers.) 
1. Tetranthera calicaris, Hook. fil.; arborea, glaberrima, foliis ovatis obtusis integerrimis subtus 
glaucis concoloribusve, pedunculis petiolo brevioribus, involucris 4—5-foliolatis concavis, floribus 4-5 sequi- 
longis, pedicellis sericeis, perianthii foliolis 5-8 oblongis, staminibus 12, filamentis omnibus 2-glandulosis, 
antheris introrsis. Laurus calicaris, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island. From the Bay of Islands to the east coast, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. 
name, “ Tangao.” 
