Colensoane. N. O. Santalacee, 
TAB. DLXIII. 
SANTALUM Mipa, (3. Hook. 
Foliis alternis lanceolatis subsessilibus, racemis axillaribus ter- 
minalibusque folio multoties brevioribus, floribus pentameris 
(nunc tetrameris) squam is cum. staminibus alternantibus 
parvis, iis stam. oppositis majusculis longe piloso-fimbriatis. 
a. foliis ee Mida salicifolia. A. Cunn. Fi. N. 
te in — of Nat. Hist. v. 1, p. 376.—(Vid. Tas. 
OSTR 
B. fol lanodoattk ~Mida eucalyptoides. A. Cunn. |. ¢. p. 
—TAas. NosrR. DLX1II 
Ye ‘sti lato-lanceolatis ovalibusve. M. myrtifolia. 4. Cunn. 
ie SS ceteain Island of New Zealand, especially about ye 
Bay of Islands. 4. and R. Cunni ingham. Mr. Colenso (n. 
31) in dense woods. Ed. ley. 
ile. this plant, and others which appear to me to be slight varieties, 
erely differing in the greater or lesser breadth of the leaves, and : 
Y « Mida” by the natives, Mr. A. Cunningham has founded his — 
‘Mina (Thesium,* Linn.”) About the same time that Mr. z 
ham published his ——> in the Annals of Nat. _ ist A ea 5 
and in every essential point. Mr. janitor abe peice ie Sari Pd vo 
nullus; Stam. 5, extus fasciculo gracili villorum mu But s 
5 small, broad, rounded scales at the mouth of the cota be may, 
I , be considered the lobed margin of an hypogynous as kip’ i 
which the whole tube of the perianth is lined ; and the ‘ a 
hairs” arises from a distinct scale inserted at the back of the a Nate 
exactly as in Santalum. (See S. album in Nouv. Dict. des Se : 
t 
as deciduous. He 2 series of glands, but - 
those between the stamens the exterior, which appear to me interior 
1, 2. Flowers. f. 3. The laid open. f. 4 On a 
open. f.5. Mature fruits (nat oo Ff. 6. Single fruit. i. ene 
same, cut through vertically. . The same, cut through transv: Z 
All but 5 more or less epuiied a 
the 
do not know from this whether Mr. Cunningham considers that ¢ 
plant has soi called Thesium by Linnzus, of hick there is no 
“aap te: am — of, or that any species of the Linnwan Thest : 
to it. 
