Dieffenbachiane. N. O. Sapindacee, 
TAB. DLXX. 
ALECTRYON ExceLsum. DC. 
Gen. Cuar. Cal. 5-lobus, estivatione imbricata. Pet. 0. 
Stam. 7-8, hypogyna, qualia, erecta. Anthere biloculares, 
filamentorum longitudine. Ovarium ovato-obliquum, 1-(3 A. 
C.)-loculare, dorso crista erecta alatum, et hine stylus sub- 
alatus lateraliter evadit. Stigma simplex (3-fidum 4. C.) 
¢ MY * . . 
Semen exalbuminosum, arillo incompleto cinctum, basi loculi 
affixum, erectum. Coftyledones spiraliter convolute, et radi- 
cula deorsum spectans.” (A, C.) 
Alectryon excelsum. Gertn. Fruct. v. 1, p. 216, t.46. DeCand. — 
Prodr. v. 1, p.616. All. Cunn. Fl. Nov. Zel. in Tayl. Ann. 
Nat. Hist. v. 3, p. 318. 
Euonymoides excelsa. Sol. mst. in Herb. Banks. 
Has. N. Zealand, Northern Island. Sir Joseph Banks, 1769. 
Banks of rivers and harbours, frequently within range of the 
tide. Wangaroa, &e. A. and R. Cunningham. Bay of Is- 
lands. Dr. Dieffenbach. Mr. Colenso. “Tetohi” of the na-— 
_ Folia alterne pinnata cum impari, foliolis petiolulatis oblongo- — 
___ Ovatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, subtus pubescentibus. Pani- — 
3 — axillares terminalesque. Flores parvi. Stamina intense — 
9-1, 2. Flowers. f. 3. Branch of the panicle, with imma- 
its. f.4. Single fruit from ditto. £5. The same laid a 
