Colensoane. N. O. Magnoliacee, 
TAB. DLXXVI. 
Drimys axiuuaris. Forst. 
Foliis oblongo-obovatis supra viridibus subtus glaucis, pedun- 
culis axillaribus fasciculatis unifloris petiolo paululum lon- 
gioribus, floribus parvis, petalis 6 biserialibus 3 int. mino- 
ribus. 
Drimys axillaris. Forst. Gen. t. 42. De Cand. Prodr. 1, ‘De 78. 
Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 290. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 
4, p. 257. Wintera axillaris. Forst. Prodr. n. 229. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. 2, p. 1240. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. Sir Jos. Banks, 1769. 
Damp shady forests on the Kaua-Kaua and Hokianga 
rivers. A. and R. Cunningham, Mr. Colenso. 
“ Arbor 30-pedalis, superne foliosa, trunco 5 unc. diametro, 
declinato, flexuoso.” (Colenso.) Rami ramulique atro-pur- 
purei, glabri. Folia alterna, petiolata, 3-4 uncias longa, 
unciam sesqui-unciam lata, elliptica, vel obovato-elliptica, pe 
tegerrima, coriaceo-membranacea, penninervia, minute reti- 
culata, glabra, supra viridia subtus glauca. Petiolus 3-4 
lineas longus. Pedunculi simplices, uniflori, axillares, fas- 
ciculati, pedunculo parum longiores, ebracteati. Flores 
parvi. Calyx primum integer, demum in 2, plerumque 3, 
lobos rotundatos irregulariter dehiscens. Petala sex, paten- 
tia, quorum 3 exteriora majora, obovata, extus puberula: int. 
minora oblonga. Stamina 10-12, erecta. Filamenta brevia, 
superne incrassata. Anthere e loculis duobus parallelis 
adnatis, vertice dehiscentibus. Ovaria 3-4, obovata, apice — 
depressa ; stigma sessile. 
St. Hilaire, in his “ Plantes usuelles du Brésil;?-has shewn 
that there is no sectional difference between D. axillaris and 
the South American species as suggested by De Candolle, 
the general structure of the calyx being the same in : 
The flowers, however, of our plant are remarkable for their 
small size, and the small number of petals. 
_ Fig. 1. Flower, scarcely expanded. /. 2. 3. Upper and under 
view of an expanded flower. f. 4.5. Stamens. f. 6. Ovaries? 
—magnified. 
