Colensoane. N. O. Brexiaces ? 
TAB. DLXXVII, DLXXVIII. 
IXERBA BREXIOIDES. A. Cunn. 
Gen Cuar. Cal. inferus, coriaceus, 5-phyllus, estivatione imbricata, 
decidua. Petala 5 5, membra: ranacea, hypogyna, unguiculata sub disco 
h 
introrsum longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Discus hypogynus, 5-lobus, 
planiusculus, cum ovarii basi connatus, lobis retusis, petalis op- 
positis. Ovarium superum, conico-globosum, subquinquelobum, 
§-] iovulatis, ovulis collateralibus, suspensis), in 
nitida, pallide fusca, ad hilum Trace oe ee: interiore 
loculi affixa, — Sy oun cammosum Vix copiosum. 
Folia inferiora, ut videtur, oppo osita, snperiora verticillata terna, = 
a: coriacea, elongato-lanceolata b ttenuata brevi-petuolata, 
grosse serrata, supra nitida reticulatim venosa, subtus pallida opact, 
venis obsoletis. Umbelle terminales, sessiles ; radiis trifidis. Pedi dicelli_ 
sulcati, sursum incrassati. Flores majusculi, a Hi it 
Ixerba brewioides. A. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal. in 2 Ann. of Nat. 
49, 
Has. N. Zealand, Northern Island. Skirts of woods, os 
A. Cunningham, 1882. Wairua*. Mr. Colenso. 
One of th 
wi of the 
__ltter, which is said to be “a berry with 5 cells, and the — 
= attached in a triple row to the centre in each cell.” With Rousse 0 
___ the flowers in many points agree; but in that genus the anth 
extrorse, and the structure of the oes seems considerably different. 
Fig. 1, oe Flowers. f. 3, 4. Anthers: magnified. f. 5. Mati 
— Seed: natural size. rs 7. The fruit beginning Sibi 
£ 8. Pie (or in reality 5 cocci) quite burst and exhi 
9. Seed: magnified. 
aes 
a a es ae by Mr. Colenso, It may be the same with Wangaroa of M 
