Colensoane. N. O. Smilacinez. 
TAB. DCXXXII. 
CALLIXENE PARVIFLORA,. Hook. fil. 
Caule filiformi ramoso basi repente, foliis remotis distichis 
patentibus lineari-ellipticis nervosis acutis subcoriaceis, flori- 
bus terminalibus solitariis brevissime pedunculatis bracteatis, 
perianthii laciniis ellipticis concavis 3 interioribus paululum 
minoribus. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. At the foot of large 
trees in the Beech forest, on the ascent of the mountains 
from Lake Waikaré. W. Colenso, Esq. 
The genus Callixene, and but one species, has hitherto been 
supposed to exist only in the Falkland Islands and in Antarctic 
South America; and the discovery of the present in New Zea- 
land by Mr. Colenso, is another proof of the singular botanical 
analogies that exist between those two very remote countries. 
It is even difficult to assign specific differences between the two, 
except they are to be found in the much smaller flowers of the 
present one, with the unequal sepals, 
remote foliage, and the 
peculiarities wh 
climate. J.D. 
and the larger and more _ 
greater stature of the entire plant ; 
. may, however, be due to the better soil and 
Fig.1. Flower. f. 2. Stamens and pisti 3 
lL ; pistil. f. 3, 4. Sepals. 
J-5. Pistil. f. 6. Section of the ovary. /f. 7. Fruit. f. 8. 
Section of ditto. £9. Seed :—magnified. 
