256 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



XXIX. — Flor(B Insularum Novcb Zelandice Precursor; or a 

 Specimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By 

 Allan Cunningham^ Esq. 



[Concluded from p. 26.] 



FLACOURTIANE^, Rich, in Mem. du Mus. DC. 



Melicytus, Forst. 



Flores dioici v. polygami. Mas. Cal. monosepalus, 5-dentatus, dentibus 

 brevibus persistentibus. Petala 5 calyce duplo longiora, discohypogyno 

 basi coalita. Filamenta 5 clavata cyatbiformia antberifera petalis al~ 

 terna. Antherce erectse, adnatae, qiiadrato-cordatae, biloculares introstae, 

 loculis appositis longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Fcem. Calyx et petala ut 

 in masc. Discus e squamis 5, petalis oppositis glandulosis. Ovarium 

 liberum sessile, stigmate depresso, 2 — 5-lobo, terminatum. Fructus 

 baccatus, 1-locularis, indehiscens polyspermus, calyce persistente nee 

 aucto basi cinctus. Semina parietalia inaequalia angulata, latere exte- 

 riore convexa, testa minutissime scrobiculata. — Arbusculae ^r^aJr^e. Folia 

 alterna, petiolata, exstipulata, ohlonga, acuminata, calloso-dentata, 

 membranacea, penninervia, venosa. Flores parvi alhi axillares fascicu- 

 lati, pedicellati, pedicellis basi bracteolatis. 



623. M. ra?niJlorus, dioicus, foliis obovato-oblongis, fasciculis subsexfloris, 

 petalis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, fructu spbaeroideo, stigmate 4 — 5 lobato. 

 Forsf. Prod. n. 371. Gen. Char. i. 62. DC. Prodr. i. p. 257. A. Rich. Fl. 

 Nov. Zel. p. 313. 



Mahoe, indigenis. R. C. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. On the skirts 

 of forests and banks of rivulets, Bay of Islands &c. — 1833, R. Cufiningham. 

 Middle Island.— 1 773, G. Forster.— 1827, D'Urville. 



624. M. macrophyllus, polygamus, foliis ovato-oblongis versus petiolum 

 angustatis, fasciculis 8 — 10-floris, petalis oblongis obtusis, fructu obovato, 

 stigmate 2 — 3-lobato. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shady forests in the country between 



the Bay of Islands and Hokianga river. — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1833, R, 



Cunningham. 



CRUCIFER^, Juss. 



1. Nasturtium, R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 



625. N. sylvestre. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. iv. p. 110. DC. Prodr. n. i. 

 p. 137. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 309.— Sisymbrium sylvestre. L. E. Bot. 

 i. 2324. 



Chiqui ab incolis vulgo dicitur. D^Urville. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). On barren spots, Cook's Strait. — 1827, 

 DUrville. 



2. Cardamine, L. 



626. C. debilis, {Banks and Sol. Ms.) foliis petiolatis glabris pinnatisectis, 



