Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 315 



IIUTACE^, Juss. 

 1 . Melicope, Forst, 



582. M. ternata ; foliis oppositis petiolatis trifoliatis, foHolis (biuncialibus) 

 obovato-oblongis obtusis integerrimis subcrenulatisve glabris, racemis erectis 

 subpaniculatis axillaribus petiolo longioribus. Forst. Prodr. n, 166. Char. 

 Gen. t. 28. DC. Prodr. i. p. 723. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 293.— Ento- 

 ganum laevigatum. Sol. Ms. Gcert. Fr. i. p. 331. t. 68. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Hills round the 

 Bay of Islands, &c. — 1828, A. Cunningham. 



Arbuscula 12 — 15 pedalis, r.imis teretibus glabris. Folia: foliola elliptica 

 V. obovata, obtusa, siibintegra. Cyma paniculata, axillaris. Corolla : pe- 

 tala 4 ovata, subacuminata, albida, calyce triplo longiora. Stamina 8 co- 

 rolla minora. Ovaria 4, superne mediante stylo connexa. Stigma con- 

 caviusculum. Carpella 4, subcoriacea, venosa, divaricata, superne dehis- 

 centia. Semina in loculis solitaria, obovata, atra, valde nitida. 



583. M. simplex, foliis oppositis simplicibus petiolatis rhombeo-obovatis 

 subrotundisve obtusis bicrenatis glabris, racemis simplicibus axillaribus pau- 

 cifloris petiolum sequantibus. /^C-yii^. fc n/, ?*- /?. T'SS^ , 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Forests near the sources of the Ho- 

 kianga river. — 1 826, A. Cunningham. 



Frutexgxsic\[\%, glaber, orgyalis, ramulis elongatis virgatis fascibus teretibus. 

 Folia simplicia, opposita, semiuncialia, longe petiolata, pellucido-punctata, 

 petiolis leviter alatis canaliculatis apice articulatis. Flores parvi albi, in 

 racemis simplicissirais ad axilJas dispositi. Calyx brevis 4-partitus persistens. 

 Petala 4, ovata, concava, patentia, decidua. Stamina 8, quorum 4 breviora, 

 petalis opposita, filamentis basi complanatis. Antherce biloculares. Ova- 

 rium disco brevi hypogyno 8-lobato impositum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma 

 4-lobatum. Fructus : Carpella 4, bivalvia, divaricata. Epicarpium coria- 

 ceum, nervoso-venosum, villosum, ab endocarpio cartilagineo elastico facile 

 solubile. Semina in loculis solitaria. 'Festa venosa, brunnea, nitida ; cha~ 

 laza prope hilum. 



OXALIDEiE, DC. 



I. OxALIS, L. 



* Foliis palmafo-trifoliatis. 



584. 0. Urvillei, caulibus erectis ramosis, foliis longe petiolatis, foliolis 

 obcordato-bilobis, lobis patentibus calycibusque strigoso-hirtis, paginis viridi 

 cinereis, marginibus subdenticulatis pedunculis elongatis 2 — 4 floris, petiolis 

 foliis duplo longioribus stylis stamina longiora sequantibus, foliolis calycis 

 ovato-lanceolatis longitudine dimidii corollae. — O. ambigua. A. Rich. FL 

 Nov. Zel. p. 296. non Jacq. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). River Thames. — 1827, D'Urville. 

 Among fern at the Bay of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



585. 0. Cataractce ; caespitosa, cavilibus ramosis decumbentibus, foliis 

 longe petiolatis, foliolis sessilibus obcordato-lobatis, lobis subdivergentibus, 

 adultis uti-inque caulibusve glabris venosis, subtus albido-glaucis, marginibus 



